November saw the growth of permanent job vacancies has reached a 25-month low, while for the 28th month in a row, billings for temporary and contract staff rose, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs.
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Brightwork Specialist Recruitment, a subsidiary of Scottish company the Brightwork Group, has appointed Linda Allan as principal consultant in the HR division and Scott Fergie as a consultant within the technical and engineering team.
Financial services recruiter LMA Recruitment has opened a Hong Kong office, following the opening of a Singapore operation in January.
Peter Ritchie will lead the business as regional director, having joined earlier in the year from HR services firm MRI China Group.
Professional network LinkedIn has compiled a list of the most overused words and phrases in members’ profiles.
The number one word is creative, knocking motivated from the 2010 top spot.
The top 10 list is:
PeoplePerHour.com, a Europe-wide online business marketplace, has reported a 54% rise in British workers joining the site in the last month for a second job, compared with this time last year when the recession was at its peak.
According to the company, most new joiners admit that the tough jobs market and reduction in wages and spending power is forcing them to look for new work.
Firms across the North-West of England are reporting business and profit growth despite uncertain economic times, claims a new report.
According to a survey by North-West financial recruiter Howarth Morris, 64% of participants have recorded profit growth in recent months and more than 71% are confident of growth through 2011.
McAdam King, a Scottish recruitment consultancy with offices in Stirling and Glasgow, has launched McAdam King Business Psychology.
The new company will focus on the key staffing issues that affect the performance of many businesses today, including leadership and management development, talent retention and competency profiling.
Subscribers to www.recruiter.co.uk can trial Reed’s 3g tool for free if they respond quickly enough.
Financial staffing specialist Search Consultancy has appointed Kim Hunter as associate director of its Aberdeen office.
Hunter will target growth sectors such as oil and gas servicing, shipping logistics, finance and manufacturing.
Legal staffing specialist Chadwick Nott has appointed Paul Thomas as a consultant.
Thomas joins from niche legal headhunter Gilchrist Resourcing, where he was a founding partner.