Public sector budget cuts of around 25% could result in a graduate unemployment rate of over 20%, according to the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).
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The government needs to do more to encourage consumer spending to keep the transport & logistics sector moving, according to Wayne Clarkson, network development director, DriverHire.
International recruiter Hays has seen an “encouraging” quarter in which it has recorded year-on-year growth for the first time since 2008, according to results for the quarter ended 30 June.
The group’s results reveal:
International search firm Commodity Search Partners (CSP) has appointed Chantel Rademeyer as head of EMEA origination & analysis practice.
Rademeyer, who joins from Michael Page where she was a senior manager, will further develop CSP’s origination clients across oil, gas, power & emissions industries.
Workforce management company Kelly Services has made two key appointments to the UK senior management team.
Katie Ivie has been appointed HR director and Nickie Battersby is returning to the company as head of Kelly Educational Staffing (KES).
G4S Secure Solutions has appointed Adrian Taylor as managing director of its employment screening and vetting division.
Buyers and cost engineers are the most in-demand professionals in the engineering sector, according to research from IT, technical and engineering recruitment consultancy IntaPeople.
The full list of top ten engineering roles are:
1. buyers and cost engineers
2. supply chain consultants
3. planning engineers / project managers
International recruiter Randstad Corporate Services has chosen MrTedTalentLink from talent acquisition solutions provider MrTed as its preferred technology platform to support its corporate accounts.
StepStone Solutions recently agreed to acquire MrTed.
Skills Minister John Hayes has called on UK employers to promote informal learning at work, following pledges from 64 UK firms to increase informal workplace training for their staff.
The use of traditional assessment centres for senior level roles is on the decline, according to early indications from a benchmarking exercise carried out by RBS.