Online Recruitment Articles of the week | 8th-12th Oct 2012

Here’s a roundup of what’s been happening within the online recruitment industry this week. Apprenticeships hit half million mark New figures published by the government reveal that the number of people taking up apprenticeships has hit the half million mark, rising from 457,200 to 502,500 between 2011/12. Why Social Media Was Meant for Recruitment Agencies […]

Online recruitment industry shuns the mobile revolution

With the rise of the iPhone/iPad and similar mobile/tablet devices, we literally have a wealth of knowledge at our fingertips. The increased popularity of these devices, along with the clear advantages they bring to our daily live’s brought along a change in the way web design agencies now approach the design and development of their […]

An overview of online CV generators

Getting a CV together can become quite a time consuming task, often requiring careful thought and planning to be sure that it is relevant and targeted towards the position you are applying for. Therefore, to help with your next online recruitment application we’ve put together a compilation of the best online CV generators along with […]

How facebook has become a powerful online recruitment tool

We all know how useful facebook can be for keeping in touch with friends, past and present. But the popular social network is fast proving itself as a powerful online recruitment tool. But how much do you really know about Facebook? Heres some interesting facts to help convince you about the potentials of advertising your […]

This week in Online Recruitment | 3rd-7th Sep 2012

It’s been a busy week in the world of online recruitment, lot’s of  great new articles have been doing the rounds. Here’s a pick of the bunch that we enjoyed reading… Amazon initiates a major recruiting drive across UK Online retailer Amazon is to create over 2,000 new permanent jobs in the UK over the […]

Recruitment stats for summer 2012

Evenbase a global digital recruitment group have released their quarterly recruitment report which reveals some interested facts… The fact that caught our eye the most is that the average number of vacancies advertised has risen from 5.7 to 7.7 per business since the previous quarter, which is a welcoming increase considering the recent economic climate. […]

Top 10 – Most wanted workers in the UK

Britain may have one of the largest economies on the planet; however there is still a shortage in skills and services that provide for our society. The top  10 areas of worker shortages are: 1. Teachers Teacher training courses for primary and secondary schools has fallen by 9 per cent in comparison to last year. This has […]

Olympics and the recruitment industry

The number of people in permanent jobs has fallen for the second month as the summer lull was affected by economic uncertainty and the distraction of the London Olympics. The Labour market has been like a rollercoaster ride over the past year, with the number of unemployed falling between March and May despite the economy being in recession. “The […]

Job Searching with social media, the stats revealed

With the ever increasing prominence of social networking sites in our daily lives, brings along a spate of new methods of recruitment via social media. We recently stumbled across the very informative and lovely info-graphic put together by the team at Careerenlightenment.com which helps to highlight some of the facts they discovered over the past year […]

7 online tools we use on a daily basis

Here in the Net-Recruit office we naturally couldn’t get by without the internet and the vast amount of web-based tools available. That’s why we have put together this list, highlighting some our favourite online tools which help us run our online recruitment agency more efficiently: Outlook Mail 365 – With this great online interface we […]