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Recruitment and resourcing professionals have found themselves with plenty to do, as this buoyant industry embraces new technology and invests in younger talent
Controversy over the recruitment process for a job at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) that specified it was for graduates only has taken on wider implications at the organisation, The Guardian reports.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) Report on Jobs shows that permanent placements rose at their fastest rate for 19 months in November, with temp billings displaying their strongest increase since March 2011 – 20 months ago.
Recruitment group Randstad has begun formal discussions around restructuring plans for its French operations, with a maximum of 163 voluntary redundancies in management roles as a result of the restructuring.
New jobs have been promised in Dublin at IT security firm Mandiant and at medical devices firm Nypro Healthcare in Bray, 20km south of Dublin, and across the UK with cinema group Picturehouse and restaurant chain Pizza Hut.
Over 800,000 jobseekers allowance claimants will be granted free bus travel across the country in January as part of a new industry initiative, Bus for Jobs, co-ordinated by bus and coach travel campaign group Greener Journeys.
Human capital management solutions and HR & payroll software firm Ascentis Corporation has secured funding from tech-focused growth equity firm Catalyst Investors.
The ‘Michael Page South Africa Learnership Programme’ has been launched by professional recruiter Michael Page, offering seven 12-month positions to women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The unemployment rate in Australia fell to 5.2% in November, as the number of people in the labour force rose by 13,900 to 11.55m.