Online retailing remains a bright spot as new figures reveal that more than one in 10 shops are vacant, according to a retail recruiter.
However, switching from traditional brick and mortar retailers to the online sector can be difficult for candidates.
Australian executive search firm Slade Partners has appointed Dr Stephen Silk as senior search consultant.
Based in Melbourne, Dr Silk will be focusing on healthcare, science, utilities and recreation sectors.
Lifestyle magazine Limelight is giving 11-25-year-olds a chance to develop teamwork and communication skills in magazine journalism with the help of London-based recruiter The London Learning Consortium (LLC).
The UAE is experiencing mixed fortunes in terms of recruitment activity, reports Emirati website Emirates24|7.
According to Konstantina Sakellariou, partner, marketing and operations director at Stanton Chase: “The construction and real estate sectors obviously are still very slow, while the industrial sector, technology and healthcare sectors see growth.
Global executive search firm Glasford International has added Q2 HR Solutions as a partner firm in the Philippines.
Q2 HR Solutions is made up of five specialist HR businesses, of which Q2 Executive Search is its flagship division. The organisation is led by Trixie Whyte and headquartered in Manila.
Double glazing firm Safestyle UK is to implement recruitment software developer idibu systems to multi-posting all their vacancies online.
Safestyle UK will use idibu’s Adpost HR from idibu to post to multiple websites while only using one form, without the need to repeatedly login or out of multiple sites and re-write job adverts.
Job creation has grown for top-paying roles across Europe, according to a new report from the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).
Turnover in the UK’s recruitment industry has bounced back by more than 25% to just under £25bn, according to the Recruitment Industry Trends Survey 2010/11 launched today [9 November] by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
Major British high-street retailers are optimistic about the festive season, with the significant majority of those surveyed forecasting equal or improved sales on 2010, according to new research from management consultancy Hay Group.
Almost half of the retailers questioned are predicting a sales increase and nearly half of these are expecting that to be an increase of over 5%.
Large firms shouldn’t use the tough economic conditions as an excuse to delay paying the recruitment agencies that supply them, according to John Cridland, director general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).