Office workers’ top annoying habits have been revealed by commercial recruiter Office Angels.
The research shows that 41% are annoyed by colleagues that say everything that comes in into their heads, 36% are annoyed by constant moaners and 8% say they are upset by having to sit close to work colleagues who never shower after lunch time visits to the gym.
Candidate assessment company AxiaMetrics has launched the Axia Profile, an online service that measures a person’s values and therefore the way they think and make decisions.
Firms can use the Axia Profile to determine an individual’s values, skills, talents and drivers providing a detailed understanding of what makes them tick.
International recruiter Kelly Services announced decreased revenue for the third quarter of 2009.
Revenue was $1bn (£600m), 25% down on the same period last year, while losses from operations for the third quarter of 2009 were $28m, compared to losses from operations of $14.5m reported for the third quarter of 2008.
Ed Percival, business coach
Intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and TMP Worldwide are launching a recruitment campaign to run on Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE service, targeting the online gaming community.
A major cause of presenteeism is the extent of family ‘caregivers’ in the workplace (recruiter.co.uk, 18 November). Their issues are long term and occur across the spectrum.
Every year Canada experiences a nurse shortfall of over 3,000 professionals, a figure which is further compounded by one of the world’s highest
immigration quotients and an ageing population demographic.
Women make up 31% of interim executives, according to the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) latest Ipsos MORI report.
The male/female gap in interim management has narrowed yet again, continuing the trend started back in Q1 2008. Only 18 months ago, women accounted for only a quarter of interim managers, however, 2008 saw the number increase by 16%.
Danish integrated power company DONG Energy has rolled out StepStone’s e-recruitment system across Europe to help manage over 1,000 new vacancies every year.
Søren Daugaard Hansen, HR consultant and group HR project leader for the StepStone solution at DONG Energy, says: “Everyone finds the StepStone e-recruitment solution very intuitive to use.
City hiring levels increased year-on-year for the first time since 2007, but the number of City jobs dipped marginally in November, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.