The UK’s use of temporary worker labour rose 65% in February on last year, according to the latest data from procurer of temporary agency labour de Poel.
The data reveals the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers increased by an average of 17.8% in February 2011, with sectors such as facilities management growing by 65% and business services by 58%.
Recruiters will be given the opportunity to question the senior civil servants responsible for producing guidance notes for the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) at a special meeting of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) on 31 March.
All employees are safe at Tokyo-based recruitment firm Wahl & Case in the wake of the earthquake that hit Japan late last week, according to managing director Michael J Case.
The London 2012 Olympics in London will create more than 5,000 IT and telecoms jobs and generate over £250m for the IT and telecoms job sector, according to research from IT recruiter Greythorn.
A new piece of video CV technology aims to help candidates enhance their application for a particular job, as well as help publishers and job boards make money from the medium.
Freeston: resigned from the REC council
The number of managers and senior managers working in the NHS in England fell last year alongside an overall increase in the size of the workforce, according to a report from the NHS Information Centre.
Lady Barbara Judge has resigned from the board of international recruiter Robert Walters.
Andrew Kemp, who joined the board on 7 November 2007, will replace judge as chairman of the board’s Remuneration Committee, with effect from 30 April. Martin Griffiths, who joined the board on 1 July 2006, becomes senior independent director.
The UK manufacturing sector is increasingly hiring interim managers to cope with increased demand, according to Tom Legard, head of the manufacturing practice at Interim Partners.
Legard’s comments follow Ipsos MORI research, which shows daily rates for interim managers in manufacturing reached £845 per day in the last quarter of 2010, up 13% compared with the same time last year.
Recruitment software provider Dillistone Group has seen revenues rise, according to its audited results for the year to 31 December 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
•Revenues up 16% to £4.3m with non recurring revenues up 31%
•Operating profits up 9% to £1.2m
•Cash funds of £2.1m, up 18%.