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  • Why Employees and Other Non-Standard Students Should Take the CLEP Test

    Students visit a dedicated testing center in the US to take the exam. There are currently 1,700 such centers including colleges, universities, and even some military sites.

  • Data confirms drop in employer confidence due to coronavirus

    New data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) collected between 2 March and 20 March shows that the coronavirus crisis hit employers hard in the first part of the UK slowdown to fight the virus.

  • Coronavirus - How to work well from home during these uncertain times

    WHETHER it’s part of your regular working week or you are a doing it for the first time – these unprecedented times are now seeing thousands of people working from home.

  • What measures are training providers putting in place to encourage reassurance during the COVID-19 crisis?

    As leading training provider, Qube Learning, navigates itself through a significantly uncertain time, CEO Joe Crossley is working consistently with his employees to ensure there is a remote solution for students and the businesses they work with.

  • How to maintain employee morale when remote working

    Now that the switch to remote working has been made, leaders should turn their attention to maintaining morale and a positive workplace culture, writes Caroline Gleeson, CEO and co-founder of Occupop

  • UK Recruitment Sector Joins NHS Staffing Initiative

    Without a doubt, the Coronavirus has hit UK businesses hard and in less than two weeks the recruitment industry has effectively been brought to its knees with online revenues being reduced by around 70% - almost literally, overnight.

  • 94% of employers face pensions challenges

    Recent figures from the Office of National Statistics show that since auto-enrolment came into play in October 2012, the proportion of employees in the UK with a workplace pension has increased from 47% to 77%. While this is a huge step in the right direction, the pensions industry still has a long way to go and now faces fresh challenges.

  • How online businesses are being affected by COVID19: an iGaming case study.

    While the online gambling market in the UK may currently find itself in the eye of a regulatory and legislative storm, for now this remains one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors around. But for how long?

  • FAQs - Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

    On 20 March 2020 the government announced the launch of its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which is intended to pay employees who would otherwise be redundant or subject to a requirement to remain away from work without pay and are instead designated as "furloughed"

  • Jobs are being created as well as lost

    While jobs are being lost during the coronavirus crisis, they are also being created, a leading recruitment group is keen to point out.

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