Are you putting enough thought into your image when you turn up for a job interview? A candidate is most likely to spend around an hour getting ready for an interview, decides on the outfit two days before and can spend up to £100 on new clothes to make the right first impression. While women take slightly longer […]

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT – PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY Notable changes in the UK workforce in the quarter July–September include an increase in the number of temporary workers. This has increased up to 95,000 year on year to 1.7 million. All of the net increase, and more, came from those stating that they they did not want a […]

Large organisations have a constant need for new people and an ongoing recruitment process to find them. Between the vacant position and the perfect candidate is the recruitment supply chain. The REC, in association with CIPS and the CIPD, has produced a report that examines the effect supply chains have on recruitment and how HR, procurement and recruitment […]

2015 is general election year.  Each of the political parties will be setting out what they plan to do in the labour market. At the REC, they will be taking forward a bold vision for the next government: How to build the best jobs market in the world. The core message is that building the best jobs […]