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More to follow once ONS provide data sheet and in the interim here is a very nice interactive graph of unemployment by regions: The employment rate for those aged from 16 to 64 was 70.5 per cent for January-March 2012, up 0.2 on the quarter. There were 29.23 million people in employment aged 16 and …

Depending on how full your glass is, the latest production figures showed a positive stride between February and March with Manufacturing rising by 0.9% from the previous month, year on year the figures do not make great reading with a fall in Production of 2.6% compared with March 2011. The ONS Headlines: The seasonally adjusted …

Another chapter in the ongoing saga of people that lie on their CV; (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s board convened on Monday afternoon to discuss the mounting upset surrounding Chief Executive Scott Thompson, who has apologized to employees after being accused last week by activist investor Daniel Loeb of padding his resume, a source with knowledge …

Those of you that have read my ramblings about a Linkedin and CV convergence might like to know that there is a new app for Google Chrome called whoworks.at that is worth looking at and works on the ability to provide Linkedin search capability while browsing, rather than searching within Linkedin itself. Once installed it …

Good news – unemployment falls Bad news – Only by 0.1% The coalition has driven some tough measures forward to try and get the country back on an even footing. A subjective and divisive statement if ever there was one. I see the pain that it is causing but I remember the past just as …

The CV, or as we like to call it, the Professional CV, is going through change and convergence. I’m going to try and map out how I think this could manifest through 2013, 2014 and 2015. If I get some time I will add an infographic but in the interim this is what I think …

Why or for what reason is a Professional CV required and what added benefit will a Professional CV Writing business such as ours bring to your CV? Both are required, and the reason for this is that it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to find work, get to interview stage or a response to a job …

Anonymity. Deputy PM Nick Clegg has announced that he wants the top employers in the UK to support the idea of candidates excluding their name and school detail from their CV when applying for jobs. The idea centres around the principal of breaking the monopoly of the “old boys network” and stopping institutional or racial …

Will you and your CV meet the criteria for 2012? (or how to avoid another fine mess) Recruiters and employers are all saying the same thing; A CV has to make a positive visual and content statement about the person it represents. In a depressed recruitment market your CV has to be superior to that …

Executive ‘forced out of job’ over LinkedIn CV A human resources executive was forced out of his job after angering his employer by putting his CV online and advertising that he was interested in other “career opportunities”, a tribunal heard. Full story here We always caution about Linkedin and this story is a timely reminder …