For companies and candidates alike, LinkedIn has long since been the place to be for all things recruitment related. Candidates can upload their CVs; companies can advertise jobs. For a long time it appeared to be the perfect professional networking ecosystem. But as we move through 2016, there are rumblings that the business-specific social network [...]

Professional networking site LinkedIn has “absolutely transformed” the recruitment industry, serial recruitment entrepreneur James Caan said yesterday at a celebration of the platform’s achieving 20m members in the UK. Caan was identified at the event as a “power profile” in the leaders category on LinkedIn, along with global recruiter Hays’ chief executive Alistair Cox and [...]

Having difficulties landing that next role? Your good looks could be hindering your career path. For male recruiters in particular it could be your tremendous good looks restricting your climb up the career ladder, according to research from UCL School of Management published in the latest issue of journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. [...]

We’re now irrefutably in a digital age, and it’s changed the face of the business world. This shift has brought many advantages – we can reach customers across the globe from anywhere and engage consumers in a myriad of new ways. But it throws up an equal amount of challenges for businesses that must now [...]

Brits are more likely to find career contentment before marriage Three job moves leads to work fulfilment Workers rate work/life balance over salary when it comes to career happiness   New research  reveals the average age workers experience career contentment is 32. It seems there’s truth in the saying life begins at 30, as more [...]

Employer brand is more important than ever and is a key driver in gaining the interest of job seekers, according to research. Survey findings show that one in four job seekers believe that company reputation is important when making their next career move. The study questioned more than 200 US job seekers. It found that candidates [...]

  The UK has ranked within the top 10 of countries where workers would most like to change jobs, according to findings from recruitment  company in 2015. The research reveals the UK ranked 9th in a list of 34 countries surveyed. While four in 10 (39%) UK workers are not actively looking for a new [...]

  In research conducted by London law firm, Thomas Mansfield, graduates were asked to relay the worst questions they’ve received this year using placards to pose with. The results were a collection of rude, sexist and racist questions asked by potential employers, with one job applicant, with a BSc in Physics, being asked: “Can you [...]

Changes to legislation regarding zero-hours contracts 28 May 2015 One of the final pieces of legislation introduced by the last coalition government was a prohibition on exclusivity clauses in zero-hours contracts. This has now become law (from 27 May 2015) within section 153 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015. Whilst the ban [...]

The new Conservative government has also committed to creating three million more apprenticeships by 2020, as part of their broader drive to get two million more people into work by 2020. A new Jobs Bill is also likely to abolish National Insurance Contributions for apprentices under 25 years old and replace the Jobseeker’s Allowance for [...]