The number of new financial services posts in the City rose 11% month-on-month, according to March’s Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
The Monitor also reveals that there was a 1% increase in job opportunities across the City compared to the same time the previous year.
Medical careers including doctors surgeons and vets are are the most popular careers among teenagers, according to a poll from Monster.co.uk.
The poll of 500 teenagers aged between 14 and 15 also reveals that 8% said banking was their ideal career, while actor or actress and sports personality received 6% each.
Top careers for 14-15-year-olds
Revenues have risen by 22% at CDI Corporation, according to the international engineering and technology recruiter’s results for Q1 2011.
The group’s results reveal:
· Revenue of $256.6m (£155m), representing growth of 22.2% compared to the prior-year first quarter and sequential quarterly growth of 3.5%
Baldwin: get an AWR system in place
More than three in four accountants who work full time put in more than 41 hours a week, according to research from Robert Half UK and the ICAEW.
The number of new City roles remained at the same level month-on-month in April, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
However, the Monitor reveals a 15% increase on the number of jobs available compared with the previous April.
Manufacturing wage settlements have crept back towards average historical levels, according to data from EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, and engineering recruiter JAM Recruitment.
EEF’s pay data for the quarter to the end of April 2011 shows that the average pay settlement for the period crept 2.5%, up from 2.4% for the three months to the end of March 2011.
Retail recruiter McCarthy Retail is moving its Northern England head office to Warrington.
The firm’s new address is Olympic Park, Woolston Grange Avenue in Birchwood.
Late payment among British firms improved in Q3, according to the latest late payment index from information services firm Experian.
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