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We found this article in the Basildon and Canvey and Southend Echo Newspaper. We have yet to hear more however.  This is the article: A BENEFITS officer and her son have been arrested over suspicions she tampered with claims to steal money. Poli...

All managers have their favourite questions to ask job candidates, from the banal to the bizarre. But what do the answers to these questions actually tell you about your interviewee? All job interview questions should be designed to find out if the c...

For all you professionals;  Digital Evolution: is Tinder Foundation’s annual conference for 2016 and will take place on Thursday 24 November at London’s BT Centre, just a stone’s throw away from St Paul’s. This is th...

Friday’s non-farm payrolls exceeded expectations once again, sending U.S. stock markets to new records. The dollar also rose as investors predicted an upcoming rate rise by the Federal Reserve. But Strategas’ Don Rissmiller does...

Tips for job searching using Universal Jobmatch Here are 4 tips for helping you to search for a job using Universal Jobmatch. Top tip 1 - get the most from search filters: Maximise the accuracy of your search by using a combination of job title, skil...

National Careers Week (NCW) is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across the UK. The aim is to provide a focus for careers guidance activity at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people le...

From Monday CPAG in Scotland, the Poverty Truth Commission and One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) will take to social media asking parents to share their views on what it really costs to get a child suited, booted and ready to return to school. They...

As the Rio Olympics get underway, SNP MSP James Dornan has called for Scottish Athletics to embrace the Scottish Living Wage – ensuring that the staff supporting the next generation of Olympians are paid a fair wage. Mr Dornan has written to Ma...

Freedom of Information (FO!) requests are a good way to learn about DWP policies. How many DWP employees are claiming Universal Credit? DWP employees who are also UC claimants are not required to let their employer know that they are claiming UC. Emp...

A physiotherapist took just 35 minutes to carry out a face-to-face assessment that led to a man with complex mental health problems being found “fit for work”, a decision that appears to have triggered his suicide. Last week, the parents...