Many factors, both internal and external, impact the way that you recruit. Whether you’re running a business, a team or a project, thorough planning is essential to ensure success. Recruitment is no different – from identifying the task’s skill requirements to assessing the individual’s personality fit – it requires understanding and awareness of your organisation, your objectives and the world outside your business.
Whilst businesses within the Private sector have enjoyed increased confidence due to the economic recovery, their colleagues within the Public sector are faced with a very different scenario. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) revealed the coalition government’s intention to cut public expenditure resulting in the loss of 490,000 public sector jobs by 2014-5. The question [...]
In light of the public sector cuts, employees exhaled a sigh of relief when the latest unemployment figures revealed that there were continued signs of recovery in the labour market. The Office of National Statistics advised there was another fall in the number of people out of work; the new unemployment rate now at 7.8 [...]
Pass rates have risen, grades have got higher…but the number of university places for A-Level students is dwindling, fast! This year 200,000 students are predicted to find themselves without a place at university. Those unable to secure a place will be looking to apprenticeships and work based learning initiatives to allow them to develop skills [...]
Whether you are currently unemployed, looking to make the next step up the career ladder or looking for a career change, it may have been some time since you last had an interview. In which case doing a few practice runs or even setting up a mock interview before the big day could help you [...]
*drum roll please*…and for 2010 they are Recession, Recruitment and Repositioning! Well, hopefully recession is word we’ll begin to hear less of but it’s certainly given us a shake up and businesses are forced to think about how they can reposition to better meet their sector needs. Repositioning is much a more palatable word than [...]
A recent report from the REC (The Recruitment and Employment Confederation) and KPMG Report on Jobs http://www.rec.uk.com/press/news/1015 has signalled strong increases in both permanent and temporary staff appointments – the strongest since October 2007.
