News

Mar 9th

Employment Office launches CMS v3.0

Employment Office is excited to announce its custom-built comprehensive Candidate Management System (CMS) software has undergone some revolutionary advancements - allowing you to manage your candidate applications even more efficiently.

At its most basic level, your log-in for nominated stakeholders will enable them access recruitment campaigns, statistics, applications, candidates and archived jobs, as well as allowing them to rate and rank candidate applications.

What's new?

Feb 25th

Unemployment rate at 7.8 per cent

The employment rate for October to December 2009 was 72.4
per cent, down 0.1 on the quarter. The number of people in employment fell by 12,000 on the quarter to reach 28.91 million. The number of people in full-time employment fell by 37,000 on the quarter to reach 21.22 million, the smallest quarterly fall since the three months to July 2008.

Feb 24th

Private sector temporary worker use increases

The number of hours worked by private sector temporary workers increased by 35% in January, according to procurer of temporary agency labour de Poel.

And de Poel says this overall increase in temporary labour usage is in spite of bad weather caused by heavy snowfall earlier this year.

Last month, temporary worker use doubled in waste management in line with a shift from landfill to recycling contracts necessitating more employees, while in the logistics sector, usage rose by 66%.

Feb 19th

HR will have a pivotal role in the economy of the future

By 2020, effective HR strategies will be more crucial to business than ever before, according to a new report.

The report the first in the Visions of Britain 2020 series from Friends Provident found an emerging polarised workforce coupled with the decline of foreign workers in the workplace will give rise to an ‘elite worker'- employees in technical, professional and managerial roles. These elite workers will place new demands and expectations on employers.

Feb 12th

Review your e-mail signature

How many emails do you send a week? How many people do you work with? What do you estimate the total number of emails send out by your company, including auto replies to CV's, out of office responses, etc., to be?

Feb 10th

Survey sheds light on companies’ people strategies and post-recession role of HR

While some big employer brands fell down at the end of the ‘noughties’ in terms of their people strategies, insight from the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) 13th Annual CEO Survey, launched at Davos, suggests that CEOs are prioritising the people agenda as a means to recover and grow.

Feb 3rd

When is it not OK to headhunt?

The difference between headhunting and poaching is fairly black and white, according to coach Sophie Robertson, but if in doubt, you should err on the side of caution.

Robertson, the director of Younique Coaching, says she was known as the "ethics queen" in her recruiting days and has very firm views on the issue of poaching.

Jan 25th

Getting Recruitment Right

The tightening of selection procedures during the recruitment process is a good thing, according to the Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and the Institute of Recruitment Professionals.

Angela Masters said reports of new trends in the jobs market - such as the use of trained psychologists at the interviews stage - show how employers are recognising the importance of choosing the right candidates at the first time of asking.

Jan 22nd

Recruitment Marketing industry rebounds in 2010

There is no denying that marketing departments have been victims of the ongoing economic crisis, with firms concentrating on surviving rather than battling it out for new business.

However, the new year could herald a fresh start for the sector with various reports suggesting that budgets for email, mobile and online marketing will be much healthier in 2010.

Jan 18th

Mistreated Workers Have Long Memories, As The Fight for Talent Warms Up

Innovative attraction strategies, designed to build employer branding is key, as companies begin to compete for talent in a changed market.

Managing Director, Tudor Marsden-Huggins, who expects Employment Offices market share to grow aggressively this year, says companies will need to rethink their methods for attracting talent if they want to remain competitive in changed market conditions.