More than half of professionals in Ireland took their full holiday leave in 2010, according to research from international recruiter Robert Walters.
The research shows 37% used 75% of their entitlement, 6% used half of their allocated holiday leave and 6% took just 25% of the annual leave they were entitled to.
Employers need to start to engage school children “as young as five”, according to Dennis Gissing, BT’s head of diversity practice.
The British Army has set its sights on recruiting the necessary numbers to sustain the “fabric” of the army, as well as improve retention, as it begins the final stages of awarding a contract to outsource its recruitment.
Interim management staffing specialist Interim Partners has been appointed as the sole supplier of interim managers for the Co-operative Group’s change programme as it consolidates its operations during its move to new headquarters.
IT recruitment agency Nicoll Curtin has appointed German speakers Robert Peveling-Oberhag and Rebecca Krotter to its European division.
The Spanish Ministry of Work and Employment has authorised for the first time the collaboration of around 50 employment agencies with public employment services, reports business paper Cinco Días.
The parties are currently in negotiation with the employment services of each Spanish region, following a law approved 31 December, 2010.
Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International has announced the appointment of Hongxia Liu as partner in the education and social enterprise practice based in Beijing.
Liu previously was executive director at not-for-profit firm The World Justice Project, based in Washington, D.C.
Nick Varney, chief executive of leisure operator Merlin Entertainments, operator of Legoland and the London Eye, has told The Telegraph that the quickest way to create jobs in the leisure industry would be cutting VAT, thereby restoring the UK’s price competitiveness.
US engineering and IT staffing and outsourcing firm CDI Corp has seen revenue grow to $272.5m (£170m) in Q3 2011, a rise of 9.3% to compared to the same period the previous year.
Meanwhile, operating profit has fallen by 10.5% to $4.4m (£2.7m) within the period.
Recruiters should partner with students to make their recruitment apps less boring and to drive repeat visits, according to Matthew Jeffery, head of EMEA talent acquisition and global talent brand at Autodesk.