IPC Media Classified Sales and Meet The Real Me joined forces today to run one of the UK’s first ever Video CV recruitment campaigns. With wide ranging recruitment advertising activity across multiple job boards and employment portals designed to attract candidates from a broad range of careers including graduates just entering the job market, the campaign is designed to drive all applications through the new Meet The Real Me website.
The European Union has emerged from its worst recession since World War II, with the announcement on Friday that the region posted a modest growth in the third quarter. Despite the news, some EU economies including Spain and the United Kingdom are still struggling.
Employers are keeping a tight rein on pay, but recruitment freezes are starting to thaw and some of the dramatic changes made to working patterns during the recession are now being eased.
THE number of jobless university leavers is expected to break the 100,000 barrier this week, heightening fears of a “lost generation”. Tens of thousands of out-of-work graduates from the class of 2009 have joined the 70,000 from last year who have still not found employment, official figures are expected to confirm.
The unemployment rate in the United States has surpassed ten percent, according to figures released by the US Department of Labor on Friday.
Part of the government’s £500m recruitment subsidy fund to help the unemployed should be redirected to help fund new apprenticeships, the CBI said today (Monday), as it warned that youth unemployment is reaching unacceptable levels.