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Employers are gearing up for the recovery by targeting recruitment in areas that will maximise growth, according to a survey by the CBI and Harvey Nash. But firms are concerned about maintaining morale, as employees face another year of pay restraint |
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Careers Profession Task Force report: 'Towards a Strong Careers Profession' published October 15th |
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Secretary of State for Business, Vince Cable, said that the Government endorsed the key points from Lord Browne's recommendations for the future funding of Higher Education. |
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CWJobs.co.uk introduces the latest development in IT recruitment. IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk has teamed up with David Wood, the co-founder of Symbian to create the first augmented reality CV. In response to research revealing that 80% of IT jobseekers would consider using an alternative to the traditional 'written' CV if it helped them stand out. CWJobs has brought David Wood's CV to life CV using audio and visual technology as an example of an alternative which could be the future. |
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The Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Minister for Europe will make the case for an EU career to the next generation of civil servants. |
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The UK's 8-18 year-olds are very keen to secure part-time work before they are 18 and believe that it will help them get ahead in life by giving them valuable work and money management experience, according to the M&S Money Under-18s' Work and Money Survey 2010. |
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| Specialist educational publisher Open Doors Media Ltd steps in to fill this gap. Expansion is the order of the day for new regional publisher Open Doors Media Ltd, who has just launched a series of regional publications in England for school leavers. |
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New research has revealed that a third of Britons have been inspired to embark on their chosen career by a television show, with the most popular programme being The Apprentice. A further fifth of women admitted that they would like to have the career of one of the leading characters in the show Sex and the City. |
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Barclays Corporate announced the reshaping of its graduate recruitment programme, along with a new website dedicated to entry-level recruitment.
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First Minister Alex Salmond and Indian Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal welcomed moves to strengthen Scotland's and India's long established learning links. |
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Prospect of higher HE tuition fees puts improvements to advice and guidance as priority, says Institute of Career Guidance
The Browne Report recommends the raising of the cap on tuition fees. If these proposals are accepted, as predicted, the Institute of Career Guidance (ICG) has two major concerns. |
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| The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, announced the introduction of a Universal Credit designed to simplify the benefit system and improve work incentives. |
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