Applicants per vacancy by industry sector
High Flyers Research has produced it’s ‘end-of year’ update on graduate recruitment in 2010 amongst the top graduate employers. This shows the revised number of graduate vacancies by sector in 2010 and the number of applicants per vacancy.
Here is an excerpt from the research Continue Reading »
pwc talent academy success story
The pwc five-day residential talent academy aims to develop the employability skills of students early on in their degree.This year’s event finished last week.
Fifty-four students Continue Reading »
The pressure is on to find that graduate job.
The pressure has come on this years graduate leavers as they compete with those who left university in 2008 and 2009 for places on scarce graduate trainee schemes. Continue Reading »
Hire or Fire it’s a problem for the public sector
Hiring and firing in the public sector consumes huge amounts of time and money. The hiring process in the prison sector has 39 steps (a good title for a film?). The National Audit Office found that Continue Reading »
Accent the positive
In UK broadcasting over the last 15 years regional accents have been eagerly accepted at the expense of “received pronunciation” (RP) and some presenters have been dismissed for allegedly sounding “too posh”. But, is the same true in business? Continue Reading »
Candidates lie on their CVs
It’s about time that candidates realised that prospective employers will check the veracity of their CVs. Yet, according to background screening company PeopleChecking, part of NorthgateArinso candidates lie most often about degree-level educational qualifications. Continue Reading »
Civil Service graduate scheme sees rise in ethnic minority and disabled staff
The Civil Service has seen an increase in the number of ethnic minority and disabled graduates being successful after applying for its Fast Stream training and development programme. Continue Reading »
Can it really be that bad!
A survey of 16,000 final-year students by High Flyers Research has found that 64% of them are not expecting to join the job market this year. Apparently, only one in five final year students expects to leave university with a job.
To make matters worse, Continue Reading »
European cities lead the world on quality of life for employees
The 2010 Quality of Living Survey, from HR consultancy Mercer, surveyed 221 cities and found that Europe boasted 16 cities among the world’s top 25. Vienna retained its 2009 title as the highest ranked city, followed by Zurich in second place and Geneva in third position.
In the UK, London Continue Reading »
Do you really want to work at Morgan Stanley?
How much “guidance” is needed to address the etiquette demands of new office layouts? If you believe what “Dealbreaker” reports then certain staff at Morgan Stanley have received fairly detailed instructions on how to conduct themselves when working in their cubicle-style offices.
Here’s the memo staff are said to have received:
Subject: Cubicle Etiquette
‘As our team has grown and our space has become more populated, just a few reminders to basic guidelines for cubicle life.
Privacy
Never enter someone’s cubicle without permission. Behave as though cubicles have doors and do not enter before you have eye contact “permission” from the occupant.
Don’t “prairie-dog” over the Continue Reading »