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Employers urged to scrap 2.1 degree minimum requirement - from Personnel Today
Graduate employers are being urged to scrap their minimum requirement of a 2.1 degree. Of 600 students and graduates polled by graduate careers site Milkround.com, more than half (58%) said they want employers to scrap the minimum requirement where it is used, arguing that job suitability cannot be judged solely on degree classification.
30th
Apr
Recruiter advertises for next Prime Minister - from Recruitment Today
More than 100 people have applied for the job of Prime Minister after it was advertised on a public sector recruitment site JobsGoPublic.com.
30th
Apr
£80bn red tape strangles job creation - from Recruitment Today
Over-regulation is costing UK businesses more than £80billion a year, according to the Institute of Directors.
23rd
Apr
Volcano update: Employers urged to adopt consistent approach - from Personnel Today
Employers have been urged to be consistent in their approach to managing employees affected by the travel disruption caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Travel industry body Abta has estimated that as many as 150,000 UK workers are currently stranded overseas.
23rd
Apr
Half of job seekers could face prison - from Recruitment Today
A woman was jailed recently for six months for forging references and lying on her CV. Yet, according to a survey commissioned by office support recruitment specialists Tate more than 40% of people have at some point lied or made slight exaggerations on their CV to get a job.
16th
Apr
Labour to scrap default retirement age of 65, says election manifesto - from Personnel Today
Labour has pledged to scrap the default retirement age (DRA) of 65 should the party win the general election. In its 2010 election manifesto, published today, Labour pledges "a right to request flexible working for older workers, with an end to default retirement at 65, enabling more people to decide for themselves how long they choose to keep working."
16th
Apr
April 2010 employment law changes: seven things employers need to know - from Personnel Today
We answer employers' questions on the changes to employment law in force from April 2010.
8th
Apr
'UK to lose talents of skilled migrant workers' - from Recruitment Today
New changes to the points-based immigration system could deter skilled migrant workers from coming to the UK, campaigners have warned. They believe that some of the changes which were implemented yesterday by the UK Border Agency are unfair.
8th
Apr
1 in 3 jobseekers say HR badly handled their redundancy - from Onrec
Results from a survey of over 1000 jobseekers finds that nearly one in three believe the HR department of their previous employer handled their redundancy poorly. One in two said they were given no extra support in their redundancy.
1st
Apr
Minimum wage rise to hit recruitment - from Recruitment Today
The minimum wage rise - sneaked out in Treasury paperwork after the Budget - represents a real risk to the jobs of thousands of workers and could hit young job seekers hard, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned.
1st
Apr