The Conference Board’s US employment trends index (ETI) edged up for the second consecutive month in October. The index now stands at 89.3, up 0.7% from the revised September figure. However, it remains 13.2% below its level a year ago.
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The recession will end in the current quarter of this year, however, recruiters will continue to face tough times for some time to come, recruiters have heard.
UK unemployment fell to 7.8% in the quarter to September, down from 7.9% in the April-June period, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Public sector pay is likely to be frozen due to the state of public finances, according to recruiters.
October’s Office for National Statistics provisional estimates of the public finance figures reveal a current budget deficit of £7.7bn, net borrowing of £11.4bn, while at the end of October 2009 net debt was £829.7bn - 59.2% of gross domestic product.
The UK needs to raise its game if it isn’t to lose out to other countries in attracting skilled nurses and midwives.
The construction sector continued to contract in November, according to the latest CIPS/Markit PMI index.
International talent acquisition solutions company MrTed has been chosen by Shanghai Foreign Services Co (SFSC), one of the largest HR service and RPO providers in China, to support SFSC’s RPO services.
Mobile communications firm Vodafone UK is offering 50 graduates the chance to join its 2010 graduate programme.
Graduates, who will earn a £25,000 annual salary, can apply for places beginning September 2010 by visiting vodafone.co.uk/discoveruk.
International recruiter Hydrogen has opened a new office in Singapore.
The office began trading on Monday from the Prudential Tower.
Hydrogen had been operating in the Singapore region for the past year before the opening of the office.