http://news.uktemps.co.uk This news column is a combination of interesting articles around part time and temporary work in the UK Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:43:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The overall demand for staff continued to increase during February which means that the current period of growth has now reached five continual months. Generally speaking the volume of jobs available has seen it's greatest speed of increase in 30 months. Both volumes in demand for temporary and contract staff ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/industry/jobs-availability-shows-demand-is-on-the-up/ Grads looking to find jobs after uni can now attend a new finishing school so that they can learn how to present themselves at work. The Fastlaners scheme backed by the Gov aims to give graduates from working class background a two week crash course in 'life skills'. Based at Canary ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/training-news/graduate-job-hunters/ BANKING giant Santander has launched a new graduate recruitment scheme which this year plans to take on around 230 people. The recruits will learn about a variety of areas including finance, telephone distribution, audit, human resources and, new this year, corporate banking. The bank says all recruits receive formal and on-the-job ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/industry/hr-news/banking-giant-santander-has-launched-a-new-graduate-recruitment-scheme/ Totnes Jobcentre in Totnes in Devon are hosting a job fair on March 10, from 10am to 4pm, for the Dartmouth Apprentice restaurant which is currently looking for apprentices to train for up to eight months in front-of-house positions. The Dartmouth Apprentice is an “apprentice restaurant” run by charity Training For ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/regional-news/devon-news/totnes-jobfair/ With the Bank of England again keeping the base rate at 0.5% this lunchtime, many contractors whose mortgage is on a lenders Standard Variable Rate (SVR) could find themselves in a position where switching to a fixed rate would be a better option than staying on their lenders SVR. With the ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/uktemps/is-it-time-for-a-re-mortgage/ A new entertainment complex in Skegness will create at least 50 jobs. In Skegness, Lincolnshire the four-storey building will include an ice rink, bars, cafes and even a erotic gentlemen's club. East Lindsey District Council has approved the project which will cost £7 million pounds. The jobs will be created by summer ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/regional-news/lincolnshire-news/jobs-in-skegness/ As the Olympic torch is handed on from this year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver to London, the Playfair 2012 coalition is today (Saturday) launching a campaign for an ethical London Games. Playfair 2012 is co-ordinated by the TUC and Labour Behind the Label (LBL) and involves unions and various campaigning organisations. ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/uncategorized/playfair-2012-launches-campaign-for-an-ethical-london-olympics/ This lunchtime The Bank of England once again held the base rate at 0.50%. This was widely expected by analysts as the Bank, The Treasury and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) try to speed up the economic recovery. Back in October last year the FSA announced plans to ban self-certification mortgages ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/uktemps/self-certified-mortgages-a-no-no-for-contractors/ Anxiety about an interview often is a result of not knowing what lies ahead. How will the interviewer behave? What will the structure be? How will they be assessing me? Take confidence in the knowledge 90% of interviewers will use variations of the same techniques. Many interviewers are thrown in ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/uktemps/how-interviewers-are-trained/ 250 jobs are to be created in North Wales. The temporary jobs are created as part of the Future Jobs Fund. The fund has already supported 9,000 new six month contract jobs. The Future Jobs Fund aims to create jobs for the long term unemployed and brings really positive news to ... http://news.uktemps.co.uk/industry/public-sector-news/temporary-jobs-created-in-north-wales/