Archive for the ‘Jobs’ Category
Job Creation Climbs to Highest Rate in 21 Years
Saturday, August 14, 2010 19:32 No CommentsThe UK economy created a record number of jobs between April and June, providing further evidence of the robustness of the recovery in that period. However, a smaller than expected fall in the claimant count added to fears that the economy might struggle to maintain momentum.
As the economy surged froward with 1.1% growth in the [...]
Get to Know About Yourself with Psychological Testing
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 12:24 No CommentsPshcologics could help people in many ways in their daily lifes. Now, mental tests are becoming ever more common adopted in the business world.
Various organizations are adopting this kind of psychometric tests, which can often be interchanged with the terms “occupational testing” and “psychological testing”, during their recruiting process to identify the strength and weakness [...]
Unions Attack Vintage Thatcher Job Cuts
Sunday, June 27, 2010 7:50 No CommentsThe future of the labour market became a rhetorical battlegroud as trade unions flayed the chacellor’s vintage Thatcher Budget, but held their fire on the timing of any industrial action over jobs, pay and pensions.
George Osborne cited an optimistic forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility that unemployment currently 2.47m or 7.9 % of the [...]
Cautious Welcome for Jobs Levy Delay
Friday, June 25, 2010 10:37 No CommentsGeorge Osborne confirmed measures to offset about two0thirds of Labour’s planned rise in employers’ nation insurance contributions, but some business groups were disappointed he didn’t cancel it outright.
The 1% point rise in employers’ and employees’ NICs will go ahead from April 2011. But, according to the Treasury, the threshold at which employers start paying will [...]
Companies Ignoring British Graduates for Jobs Require Language Skills
Friday, June 4, 2010 16:17 No CommentsIn a research seen by The Times, British employers admitted that they are ignoring the graduates from the UK for the job that need a foreign language, simply assuming that they cannot speak another language.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has received complaints from overseas businesses setting up in britain about the lack of language [...]
More Jobs Loss
Saturday, May 29, 2010 8:11 No CommentsMuch more jobs could be lost at Nationalwide after the building society reported a 46% fall in annual profits. Britain’s biggest building society posted pre-tax profits of £212 million in the year to April 4 compared with £393 million a year earlier.
It is also warned that historically low interest rates would continue to hit profits [...]
Jobless in Numbers
Saturday, March 27, 2010 21:15 No CommentsUK unemployment has risen more slowly than expected during the recession. However, it is expected to remain high for some time.
Currently, 28.86 million people are employed in the UK. The number of unemployed people in the UK reached 2.45 million, while 687000 of them have been unemployed for more than a year and 1.59 million [...]

