Finance / Accounting

• ‘Dramatic’ increase in financial services recruitment

  There has been a dramatic increase in recruitment activity in the financial services sector in September, according...

• Workplace Rivalry mounts in Accountancy Profession

  Workplace Rivalry mounts in Accountancy Profession over fear of job cuts, as reported in onrec. Workplace rivalry i...

• Investment banks 'are most active IT recruiters' in finance industry

  Job seekers looking for IT vacancies on online recruitment boards may find there are more opportunities with invest...

• Financial job seekers 'open minded about recruitment'

  Online recruitment sites may find that there are more people using their services to find work in the finance indus...

• HSBC: Recruitment levels will be maintained

  HSBC has announced that it will be maintaining its normal recruitment levels, despite the current state of the bank...

• Qualified accountants 'still in demand'

  Online recruitment agencies could see more firms using their flat-fee recruitment services to hire accountants, as ...

• Calls for government to protect finance sector jobs

  Lloyds TSB is unlikely to be recruiting for jobs when its takeover of HBOS takes place, it has emerged.In fact, the...

• Gen Y population shuns finance jobs

  Younger job seekers are no longer as interested in a career in the banking and finance sector as they were before t...

• Senior-level employees likely to travel further

  Despite the recent statistics showing that people are now spending less time commuting to and from work, many emplo...

• Insurance recruitment 'continues to rise'

  The number of people being recruited by the insurance industry has risen, despite the economic crisis in the UK, it...

• Financial services jobs up 9% in June

  The number of job vacancies within the UK's financial services sector increased by around nine per cent during June...

• Finance sector recruitment 'has taken a hit'

  The scale of graduate recruitment in the finance sector in the UK has been reduced in recent months as the effects ...

• Poor recruitment policies 'costing British businesses'

  Poor recruitment policies and practices are costing British businesses considerable sums of money, a recent study h...

• Temporary 'outstripping' permanent appointments

  More people are being given temporary job opportunities than are being appointed permanently, it has been revealed....

• CIPD warns of 'recruitment risks'

  The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned that increases in the base rate of interest ...

• Accountants 'putting recruitment efforts on hold'

  Many of the UK's leading accountancy firms are putting their recruitment efforts on hold, according to recent resea...

• Financial services 'becoming more meritocratic'

  The financial services industry in the UK is becoming increasingly meritocratic as more positions are filled by peo...