South Africa’s national development plan suggests the country can create 11 million new jobs by 2030, according to news site iafrica.com.
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The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has welcomed yesterday’s news that the government is planning a major review of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations.
Recruiters should do more to help the unemployed if the UK is to avoid a massive skills gap, according to Chris Moore, managing director of Adecco Group Solutions.
Greater engagement between the Ministry of Defence (MOD), employers and other organisations is the key to getting service leavers from the UK’s armed forces into work, suggests Hugh Andrée, founder of ex-services recruiter ForceSelect.
The number of people employed in the private sector in Scotland increased for the first time since July, while staffing levels across the UK overall decreased, reports the Bank of Scotland Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
Recruitment website Jobsite, the title sponsor of Portsmouth Football Club, is working with the club to offer CV-optimising and career advice services for 18-22-year-olds.
The community initiative, culminating in a chance to do voluntary work on a trip to Africa, is called ‘Beyond Blue’ and aims to improve young people’s employment skills and opportunities.
The role of parents and teachers will be ‘crucial’ to help unemployed young people find work, according to Denise Keating, chief executive of the Employment Forum on Age and Belief (EFA/EFB).
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) new qualifications launched earlier this week are “all about making things more accessible for recruiters”, according to Judith Armatage, the REC’s director of professional development.
The new qualifications are the Certificate in Recruitment Practice and the Diploma in Recruitment Practice.
Multi-sector recruiter Wells Tobias Recruitment has appointed Charlotte Bullen as consultant in its office support team in London.
The firm also has offices in London, Reading and Swindon.
A 21-year-old man spent seven days and six nights trekking 360km from Chengdu to Chongqing in China on the hunt for a job, Chinese news site Xinhuanet.com reported this week.