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Biometric checks launched for all UK visa applicants
News All applicants for visas to enter the UK will face biometric fingerprint checks from the end of this month. The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.
[January 15, 2008, 7:18]
Fall in applicants to be IT teachers
News IT is by no means the only subject getting less love — the total number of students applying for PGCE courses in England has so far fallen by 8.8 percent, and applicants to the majority of subjects are down.
[February 8, 2008, 12:51]
Day of reckoning for Xbox Live applicants
News A total of 5,000 applicants were notified Tuesday that they had been selected for the first round of beta testing and will be able to tap into online versions of "NFL Fever" and racing game "Re-Volt" starting Friday.
[August 23, 2002, 7:50]
'Wacky' email addresses deter HR managers
News Job applicants who use 'wacky' email addresses are far less likely to get the job according to research that polled UK human resources managers. He said: "Applicants with wacky email addresses may stand out from the crowd but probably to their...
[April 15, 2003, 11:26]
Economic crunch brings revamped hiring strategies
News Fiscal restraint is prompting chief information officers to be choosier than ever in selecting candidates from the slew of job applicants. He noted that the sheer volume of qualified job applicants is making it harder than ever, but there's an...
[October 30, 2002, 16:36]
News Burst: Hacking costs Spanish Big Brother $4m
News The Spanish Big Brother could be fined up to $4m after a hacker broke into its server and posted personal details of applicants on a fanclub Web site. Organisers of the show could face a $4m privacy fine, in addition to a flood of lawsuits from up...
[August 25, 2000, 10:20]
Universities highlight IT forensics boom
News Universities offering postgraduate courses for IT professionals claim to be seeing increasing interest in computer forensics skills, both from employers and from applicants. We have 300 applicants for about 40 places, and try to screen out the ones...
[April 24, 2007, 17:08]
Hacking could cost Spanish Big Brother $4m
News The Spanish version of Big Brother could be fined up to $4m after a hacker broke into its server and posted personal details of applicants on a fanclub Web site. Organisers of the show could face a $4m fine for breaching European laws governing...
[August 25, 2000, 15:24]
NHS security breach in Scotland revealed
News The laptop contained personal information on 6,377 applicants for medical training positions. It included names, addresses, phone numbers and summaries of the applicants, as well as monitoring information relating to equality and diversity.
[September 10, 2009, 9:56]
EC proposes standardised CVs
News Some might argue that individually created CVs are one of the best tools for employers to screen out unsuitable applicants, but the agency has designed the new standardised CV to help people facing difficulties when trying to find work or training...
[April 11, 2002, 12:24]
Gov't ditches £10.8m e-passport scheme
News The system, which cost £10.8m, allowed applicants to fill in forms and pay online, although these forms still then needed to be printed, signed and sent physically with old travel documents and photographs.
[July 9, 2008, 8:34]
ID database will retain fingerprint images
News In response to questions from GC News, the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) said the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS), which will be built by the IPS under a £265m contract with IBM, will hold both the original images and the derived...
[May 19, 2009, 12:09]
Hunting online no longer guarantees a job
News It has become so easy for applicants to email a Web resume or apply through an online job site these days, said Fountain. Employers are becoming overwhelmed by a glut of resumes from applicants… and as the number of applications increase, the more...
[August 15, 2003, 11:15]
Most IT contractors 'distort' job applications
News Most of the discrepancies were harmless omissions or honest mistakes, but the company said that fears of recession have been leading job applicants to increasingly cover up redundancies, sackings, previous jobs and poor academic histories -- as...
[April 24, 2003, 12:03]
The latest trend in online recruitment
News In a depressed job market with literally hundreds of applicants vying for each position advertised, recruiting is becoming an increasingly automated process. The aim of the form is obviously to screen applicants into the smallest possible pool of...
[February 10, 2003, 10:16]
Biometrics to catch 'fake' asylum seekers
News Asylum applicants will have their photographs and demographic details on any travel documents scanned on arrival to the UK. When the applicants report to one of the ASUs to have their claim for asylum processed, the facial recognition technology...
[May 23, 2003, 15:52]
IT hiring strategies: Finding the right person for the job
News Many IT placement firms will take liberties will the resume of their applicants to make them more appealing to the hiring company. Expecting to hire a high-level developer at the pay scale of a mid-level developer will just waste your time, and the...
[June 7, 2006, 16:10]
Judge rules computer programs can be patented
News Crucially, all the applicants "exploit their inventions by selling computer programs stored on a computer-readable medium or by internet download", reads the judgment. This presents the applicants with the problem that, without computer-program...
[January 29, 2008, 9:49]
Kazaa owner denied office-raid appeal
News However the full Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Universal Music Australia (and affiliated parties), with judges Black and Stone stating in their reasons for denial that "in our view these matters would not, either individually or cumulatively...
[October 8, 2004, 12:20]
Kazaa loses court battle
News Justice Wilcox said the applicants had refused to implement technical measures that could curtain, though "probably not totally.prevent" the sharing of copyright files, as to do so would not be in their financial interest.
[September 5, 2005, 15:55]
