L’Oréal wanted to attract people to work for them who may not be actively looking to change jobs. Linkedin was the perfect solution ...

Young adults who recall four or more employer contacts while at school are five times less likely to be NEET (not in employment, education or training) than those who had less or no involvement.

Having worked in the legal departments of two large recruitment companies, it is clear that the recruitment industry has its fair share of serial litigants; people who bring multiple cases in ...

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) are developing a voluntary attestation system to introduce independent inspection of utilities companies.

Agricultural group Cargill will not deal with South Africa between mid-December and mid-January because of possible millennium bug problems. In a “worst-case” scenario, South Africa’s transport ...

The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange (Liffe) is to spin off its information technology division in the next year.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched a series of webinars giving help on tax to businesses and the self-employed. Hilton seeks 50 apprentices in thinly-spread junior cheffing market In the wake of ...

Almost half of UK IT and finance professionals have seriously considered moving abroad to work, according to new research. Finnish and British resource management companies forge alliance for UK ...

Legal and compliance search firm Stanford has appointed Rowan Morrison as a director.

China’s State Council has approved a plan to create 45m jobs between now and 2015, in a bid to keep urban unemployment under 5%. Energy, consumer and medical industry recruiter BW Penman has opened a ...

Unemployment rates in December 2011 were lower in 329 out of 372 US metropolitan areas than in the same month in 2010, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics. The labour minister Eduardo Brenta ...