Statistics

Less than one fifth (16%) of employers ask about candidates volunteering on application forms and under a third (31%) ask about it during interviews

Chancellor’s Budget must not neglect investment in vocational and further education and workforce skills

A survey published today by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), conducted by Mercer, on salaries, resources and aspirations in the student recruitment and development industry, reveals only 37% of industry professionals expect to stay in graduate recruitment or development

Adzuna.co.uk, the fastest-growing job search engine in Europe, which is backed by venture capital firms Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group and Passion Capital, has raised more than £1.5m through the UK’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube.

InterExec, the UK’s leading voice on the senior executive recruitment market, has just concluded a major global research programme amongst over 7000 senior executive recruiters

But advertised salaries fall to lowest in ten months

Professional recruitment firms now have 13% more vacancies on their books than this time last year according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)

An extra £1 billion in tourist spend predicted for this year

Increases in employees' pay have been stuck at the same level for the longest period since the end of 2006, according to the latest data released by pay analysts at XpertHR

Thanks to the prevalence of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, workers have the ability to check in to work at any time, from anywhere. For many, that even includes on holiday. A new CareerBuilder.uk survey shows that 32 per cent of UK workers check their work email while on holiday.