UK employment market ‘recovering’

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The UK jobs market is starting to show signs of recovery – the first time in 17 months – according to a survey of recruitment agencies.

The survey, based on monthly research from KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation found ‘marginal increases’ in appointments in August.

The ‘Markit Economics’ report also found that the decline in the number of vacancies is easing, and that the decline in pay is the slowest in 10 months.

interview workshops to be launched

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£24bn a year is spent on managing poor performers – source: Future Foundation project – Getting the Edge in the New People Economy.

Many PR consultants who take on recruitment responsibilities have not had interview training. To address this issue, The Works will shortly be launching interview workshops for consultancies and in-house teams wanting to improve the effectiveness of the job interviews they conduct. (more…)

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