Employer demand for new UK workers rose in September to its highest level in the last six months.
The Reed Job Index posted a reading of 104, up two points (2%) compared to last month.
Salaries for new jobs were marginally up compared to last month to give a Reed Salary Index reading of 96, one point above the level of 95 which had held steady for the previous four months.
Interim management firm Practicus has reported a fall in pre-tax profit to £725,000 for the year ended 31 December 2009, compared with £961,000 in 2008.
Practicus saw its gross profit for the year reach £7.3m in 2009, compared with £7m a year earlier. The company’s turnover for the year was £35.2m, compared with £33.3m in 2008.
Australian sales staffing specialist BTA has chosen recruitment agency software provider Bullhorn’s applicant tracking and customer relationship management system.
Technical recruiter Scantec has been awarded a second preferred supplier agreement with Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES).
Having a degree is no guarantee of landing a graduate entry job, according to Thomas Barnett, senior trading and student placement manager for TUI UK & Ireland.
Following on from its series of virtual job fairs, Middle Eastern job site Bayt.com has staged its first technology-specific virtual fair.
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More than half (58%) of owner-managed businesses predict the economy will improve over the next 12 months, according to the latest UK accounting, tax and business recovery and advisory group Vantis Market.
The survey also shows that 28% expect to increase headcount over the next year, with only 9% looking to cut staff.
Ipswich, Newcastle and Greenford will all benefit from Tesco’s job creation programme this year.
Recruiters who participated in trials of Monster’s new semantic search technology, 6Sense, achieved 65% time-savings when searching CV databases compared with using keyword searches. They also reported that the number of qualified candidates they were able to find increased by 150%.