News for August 2008

• Government's new advice utility 'presents no competition for HR'

  A recent announcement that the government is to offer an online utility for the owners of small to medium-sized ent...

• Some employers 'still hiking wages'

  Not all employees are suffering due to the credit crunch, a new survey has found, as many firms are still offering ...

• Employers urged to 'be cautious' over IT redundancies

  IT employees whose positions have been axed due to credit crunch cutbacks could leave their jobs in possession of s...

• Major university benefits from online recruitment

  A college of The University of London has overhauled its jobs application process by adopting online recruitment me...

• Lack of jobseekers in engineering sector

  An expert has called for more government funding to help usher candidates towards technology-based careers.The Conf...

• Younger employees 'ethical and socially aware'

  A new poll has contradicted the various stereotypes surrounding employees from various age brackets.Carried out by ...

• Technology workers' 'hours increase'

  Employees in the IT sector have seen a significant increase in their workload over the last two years, according to...

• Government to hold flexible work discussion

  The government has expressed its intentions to further promote flexible working hours for employees. A consultati...

• Employees make 'better use of public transport'

  It seems employees are increasingly taking advantage of public transport in the middle of the credit crunch, as Arr...

• Employees of small firms are the 'most green'

  Employees who work for small businesses are more likely to be eco-friendly than those working for large organisatio...

• Talent management 'failing candidates and employees'

  According to an expert, the talent managing programmes put in place by many companies are failing to attract the ri...

• Women are 'shy' about wage negotiation

  Women candidates are "shyer" and "less aggressive" than men when it comes to salary negotiation...

• Cobbetts: Digital recruitment burgeoning in the UK

  As technology continues to overhaul the ways in which candidates hunt for jobs, an advisor has outlined the benefit...

• Employees wait 'more than six months for training'

  More than half of British employees have not received training for their jobs in over six months, a new survey has ...

• Workplace health schemes make job vacancies 'more attractive'

  When searching for jobs,candidates are attracted by health programmes aimed at improving employees' wellbeing, acco...

• New online resource set to 'benefit recruitment industry'

  A new database has been launched by a HR software provider in order to help recruitment firms find the perfect cand...

• High-flyers 'possess Olympic athlete qualities'

  Employees aiming for ambitious roles and executive jobs will require the same traits as Olympic athletes to succeed...

• Employees needed for British intelligence service

  A mass recruitment drive has been launched by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) which has adopted t...

• Overworked HR employees 'busier but happier'

  Those working in the human resources (HR) sector have seen a significant rise in their workload but are happier in ...

• TAEN: Women and older employees first victims of job cuts

  Job cuts being made in the middle of the credit crunch are likely to affect women and older employees first, a char...

• Holidays 'not on horizon' in current climate

  A significant amount of small business owners in the UK have said they cannot afford to put their jobs on hold to t...

• Holidays prompt employees to 'reconsider careers'

  Nearly half of UK employees questioned in a recent poll admitted they considered changing their jobs upon returning...

• HR professionals from last recession 'in demand'

  Those HR employees who weathered the storms of the 1990s' recession are reportedly being sought after as the possib...

• Capita and BBC HR deal 'not going to plan'

  A BBC contract awarded to outsourcing firm Capita aiming to improve the broadcasters' human resources (HR) service ...

• Score: The ten things employees need most

  As the credit crunch impacts negatively on employees' morale, there are ten things managers can do to maintain a ha...

• Fish4jobs: Still plenty of vacancies in UK

  The current job climate is still healthy and job seekers should have no trouble finding vacancies in the current jo...

• Online recruitment is 'the future of the industry'

  Online recruitment is the way forward for the human resources (HR) sector and in five years' time print recruitment...

• HR 'not as soft as it appears'

  Despite human resources (HR) being seen as a largely female-dominated sector, the skills required for the job are f...

• Companies surrender offices 'to cut costs'

  A survey has found that almost two-thirds of small businesses are considering giving up their premises within the n...

• Majority of IT employees 'looking for alternative posts'

  IT employees working in the UK are disappointed with their jobs and are looking elsewhere for opportunities, a lead...

• Candidates with ambition are 'at a disadvantage'

  A poll has found that a third of major UK employees are reluctant to employ candidates hoping for rewards and harbo...

• McDonald's brings '4,000 new jobs to UK'

  Fast food giant McDonald's will open ten new outlets over the next year, expanding its amount of UK employees by 4,...

• Hope for IT sector with new qualification

  A computer qualification will be introduced into UK colleges this autumn to help address skill deficiencies and the...

• Travelodge: Workforce will come from local unemployed

  Hotel chain Travelodge has today announced it will work with local authorities to help people into jobs as part of ...

• Employers could be 'hit with higher contribution expenses'

  Employers may have to contribute more to their workers' personal accounts if the government's new minimum wage poli...

• Recruitment 'halted amid credit crunch worry'

  Recruiters in the UK are becoming more reluctant to take on employees and recruitment rates have hit their lowest i...

• Monitoring employee skills 'vital to health of businesses'

  Keeping track of how the skills of employees contribute to firms is essential to the successful maintenance of a bu...

• Croner: Pay rise demands up

  Employees are making increased demands for pay rises, leaving businesses hot under the collar, a study has found. M...

• Pay inequality 'as prominent as ever'

  Despite the recent attention around the single equality bill, a poll has found that the pay gap between men and wom...

• KPMG: Firms reluctant to take on employees

  Recruitment is noticeably slowing down as firms become less inclined to take on new employees in the current econom...

• Students 'work to finance education'

  Nearly half of this year's UK students will become part-time employees while studying, a new poll suggests.NatWest'...