The UK is the top country in Europe when it comes to hiring freelance workers to work online, according to a report by online work platform Elance.
Elance’s European Online Employment Report shows a 55% increase in the hiring of web freelancers by UK businesses on the Elance site since Q3 2010.
Language is the key to making a job advert attractive, not salary, regional job board operator MyJobGroup.co.uk has concluded.
UK companies are anticipating employee base pay rises of 3% in 2012, while companies across Western European are predicting pay rises averaging 2.7%, according to Mercer’s latest pan-European pay data.
Multi-disciplinary recruiter Xact Placements has appointed Greg Neale as a resourcer.
Neale joins the IT support division of the company as a ‘fast track’ recruit hoping to reach consultant status in the next few months.
Neale previously worked for GCS Recruitment Specialists as a resourcer.
The gender pay gap for full-time work has fallen below 10% for the first time, according to the Office for National Statistics, reaching 9.1% in April, while the negative gender gap for part-time employment has increased.
This comes about as a result of women’s earnings rising by 1.9% over the last year, while men’s pay increase by 0.8%.
There has been a slight improvement in long-term hiring intentions and strong demand for temporary staff remains, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) JobsOutlook.
Ceridian is to create 300 new jobs near Glasgow over the next five years, the provider of payroll and HR outsourcing services has announced.
The launch of the firm’s new purpose-built, hi-tech office in Braehead, near Glasgow, represents a total investment of over £16m, which was supported by a substantial contribution from the Scottish government through Scottish Enterprise.
The number of business failures has been creeping up in the new financial year, according to research from information solutions provider Equifax.
The research shows while Q1 2011 saw the number of companies failing drop by 5.9% year-on-year, business failures crept up by 1.5% year-on-year during May and April.
The Independent Recruiting Group (IRG) is appointing 12 regional directors to help manage its rapid growth, according to founder and group managing director Sean O’Donoghue.
Generalist job site Fish4jobs has recruited employment expert Hayley Taylor to offer practical and meaningful support to jobseekers searching for their next career.