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• 29May

  Weekly Digest 29th May 2009

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  Summer is finally here and online recruitment keeps moving. Find below a few snippets from this weeks blogs, videos and news.

  The key to online recruitment adverts is simplicity and detailed job descriptions, according to Milkround job seekers. Read the review by Sam Collins on Recruiter Today

  Twitter Job Search now includes In-Stream Ads service as an application.  It is based on Pay Per Click model and offers a range of benefits for both job seekers and advertisers. 

  The Recruiterlists some practical steps an employer can take to minimise potential risks associated with using social media in the recruitment workplace.

  Finally, we leave you with Matt Alder’s latest video on Social Media and Employer Branding.  Excellent overview on how to engage, the benefits and future of facebook, linked in and twitter….

  Tags: employer branding, Job Adverts, social media, twitter

• 26May

  Weekly Digest 26th May 2009

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  Just a few snippets from last week…

  A recent survey by Noras indicates that 76% of job seekers would relocate oversees to enhance their career prospects. Senior Managers and Directors constitute of one fith of the respondents who are prepared to relocate and more junior level job seekers are more prepared to take training..

  Peter Gold has posted some great tips to turn the ATS table and although much of it seams common sense, we are sure a lot of people could benefit from a quick read - Don’t be a slave to technology

  Personnel Today have reported that the use of recruitment agencies won’t resume once the recession ends. A recent study by Oakleaf states that 70% of in house recruiters feel that the recession will have a negative long term effect. There has been a lot of recruitment companies re-inventing themselves in the last 6 months and the recruitment landscape is certainly changing… but what do you think about the long term viability?

  Best web application:
  Still in Beta phase, but there is a new tool for facebook that makes it more like linked in for recruitment purposes.  Check out insidejob 

  Here is hoping for a sunny bank holiday everyone

  Tags: ATS, facebook, noras, Online Recruitment, recruitment agencies

• 13May

  Labour Statistics May 2009

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  The Office of National Statistics have released the latest Labour Market Statistics.  It comes as no surprise that the unemployment rate has increased and the employment rate and number of vacancies has fallen throughout the reference period Jan 09 - March 09.  On a more positive angle,  there are a few indicators in the report that may suggest a bit of a slow down.

  A quick overview of the headlines:

  The number of people in employment decreased by 157,000 over the quarter which now puts the total number of people in full time employment at 21.67 million

  The unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent this is up 0.8 percentage points from the three months to December 2008

  The number of unemployed people increased by 244,000 over the quarter, which means that as of March 2009, there were 2.2million unemployed people in the UK

  The number of vacancies was 455,000.  This is down 51,000 from the previous quarter.

  For a positive spin on the stats:

  The redundancy rate increased by 1.1% to 11.3% on the previous quarter.  But when compared to 6 months ago when it jumped from 6.1% to 10.2% in the quarter October - December 2008, it has certainly slowed down.

  There was a rise of 57,000 in the numbers of people out of work last month compared with a 74,000 jump in April, and a 137,000 increase in March.

  The full document can be found on the Office for National Statistics website

  Tags: Labour Market, office of national statistics

• 12May

  Monster Index UK Shows Small Signs of Recovery for April 09

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  The Monster Index is a monthly analysis of millions of job opportunities that have been gathered from a wide selection of corporate careers sites and job boards across the UK.  According to the April analysis, the index has risen by 2% on last month.  Year on year, however, the index has fallen 67 points, but it is the second increase in the last 3 months (February 09 saw a 6 point increase).

  The regions to experience a growth are:

  Region                         April  2009              March 2009
  Scotland                                  114                         100
  Northern Ireland                     106                           93    
  South West                             198                         189
  Northern England                    138                         133

  The industry that show the greatest monthly increase was the Health care and Social Work sector, accounting for 39 points of the overall growth.  Other industries requiring an increase in employees were; Education, Management and Consulting, Legal and Transport. 

  After what appeared to be a stablising over the last 3 months, the Construction and Extraction industry fell by 4 points and are now at their lowest since January 2005.  The number of opportunities for HR workers continues to fall and month on month by a further 5%.

  Overall, the report suggests that job market appears to be stabilising, however with the latest unemployment figures published tomorrow, it is expected to confirm a further 85,000 people out of work to take the overal unemployment figure close to 2.2m.  Watch this space…

  Tags: jobs, Monster Index, unemployment

• 08May

  Weekly Digest 8th May 2009

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   The best bits on the web in the world associated with recruitment…

  A new survey has found employee satisfaction to be increasing in the UK

  Personnel Today are urging HR to treat reports of recovery with caution -

  10 things HR professionals & employee need to do about swine flu 

  Twitter job search integrates with Google 

  Check out HR Connexions new look on Twitter - Please let us know what you think 

  We hope you find the articles useful and don’t forget to conect with us on twitter, facebook or linkedin

  Tags: economy, employees, swine flu, twitter

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