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The number of employers who are seriously considering hiring young jobseekers has recorded a significant growth over the past quarter, recent data from CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) has been able to reveal. The report suggests that 33 per cent of organisations with ‘hard-to-fill vacancies’ are planning to hire more young people to fill […]

Poor execution is the most common cause of failure when trying to implement an effective workforce planning process, a new guide to workforce planning from the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has been able to reveal. Whilst the pressure may be on to collect as much data as possible, the paper advises stepping back to […]

The significant growth in employment experienced across the UK for the past year has started to stall, as official figures released by the ONS (Office for National Statistics) can reveal a small dip in the number of people in work for the the three months leading to June 2015. For the aforementioned time period, there […]

The Australian Senate has just passed a bill that will enable the country to further enhance the security of its borders by deploying biometric systems on a much larger scale than before, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. The new legislation strengthens the ability of border control authorities […]

An advanced time and attendance system can easily become the ideal tool for holiday management within any company, helping employees on all levels attain a better balance between work and personal life. This seems to be a very serious problem nowadays, as the average full-time worker only takes 22 days of their average 25 days […]

Smart cards are likely to become thinner and incorporate more extensive security features after HID Global has announced an ultra-thin Polycarbonate (PC) ePrelaminate inlay for electronic ID (e-ID) cards that is more than 30 percent thinner than alternatives. The new inlay takes advantage of its proven process of directly bonding chips to wire-embedded air-coil antennas for […]

British SMEs are now very confident and optimistic than ever about their future prospects, a recent report has been able to reveal, with recruitment difficulties being the only real reasons for concern. The new report, produced by Aldermore in conjunction with YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr),* suggests that that a […]

The global fingerprint-based biometric access control systems market is expected to reach USD 4.41 billion by 2022, a fresh report by Grand View Research, Inc. has been able to reveal. The demand for for efficient identification techniques is driven by the rise in security threats around the world, with strict government laws and regulations having […]

Solid and reliable workforce management solutions could help companies mitigate the looming „skills emergency” that’s likely to affect the UK economy in the near future, according to this year’s CBI/Pearson Education and Skills survey. The survey received responses from more than 300 organisations, collectively employing more than 1.2 million people across the UK. Participants ranged […]

The UK’s SMEs are likely to reach the highest growth levels in five years, the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) latest Small Business Index has been able to reveal. The survey discovered a considerable increase in positivity and confidence among small business owners and supports recent data published by the Enterprise Research Centre which suggested […]

The biometrics segment is set to record a transformational year in 2015, recent research from Frost & Sullivan seems to suggest, with the consultancy predicting a “significant growth in both public and commercial applications” of the technology. The report uses 2014 as a base year and points out that fingerprint scanning was the dominant modality […]

Hospitals in South Korea have been ordered to track all emergency ward visitors, after a large outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was blamed on difficulties locating every person exposed to the disease, the country’s health ministry has recently revealed. Many of the 180 MERS cases in South Korea, were caught from sufferers encountered […]