August recorded a slight growth in permanent and temporary appointments, according to the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs.
The growth of permanent appointments was the first in 17 months and the first increase in temp billings since July 2008.
The rate of contraction in staff demand eased and the latest drop in overall vacancies was the weakest for just over a year.
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Education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed Richard Matthews to its Newcastle operation.
Matthews, who has worked previously for competitors Hays and Celsian Education, joins the division as a consultant, where he will be responsible for recruiting education professionals into schools across the North East.
IT recruiter Modis has been chosen to provide technology staff as a Tier 1 vendor for Canadian financial institution ATB Financial.
Modis will provide both contract and permanent IT resources for ATB Financial which serves nearly 700,000 customers through a network of 164 branches, 133 agencies, a customer contact centre, automated banking machines and the internet.
Steve Smithson has joined HR staffing firm HR Recruitment Solutions as HR recruitment director.
Smithson was previously at HR recruitment director at HR Counsel, the specialist HR Recruitment division of Angela Mortimer.
The former chief operating officer of FiveTen Group, Niall Hamill, has announced plans for a new company to begin trading in 2010.
Retail recruiters have rejected claims that there are no green shoots emerging in the UK.
Last week Marks & Spencer chairman and chief executive Sir Stuart Rose told a conference in Northern Ireland that there were no green shoots and the UK has to soldier on.
The number of business failures is set to increase by 50%, according to new findings.
The research, from accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, shows that businesss failures will jump to 21,900 and reach 32,300 in 2009.
The booming energy sector is providing light for finance recruiters as salary gaps close and positions provide opportunities for the glut of candidates hitting the market.
HM Revenues & Customs has warned of a phishing scam requesting bank and card details of small business owners and the self employed.
The email message, sent from addresses such as [email protected] and [email protected], is being sent as the 31 January deadline approaches for tax self-assessment forms.
The number of new City job vacancies coming onto the market in December 2008 fell 65% compared to the same time in 2007 and a 52% drop on November 2008, according to Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor.