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For a bit of fun & if you have any spare time over Christmas - Play this “Elf N’ Safety” Game… Dont get too addicted. I am currently 1102 in the leader board I am sure there are alot of people out there who can beat this rather poor performance! Let me know how you get on…
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Interestingly in this economic climate senior executives are still more concerned about Recruitment and Retention than with staff morale and productivity.
A survey conducted with 150 Senior executives from the nations 1,000 largest companies on 15th September - 15th October by Robert Half, produced results that would probably surprise you…..
When asked about their greatest staffing concern, nearly four out of 10 (39 percent) senior executives interviewed cited employee retention, while 22 percent said recruitment. Productivity and employee morale were each named by 17 percent of respondents.
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The office of National Statistics has released its labour market statistics today.
Based on the quarter August 2008 - October 2008: The number of people in employment has decreased by 115,000 to 29,377 and the number of unemployed people has increased by 137,000 to 1.86million. The employment rate was 74.2% (0.4% down on the previous quarter) and the the unemployment rate is now 6.0%. (0.4% up on previous quarter).
The number of vacancies recorded in the quarter September 08 - November 08 is now 562,000 (this is down 49,000 on last quarter)
The earnings annual growth rate remains unchanged at 3.3% (including bonuses) and 3.6% (excluding bonuses)
Tags: Employment, Labour Market, unemployment
With so many companies making redundancies and the threat of more to come, (check out the CIPD’s gloomy forcast) , we have tried to focus on the positives from this week and attach some “feel good” links to the news pages and blogs. (If you want ALL the stories good and bad then visit the HR Connexions Group on LinkedIn).
The Most Rediculous Job Title Competition
How do 16 - 35 Year olds look for a Job?
Who is Hiring? - Despite the Downturn many Job boards are still hiring
New Study for Corporate Implementation of Web 2.0
Online Recruitment made even easier
Social Networking Survey Results
Jobseekers should use online recruitment, expert urges
Recruit Me Now takes the initiative to rattle the cages and shake up the Job board price war…
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The Monster Employment Index states that there has been a sharp decline in Online Recruitment for November 2008 and is a reverse effect from the moderate growth seen in October 2008.
The index has decreased to 152 points in November, this is a decrease by 9 points from October 2008 and is 17 points down on November 2007 (10%). According to the Monster Index, this is a 19 month low.
The main areas to be effected are the entertainment, arts, sports leisure and legal sectors. However, demand is down in most areas except health care, telecoms and education.
Only Northern Ireland saw growth in online vacancies whilst the South West saw the largest dip.
This slowdown is largely expected given the recent economic downturn and the increasing unemployment figures. Companies who are hiring are still looking to the Internet as the most cost effective method to attract applicants, however it still highlights the decreasing number of jobs available in the UK. What do you think?
To read the full report visit the Monster Employment Index
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