The number of permanent placements and temporary billings both slowed at a weaker pace in May, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)/KPMG ‘Report on Jobs’.
The report shows permanent placements and temp billings both rose at the weakest rates in seven months, and growth of job vacancies hit a five-month low in May.
Unemployment in Spain has risen for a third consecutive month in October, according to the country’s Labour Ministry.
Unemployment rose by 1.7% to around 68,000, pushing the total number of people claiming unemployment benefits to 4,086,000.
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Former Apprentice winner Lee McQueen is returning to his true calling of recruitment.
Premiership football giants Arsenal have been using psychometric tests to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of their next generation of
Professional network LinkedIn has launched BrandYou, a pan-European campaign aimed at helping more people discover how managing a personal brand and reputation can play an important role in their career alongside experience and qualifications.
Generation Y doesn’t exist, so says Rouen business school researcher professor Jean Pralong.
A study found that attitudes toward the workplace and ideas about careers between Generation X (those born between roughly 1959 and 1981) and the so-called Generation Y are the same.
Job opportunities fell by 6% in November, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.
International recruiter Michael Page International has reaped the rewards of international and discipline diversification with increased profits, according to its Q4 and full year update.
The group’s results reveal:
The 2011 Recruitment Advertising Awards (RADs) last night honoured shining examples of print, audio/broadcast, digital, ambient/outdoor and other campaigns aimed at attracting the right talent to employers.
Hosted by comedian Omid Djalili, the Reed Business Information awards were presented to the following winners:
· Ambient/Outdoor: G4S - Jobs that ROCK! Wave for G4S
2010 saw the annual rate of business insolvencies fall for the first time in two years, according to the latest Insolvency Index from global information services company Experian.
The index reveals 1.04% of UK businesses failed in 2010, compared to 1.25% in 2009, the first annual drop for two years. Total insolvencies dropped from 24,209 in 2009 to 19,946 in 2010 - an 18% drop.