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23/08/2010
Are you looking for some of the excellent jobs London has to offer but getting tired of the process? Finding a job doesn’t have to be a drawn-out affair. If you know how to go about it the right way you will be sitting in your new position in no time! All you need to do is plan out your job search accordingly.
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The task of finding a job is more difficult in the UK now than it was a couple of years ago, partly due to the economic problems the country is facing. Job seeking is something more and more people have to do, due to redundancies and people entering the job market for the first time finding it difficult to get a job right away. Many industries are contracting and thus in many sectors jobs are at a premium. But there are some employment areas where the level of jobs is stable.
£4.3 million to help older people in Wales return to work
A £4.3 million funding package to help people aged over 50 in Wales return to training and work has been announced as new figures reveal that more older workers are suffering long term unemployment.
Bleaker outlook for over-50s as number in work drops
Labour market figures published today by the Office for National Statistics show that the number of people in work between the ages of 50 and 64 dropped by 11,000 in the last quarter. TAEN – The Age and Employment Network give their response.
Keen on your hobby? Why not turn it into a business?
In 2004, Linda Wright, a Biology teacher from South Wales, bought a digital SLR. She discovered, like so many others, the delights and freedom of photography without film and it was not long before her regular job became secondary to a new passion.
The end of forced retirement is a ‘landmark’ for British society, says Age UK
The abolition of forced retirement is not only a ‘huge victory’ for workers at risk of being forced out of their jobs because of their age, but is also a ‘landmark’ for the UK society at large, as older workers, the UK economy, public finances and employers will all benefit from this change, says Age UK.
Scammers target desperate jobseekers
Desperate jobseekers are being targeted by employment scammers, say
legal experts. So, what can you do to avoid being conned?
Duncan Smith and Webb pledge to 'reinvigorate retirement'
Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Webb today (24 June) outlined the steps they plan to take to fundamentally reform and repair Britain’s outdated and inadequate pension system.
TAEN urges considered approach to retirement changes
Chris Ball, Chief Executive of TAEN gives his reaction to the announcements on the State Pension Age and the Default Retirement Age by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon George Osborne MP, in Tuesday's Budget
Britain gloomiest about retirement prospects
New figures show that Europeans are getting more pessimistic about having to delay retirement - with 90% of Brits saying they think they will have to delay retirement by over two years
Employees do little to plan their retirement
Employees still aren’t planning for the future and are confused by what constitutes ‘the right age’ to think about retirement, according to a new report out today (15th June).
Where are all the jobs?
“What can The Age and Employment Network do to help the Older Jobless? I am just one of thousands looking for that elusive path back into work. For months I have been applying for jobs and have either received rejection or nothing at all.” Chris Ball, Chief Executive of TAEN, responds to our reader Jan McGeachie, and gives his take on the current prospects of employment for older people.
Job cuts "likely to hit older people hardest"
Reacting to the CIPD Chief Economist’s estimate (10 June) that more than 725,000 public sector jobs are expected to be lost in the next four years under the coalition’s plans to cut the deficit, a warning has gone out that older people are likely to suffer most.
Broad welcome for welfare reform programme - but reassurances sought for older workers
The radical welfare reform programme designed to "tackle entrenched poverty and end the curse of intergenerational worklessness" set out by new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith, has been described as a "a step in the right direction" by The Age and Employment Network.
'Part-Tirement' is the new retirement
More than 33 million or 68% of UK adults intend to work beyond their current standard retirement age, according to Aviva’s latest Real Retirement Report.
