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Recruitment agencies could see more job posts at new companies

The number of jobs offered by recruitment agencies could increase as a result of legislation introduced to encourage economic growth at new businesses.
Startups have been urged to ensure they take full advantage of a payment 'holiday' scheme that allows them to temporarily forego a percentage of National Insurance…

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Employees more trusting of business leaders ‘if they feel well treated’

Employees are likely to have higher levels of trust in their business leaders if they feel they have been properly treated during the recession.
According to research published by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) and Management Today, staff at organisations that have seen office closures and involuntary…

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Business confidence ‘returning to the UK and abroad’

Recruitment agencies will be hoping for an upturn in the jobs market as business confidence continues to grow.
The managing director of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) has highlighted what the organisation sees as "a return to confidence across the business community" as firms realise new opportunities for growth…

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Young professionals told to look at the wider jobs market

Young adults looking for their first jobs have been advised to expand their horizons beyond graduate recruitment schemes and look at the wider jobs market.
Recruitment agencies can match bright young professionals to a number of attractive positions that require a degree, even if they are not actually graduate schemes.…

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Recruitment agencies ’should be optimistic after government’s first 100 days’

Recruitment agencies can be generally optimistic about the direction the new government has taken in its first 100 days in office, although now is the time for Whitehall to push on and take concrete action in the employment market.
That is the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's (REC) assessment of…

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Training ‘crucial to project management jobs’

Those looking for project management jobs who undertake training schemes are more likely to gain, retain and advance in employment.
That is to be inferred from a new survey of the UK workforce published by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), which indicated that training is proportional to…

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Over eight million still waiting for recession pay-cuts to be reinstated

Over three-quarters (77%), some 8,680,000, of employees who took a pay cut during the recession, in order to avoid redundancy, have still not had their pay re-instated, according to a report released by recruitment consultants Badenoch & Clark. This is despite the UK now being officially out of recession.
Employees…

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‘Dangerous’ government policy to impact recruitment agencies?

Government policy regarding employment could come back to cause it problems, something that could also affect recruitment agencies.
The Work Foundation, which aims to improve the quality of working life and the effectiveness of organisations, suggests that the coalition government’s decisions regarding unemployment could haunt it further down the line.…

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Recruitment agencies part of ‘remarkable’ manufacturing jobs rise

Recruitment agencies could have played a part in the recent rise in the number of people finding work in the manufacturing sector.
According to Markit Economics, employment in the UK manufacturing sector increased to its highest level in 15 years, with recruitment agencies likely to have placed a number…

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Recruitment agencies to help unconfident company execs?

Recruitment agencies could come to the rescue of company executives who have little confidence in their staff’s ability to manage the fallout of the recession.
According to research from Egon Zehnder International, a company which specialises in executive headhunting, just five per cent of executives believe their company has…

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