‘Take a chance on hiring a young person’ urges Grayling Ministers have urged employers to claim their share of a £1billion government wage subsidy to recruit up to 160,000 young people. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and employment minister Chris Grayling announced today that the wage subsidy will be available through the government’s ‘Youth Contract’ [...]
A recent study from TipTopJob.com of over 1000 jobseekers across the UK found that 18% of respondents apply to more than 20 jobs when looking for a new job. This huge statistic reflects the difficulty of finding a new job in the current marketplace and highlights that people, in their desperation to find work, apply [...]
How long does it take to decide if a candidate is suitable for a job? Under five minutes according to a study from CareerBuilder. Results from a survey of over 100 employers have shown that nearly a third of all employers reckon they know if the person in front of them is ‘the right fit’ [...]
Failing to smile at interview has been ranked third in UK employers’ top 10 turn-offs when hiring. According to research from CareerBuilder.co.uk, when asked to choose the biggest body language turn-offs in job interviews, employers went for: Failure to make eye contact 83% Weak handshake 54% Failure to smile 48% Crossing your arms [...]
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a $1bn order from Singapore Airlines to supply Trent 700 engines to power 15 Airbus A330 aircraft, along with TotalCare® services support. The Trent 700 is the most fuel efficient, cleanest and quietest engine on the A330. Since it entered service in 1995, Rolls-Royce has continued to [...]
Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce into businesses in the county found trade has risen and jobs were safer.
The demand for sales professionals in the UK is continuing to increase as companies boost their hiring intentions, the latest industry report has claimed. Reed’s Job Index for June, which measures the number of job opportunities across different sectors in the UK, now stands at 125, which is a four-point improvement on May. However, the index [...]
Five said they had not been touched by the recession, while 10 said they had seen no improvement.
