Education recruiter Hourglass Education has opened for business.
The firm has been set up by former teachers Geoff and Louise Brown, who were both previously with education recruiters TimePlan Education Group and Dream Education.
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International recruiter Synergie, whose stable includes UK subsidiary recruitment and training provider Acorn Recruitment, has seen earnings rise to €309.9m (£253.5m) for Q2 of 2010.
The firm’s Q2 results also reveal:
Turnover has fallen at industrial recruiter Extrastaff, according to results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
The firm’s results reveal:
- Turnover fell to £9.6m from £10.25m (2008)
- gross profit of £2.27m, down from £2.8m
- operating profit of £46,709, down from £374,360
Broadbean Technology managing director Dan McGuire will step down from the company on 10 November after eight years of building Broadbean into one of the UK’s fastest growing internet companies and a European leader in job advertisement distribution, response tracking and online search technology.
Executive search firm IRC Global Executive Search Partners is welcoming Hungary-based Swinburn & Partners as a new member firm.
September saw a further slowdown in the UK jobs market with permanent staff placements rising at their weakest rate for a year, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.
Temp billings growth came in at an 11-month low, while there was a slower decline in permanent staff availability and an increase in temp availability.
Unemployment across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries fell to 8.5% in August from July’s figure of 8.6% in July.
The unemployment rate has returned to August 2009 levels, with unemployment appearing stable across OECD countries.
Greece’s unemployment rate rose to 12% in July, according to the Greek Statistical Authority.
The figures reveal that 607,000 people were out work, out of a workforce of about 5 million, increasing the jobless rate from 11.6% in June.
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The head of recruitment for Nestlé, UK & Ireland has outlined what she says are ’non-negotiables’ for recruitment agencies working with the company.