http://www.recruitertoday.co.uk Recruitment News Copyright 2009 Recruitment Today http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1400&type=news_features By Mike Jones The UK may have officially crept out of recession but concerns of a "jobless recovery" loom as employers expect a slow return to hiring stability. Recruitment and outsourcing specialist Manpower published data from one of the first forward-looking labour market surveys since the recovery began. The data shows... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:42:07 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1399&type=news_features By Mike Jones A difference in the way men and women approach work could be a major barrier towards future pay equality in the workplace, according to Friends Provident in its Visions of Britain 2020. The report reveals that Brits think employment parity is a myth, with a third of the population... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:46 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1398&type=news_features By Mike Jones UK online recruitment activity rebounded from January’s seasonal slowdown, according to the latest Monster Employment Index which rose by 13 points (12%) in February. The increase is an improvement of 6% from a year ago, reflecting continued acceleration in its long-term growth trend to suggest a continued firming in underlying... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:25 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1397&type=news_features By Mike Jones Employers across the social care sector can access a huge recruitment pool as record numbers of candidates look for a career. Since the beginning of February, more than 28,000 people have registered interest in a job in social care via a Government-funded website, run by United Kingdom Homecare Association... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:41:06 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1396&type=news_features By Mike Jones More than a quarter of European candidates have updated their CVs in the last three months, according to statistics taken from The IT Job Board’s CV database. A year after launching, the IT Job Board said its bespoke CV Database had grown considerably and was proving a "real hit"... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:40:41 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1394&type=news_features By Mike Jones Nearly three-quarters of UK organisations have trouble finding good recruitment agencies, according to research from online recruitment marketplace TalentPuzzle. They also said the recruitment process took too long. Some 86% of business owners and HR staff surveyed admitted they would like to spend less time dealing with recruitment processes and... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:34 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1393&type=news_features By Mike Jones Employers should not be able to penalise staff for using the toilet in work time, and should provide their employees with clean, modern lavatories. That is the plea from the TUC which is calling for a change in the law to bring workplace loos into the 21st century. Back in... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:14 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1392&type=news_features By Mike Jones Many people have their Sunday evenings ruined because they dread going back to work on a Monday morning. Two-thirds of people did not look forward to returning to the office after their weekend break, spending most of Sunday evening miserable, according to the survey by the Careers Advice Service. Fears... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:08:53 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1391&type=news_features By Mike Jones Almost half (44%) of men across the UK think women in top jobs are not unusual and that men and women are equal, contrasting with almost half that - 23% - of female respondents who were asked the same question in a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Despite the strong belief... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:08:31 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1390&type=news_features By Mike Jones The Government has launched a scheme to support people with learning disabilities to find paid jobs. Since 2007, people with learning disabilities have had the right to choose what care they receive and pay for it with a personal budget. Jobs First will help them use this money to get... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:08:08 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1389&type=news_features By Mike Jones Part of the draft regulations to bring the Agency Workers Directive into UK law may not be legal, according to inquiries carried out by the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC). The Government laid draft Regulations before Parliament in January following a two-part consultation which ended in December 2009. However... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:47:10 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1388&type=news_features By Mike Jones Women still claim to face inequalities in their companies, according to a survey conducted by Monster.co.uk. Almost half (47%) of respondents polled believe that a glass ceiling still exists for women in the workplace and that men are favoured for promotions. Only 15% of women who participated in the survey... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:46:39 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1387&type=news_features By Mike Jones The recent House of Commons’ debate on the Pensions Act included a specific focus on how auto-enrolment would impact on the temporary work market. This has been a major focus for the Recruitment and Employment C’onfederation's lobbying work and the industry’'s concerns were referred to at length during the... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:46:16 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1386&type=news_features By Mike Jones British employers spent £6billion on redundancy payments last year. The payouts show the scale of efforts firms are using to bring down the wage bill as they face the downturn. The HMRC data shows severance payments for the year to the end of March rose 25% on the £4.5billion forked... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:45:29 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1384&type=news_features By Mike Jones The number of people gaining a qualification through the Government's Train to Gain programme has hit the one million mark. The millionth learner, Chris Scott, a process operator at chemical manufacturer William Blythe, in Accrington, completed his level 2 NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques on January 29 this year. His... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:44:08 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1383&type=news_features By Mike Jones Supermarket Asda and the Unite union have struck a deal that means thousands of temporary workers in the food industry will win pay equal to that of permanent staff. Now Asda wants others to follow and make suppliers pay agency workers the same rate as permanent employees, according to... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:37:49 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1382&type=news_features By Mike Jones As the latest US jobless statistics are released, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) compares its own recent quarterly Labour Market Outlook (LMO) survey with a similar US survey by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). The findings show that while US employment levels are set... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:37:25 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1381&type=news_features By Mike Jones Public sector union Unison has warned that the voluntary sector should not be seen as a "cut-price alternative". The union is calling for the third sector to be properly funded, to end "damaging insecurity". Last month, Unison carried out a survey and published a report of voluntary sector staff... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:36:59 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1380&type=news_features By Mike Jones The Law Society Charity says more needs to be done to open up the profession to a wider, more diverse talent pool, as the Law Society opens applications for the Diversity Access Scheme.  The Society’s scheme, which is supported by the Law Society Charity, is just one initiative... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:36:34 GMT http://www.recruitmenttoday.net/News/Story/?storyid=1379&type=news_features By Mike Jones Social tenants with new job offers are to get Government help to find a new home. Housing Minister John Healey yesterday made clear the Government's commitment to helping the "squeezed middle" – working tenant in public housing on low wages. These low-paid workers have been among worst affected by... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:36:12 GMT