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All the latest from the world of student & graduate recruitment

Apprenticeships and youth employment

Vince Cable talking about providing up to 20,000 more apprenticeships by offering a £1500 incentive payment for employers to take more apprentices on. As reported by the Telegraph: “There are good careers out there, apprenticeship is a very…

November 22 2011

Attitude and Ability

Have you seen the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s Youth Employment Taskforce report? You can download it here (REC Report), and it brings up some really interesting points. It focuses predominantly on the fact that youth unemployment has not…

November 18 2011

Incentives for businesses to recruit

You may well have heard – but there is a lot of talk these days about helping young people into employment. Discussions now are around how the Government can stimulate job creation, and help reduce youth unemployment (which…

November 18 2011

only fluent english speakers please

We regularly talk to our clients and discuss ways of improving the job title, the job description and what qualifications and other requirements there are. Ultimately you, as a client, need your vacancy filled by the best applicant…

November 07 2011

Minimum Wage changes

As of 1st October 2011 the minimum wage rate rates have gone up! If you are recruiting and you are paying people at the lower end of the pay scale, please do check that you are meeting your…

October 17 2011

Promoting productive internships – the Internship Charter

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is Europe’s largest HR and development professional body. As an internationally recognised brand with over 135,000 members across 120 countries, they support and develop those responsible for the management and…

October 10 2011

How Many Applications We Generate

What Affects Applications? It’s a common question from companies who are thinking about advertising with us on Employment4students. And it doesn’t have an easy answer! How many applications you get depends on a range of factors – some…

October 05 2011

Preventing Discrimination in Job Adverts

As employers I’m sure you are well aware of the procedures and rules that take place to avoid discrimination in the workplace. This also begins in the hiring process, and it is your role as recruiters to ensure…

October 05 2011

How much can your job advert be improved

The job title and the job description are CRUCIAL for getting the most, and the best applications. At Employment4students our account managers look at job titles, descriptions, and the applications they generate very day. These are figures from…

September 16 2011

Do unpaid positions generate less applications

There is a lot in the news at the moment about internships – and the law surrounding paying interns. I’m not going to discuss this here, but instead focus on what our clients are receiving in terms of…

August 22 2011

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