Nearly half of employees have left a job within a year because the reality of the role didn't match their expectations.

Shares in leading Irish recruiter CPL Resources yesterday clawed back around half of the losses seen since June’s Brexit vote, on the back of the group posting record annual revenues.

Irish SMEs are making up ground on their larger competitors when it comes to attracting employees, according to new research.

Only a few years after the economic crisis, skills shortages are already driving up wages and harming Ireland’s economic recovery, an international recruitment firm has warned.

Three in five people plan to move jobs in the next year, as the economy improves.

The Irish education and training system needs to address the current shortage of apprenticeships, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny wants 75,000, or more than two in five long-term unemployed people back in work by 2015. That, starkly, is the ambition of the re-launched ‘Pathways to Work’ initiative announced on Friday.

Gold Bullet proved himself an exciting prospect when making a successful handicap debut in the featured Henry Shefflin & Ashgrove Stables Handicap Hurdle in Gowran Park yesterday.

The Mercer report on bankers’ pay has drawn an unfortunately all-too-predictable reaction from those who are often happier taking easy pot shots at bankers than engaging in meaningful debate. Yet, if we want a banking sector which is fit for purpose, we need to look beyond the easy sound bites to the context of what is actually being proposed.

More than 3,500 jobs are up for grabs at a major recruitment fair in Dublin today.

Stock markets remained under pressure on both sides of the Atlantic today amid fears over the health of the global economy.

Chaos in the banking sector and worsening economic conditions left recruitment firm Hays with a £6.5m (€8.08m) loss in the UK and Ireland.

It has emerged that more than half of Irish employers are unaware of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs.

A new study shows that 85% of employers increased their staff levels in the past 12 months, but nearly half of them know very little about the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs initiative.

Professionals across the country could soon see their salaries increase by up to 12% as the demand for niche skills rises.

A late rally today helped London’s leading shares index recover from Tuesday’s rout despite mixed signs about the health of the world’s biggest economy.

Bullish results from housebuilder Galliford Try and recruitment firm Hays helped the FTSE 250 Index outshine its top-tier partner today.

The boss of British recruitment firm Hays today said there was still evidence that bankers were heading overseas as hiring in the sector fell around 10% and pushed its UK division to a £3m loss.

The FTSE 100 Index continued its rebound today as positive jobs and manufacturing data from the US ensured a last minute push into the black.

Just two years since the legendary Yeats created history by winning a fourth Ascot Gold Cup, Aidan O’Brien sends Fame And Glory to Berkshire to pick up his mantle.

Three in four professionals could leave Ireland in the next three years, a new report has claimed.

THREE out of four professionals surveyed in Ireland said they would consider leaving in the next three years if the economy does not improve.

Recruitment firm Hays is hiring 40 graduates from Irish universities this year to work in its offices in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway.

The banking sector dragged on the London market today after HSBC posted annual results which fell below market expectations.

SALARY levels for newly recruited professionals stabilised last year, with some niche positions experiencing increases of 20%, according to the Annual Salary Guide compiled by recruitment experts, Hays.

THREE out of four employers plan to recruit next year but close to three quarters of those unemployed plan to look abroad for work.

TAX hikes, cuts in social welfare and selling-off the ESB and Board Gáis are favoured by finance directors in private companies as key measures to reduce the budget deficit.

The FTSE 100 Index advanced almost 2% today as the International Monetary Fund’s upgrade of global growth prospects boosted sentiment.

The London market ended the quarter in the red today amid disquieting US economic news, but it has still posted the biggest three-month rise in its history.

NINE recruitment firms have gone out of business since the start of the year as the sector has taken a “hard hit”.

Embattled transport group National Express saw shares race ahead today after news of a higher £765m (€875m) takeover approach from its biggest shareholder.

JOBS might be much harder to come by at the moment but jobseekers aren’t trying much harder to get them.

The FTSE 100 Index broke a four-day losing streak today after US bank Wells Fargo gave the sector a surprise lift with forecast-beating results.

Recruitment firm Hays said today it has cut its own workforce to cope with deteriorating demand for permanent staff.

Shares in Barclays rallied 6% today amid speculation that it is on the brink of announcing the £3bn (€3.31bn) sale of its iShares arm.

Travel companies including Thomas Cook and British Airways were flying high today as oil prices dived to a four-month low.

Recruitment consultant Hays today reported lower annual earnings for its UK & Ireland business after a 10% slide in second-half operating profits.

Sharply lower oil prices helped the London market break a three-day losing streak today as the blue chip share index rallied 2.5%.

Blue-chip stocks were cheered by softer oil prices today as the London market gained more than 1%.

The FTSE 100 Index came within touching distance of a seven-year high today as mining stocks and a strong start to US trading lifted blue chips.

Higher metals prices helped mining stocks lead the London market higher today.

Reduced public-sector spending, particularly at the NHS, saw recruitment firm Hays bank flat UK profits for the first half of its financial year today.

A plan by seven leading investment banks to set up a Europe-wide share-trading platform put pressure on shares in the London Stock Exchange today.