News for July 2009

• North West construction recruitment prospects look brighter

  Construction recruitment prospects in the north-west are beginning to improve after it was revealed that the n...

• Employers receiving 49 graduate applications for each vacancy

  Almost 50 graduates are scrabbling for every job with leading employers with the number of vacancies down by a quar...

• HR optimistic workforces will increase by 2010

  The findings of a survey by COA Solutions has revealed that 51% of senior HR professionals intend to increase the o...

• Recession is making the hunt for a first job harder

  The recession is making the hunt for a first job harder warns webrecruit Chairman, James Caan.In his Daily Telegrap...

• Applying online – what do jobseekers think?

  Over 1300 students and graduates were questioned on their experiences of online applications, for the GTI Online Re...

• Recession fuels internship exploitation fears

  Two thirds of young people feel obliged to work for free because of the recession, reveals a poll by the National C...

• The Benefits of Online Recruitment

  Candidates are looking for new ways to find their next job, writes Torsten Muth on the freshbusinessthinking site. ...

• Recession raises the bar for job interviews

  This week in his Daily Telegraph column, Dragons’ Den star James Caan warned jobseekers the interview process has b...

• Volunteers jump the jobs queue

  Volunteering can give jobseekers a vital edge when looking for work, according to new research by job site, reed.co...

• UK jobs market shows early signs of recovery

  Job conditions were worse in June than in previous months - but the rate of decline is slowing down and placement l...

• 75% of Employed Executives Open To New Opportunities

  Despite the recession, 75% of employed executives are still open to new career opportunities, onrec reports. Findin...

• MTV turns to e-recruitment

  MTV turns on StepStone’s e-recruitment Solution StepStone, Europe’s leading provider of human capital management so...

• Telegraph jobs relaunches to expand career platform

  Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is relaunching its recruitment website following a dramatic growth in users and applica...

• James Caan urges SMEs to use to recession to grow

  This week in his Daily Telegraph column, webrecruit’s chairman, James Caan advises the UK’s SMEs to capitalise on t...

• Top employers cut graduate jobs

  There is further evidence of a tough graduate jobs market with a survey showing vacancies down 13.5% on 2008, repor...