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Business secretary attacks Conservative party donor Adrian Beecroft's employment reform plan   Labour's Chuka Umunna, who says the proposals by Adrian Beecroft are 'a complete and utter shambles'. Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer   Vince Cable all but confirmed that controversial proposals to...

Desire to take time off is at an all-time low as final-year students send off record number of job applications   Students at the London School of Economics have been most successful in clinching jobs. Photograph: James Barr for the Guardian   The graduate class of 2012 has made a record number of applications...

The cover letter is an essential element in your job application.  On this article, we discuss ten valuable tips on how you can write a more effective cover letter:   1.  Take advantage of connections.  If you have a friend who is directly connected with the company you are applying for, it’s...

Are you one of the civil servants being told to work from home during the Olympics? If so, you'll need to follow these rules for getting the most out of your new working environment   Seven weeks of this? There must be an alternative. Photograph: Alamy   The news that up to 40% of Whitehall staff will...

U.K. unemployment unexpectedly fell in April as companies created jobs, providing further evidence that the labor market is stabilizing. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg   Jobless-benefit claims fell by 13,700 from March, the biggest fall since July 2010, to 1.59 million, the Office for National Statistics said...