Following a record crop of entries, the shortlist for the 2012 National Council for Work Experience Awards has just been announced. And, reflecting their capacity to recognise organisations of all types and sizes, the nominees featured this year range from major firms such as PwC and Unilever to Exeter City FC and the Snowdon Mountain Railway ... more or comment here
According to new research from Penna, the uncertain economic climate has provided fertile ground for a new breed of HR director – one whose influence has increased significantly over the past twelve months ... more or comment here 4 comments
On Friday 3rd February, CITY AM will be launching Cityamcareers.com – a new recruitment service billed as the paper’s biggest product extension since it launched back in 2005 ... more or comment here
At Enhance Media’s latest annual online recruitment conference – the tenth anniversary event – social media, mobile and direct sourcing all featured prominently among the key themes for the year ahead ... more or comment here
To mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee year, the CIPD has just published a special work audit report on how work in Britain has changed since 1952. And it’s come up with a number of interesting observations ... more or comment here
Ri5 was sad to learn of the death before Christmas of John Bouffler, who was classified advertisement director at the Daily Express from 1975-1986. ... more or comment here 1 comment
The year’s first Graduate Answer Time event sought to evaluate the currency of a 2:1 degree as a prerequisite for a graduate job ... more or comment here
The Bank’s Annual Diversity Report 2011 includes in its 2012 plan an action to develop public relations material and stories to increase public awareness of the Bank’s inclusive and diverse workforce. The Bank is looking to appoint an external PR agency for a fixed term of three months ... more or comment here
Belfast-based EU office, sponsoring projects in Northern Ireland, on its borders with the Republic, and in western Scotland. The SEUPB wishes to engage a provider of design, advertising and media buying services ... more or comment here
The day before former RBS chief Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood, his successor, and the man appointed to restore RBS’s fortunes and reputation, chose to turn down the bonus to which he was entitled. ... more or comment here 1 comment
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development is looking for a new chief executive ... more or comment here
Following its recent revamp, Independent Online was the only national newspaper website to record an increase in daily users between November and December last year, albeit from a relatively low base ... more or comment here
At the Association of Graduate Recruiters’ annual general meeting on Wednesday 25th January, proposed changes to the Association’s constitution failed to obtain the necessary votes. Graduate Promotions’ MD Hugh Young details his reservations about the draft changes, and why he felt it necessary to oppose them ... more or comment here 2 comments
The latest in our regular series rounding up what’s been going on in and around the world of graduate recruitment ... more or comment here 1 comment
The latest ABC audit reveals an impressive set of figures for Milkround, the leading graduate recruitment website. More than 260,000 graduates and students visited www.milkround.com in November 2011 and visits to the site were up by 107,027 on the same period in 2010. ... more or comment here
The latest London meeting of the Recruitment Society, hosted by Euro RSCG People at their Farringdon HQ, featured an interactive session entitled ‘Did you just lie to me?’ Cliff Lansley presented an interesting and entertaining hour or so on how to tell if someone is lying to you ... more or comment here
By the 15th January deadline, the number of applications to UK universities had fallen fall by 8.7%, reflecting the impact of substantial tuition fee rises this year ... more or comment here
The Ri Fiver year ended with a bang, and one of the biggest and best selections of creative work seen in some time. The jury was divided, with no fewer than eight different pieces of work attracting votes. The winner, however, won by a clear margin and, for the second time in the year, the Ri Fiver is heading abroad. ... more or comment here 4 comments
The very wonderful Creative Review has conducted in-depth research into the best slogans, polling its readers and industry experts in order to produce the definitive list. The results (the top twenty) are published in the magazine’s February issue and are sure to spark debate. Here is the top ten: ... more or comment here 12 comments
The launch of new digital recruitment group Evenbase was announced on Tuesday 24th January, representing “a significant move for the global growth ambitions of the team behind Jobsite” ... more or comment here 1 comment
We announced the winners of the 2012 RAD Awards on Ri5 almost before the event had come to an end. Now we’re giving you the opportunity to take a really in-depth look at all the winning entries ... more or comment here
The newly-published winter edition of the AGR’s biannual survey foresees a marginal decline of 1.2% in its member firms’ graduate intakes this year. While less optimistic than the recent High Fliers Research prediction of a 6.4% increase in leading firms’ graduates intakes, this at least suggests that that the graduate jobs market is likely to remain relatively stable ... more or comment here 1 comment
Global HR services group Penna plc has launched its first-ever graduate and apprenticeship scheme, the Penna Development Programme (NB application deadline now extended...) ... more or comment here
... but they know it’s tough out there. New research from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit shows that over 80% of students who completed three-year degrees believe they possess the skills employers are seeking, although an even higher proportion (84%) think it’s now more difficult than ever to find work ... more or comment here
graduate-jobs.com, the first job-board to create a graduate-specific CV search system more than a decade ago, has added a number of new features ... more or comment here
Business leaders at some of Britain's biggest engineering companies have warned the Government is compounding major skills shortages in the industry and hampering efforts to rebalance the economy following plans to downgrade technical qualifications. By Telegraph Jobs’ editor, Louisa Peacock. ... more or comment here
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