IT professionals with Java and C# are in short supply, according to the latest IT recruitment report from financial services recruiter McGregor Boyall.
The report reveals 16% of all IT requirements vacancies were within risk, while 40% were within development, with a particular need for those with Java and C# experience.
India and China are set to experience a slowdown in hiring in Q4, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
The survey reveals more employers in the two countries report they don’t know what lies ahead for hiring in the final three months of the year, while employers in Brazil and Taiwan report the strongest hiring plans globally.
Law firm Clarke Willmott has been chosen to provide legal expertise to the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) and its members.
Clarke Willmott will sit on IOR’s panel of expert advisors and will give guidance on all aspects of employment and recruitment legislation.
The Energy Saving Fund has revealed plans to create 20,000 new jobs throughout the UK within the next year.
The not-for-profit organisation was set up in 2008 to offer advice, financial assistance and reassurance to consumers when dealing with home improvement companies. It provides a knowledge, experience and industry support particularly in the solar energy market.
Diversity staffing specialist Rare has been appointed by international law firm Allen & Overy to help strengthen its diversity within its graduate recruitment.
Rare will be targeting graduates from ethnic minority groups, in particular black African and Caribbean backgrounds, for Allen & Overy’s winter and summer vacation schemes, open days and training contract opportunities.
Umbrella firm ePayMe has appointed Howard Patience as head of new business development.
Patience has several years experience working within the industry developing channels, strategies and teams.
Almost four in 10 members of final salary pension schemes would be reluctant to move to a new job for fear of damaging their retirement savings, according to research from pensions risk transfer provider MetLife Assurance.
The research shows 60% workers would be deterred from moving jobs to an employer offering inferior pension benefits.
Global recruiter Michael Page International has seen profits rise despite “challenging” markets, according to a Q3 interim management statement.
The statement reveals:
Rail union RMT is to join sister unions at Bombardier’s Derby plant in a Parliamentary rally and lobby to save Bombardier jobs tomorrow [12 October].
In July, Bombardier announced 1,429 job losses at its factory in Derby after it failed to win a TfL Thameslink contract.
The number of foreign workers in China rose by nearly 4% between 2009 and 2010, according to Xinhuanet.com
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security figures showed 231,700 foreigners working in China at the end of 2010.