Europe saw a gradual slowdown, while there was growth in Asia and North and Latin America at international recruiter Randstad in its Q2 financial report, with the US and Japan particularly strong performers.
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Inward investment into the UK economy created 52,741 jobs in the year 2010/11, and secured a further 59,918, show figures announced by business secretary Vince Cable.
A 16.9% year-on-year rise in revenues from US operations was a highlight of professional recruiter Robert Half International’s Q2 2012.
Technical recruiter CDI Corp saw Q2 2012 revenues of $274.4m (£175.6m), up 4.4% on the same period in 2011.
Impellam Group’s brand re-alignment is on course to be completed by the end of the financial year, according to chairman Cheryl Jones, as the international staffing company announced it interim results for the first half of 2012.
International recruiter Change Recruitment has seen a 25% rise in the size of its international team in the year so far.
Social network Facebook is hiring for a new engineering team in London, it announces in a blog post on the website.
In a recent survey of nearly 1,500 undergraduates through careers site targetjobs.co.uk, university students said they did not want to interact with employers on Facebook and certainly didn’t want to share with them the more personal details of their lives.
Digital and IT recruiter Energize Recruitment has appointed Becca Woods, Chris Piercy and Jennie Barnes.
International recruiter Kelly Services has made five appointments in the UK.