Job opportunities in the City fell 19% in May, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
The monitor registered a month-on-month decrease in the number of available jobs in financial services in May, from 6,426 to 5,229. This was also a decline on May 2010 when 5,733 vacancies were registered.
Competency-based interviews may not be the best approach when recruiting senior managers, according to Alan MacKinnon, recruitment delivery manager, Transport for London (TfL).
Fines of £19m overall have been issued to employers and recruiters in the past year for failing to carry out adequate checks to verify candidates’ right to work in the UK.
Randstad group recruiters Joslin Rowe, Martin Ward Anderson, Hughes Castell and Pro Law have officially rebranded as Randstad Financial & Professional.
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) supports a call for evidence from the government as the first phase of consultation to the integration of tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) is announced.
Professional staffing specialist Robert Walters has seen “sustained” recruitment activity within Ireland’s financial sector, according to its Q2 market update.
The update reveals sustained recruitment activity during the second quarter in the financial sector, with positions recruited predominantly in risk and compliance within banking and insurance organisations.
Davis: manufacturing needs to step up
Global retail giant Walmart’s proposed acquisition of Massmart could create thousands of food retail jobs, according to a spokesperson for the South African retailer.
French company Edenred, inventor of prepaid business services Ticket Restaurant, is to implement talent management provider Lumesse’s Talent Acquisition.
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Tim Forster as head of resourcing.
Forster previously led the employer branding communications team and more recently the experienced recruitment team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Last year, he worked on a project with Lloyds Banking Group, integrating their resourcing teams.