Although the Ukrainian political crisis has dominated news channels over the past few weeks, the initial sell off in stock markets and related currencies was short lived and many European indices ended the month slightly up.
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Wolverhampton City Council officially launched its own in-house temporary agency yesterday as part of the cash-starved council’s efforts to save money.
The number of new vacancies advertised on job board reed.co.uk grew in the first quarter grew by nearly 10% compared with the last quarter of 2013, and by 30% year-on-year, according to the latest Reed Job Index. Nearly twice the number of jobs are now on offer as there were in March 2010, Reed reports.
US manufacturing employment increased for the ninth month in a row in March because of higher confidence about the economic outlook, according to the latest Markit Manufacturing PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index).
Pedersen & Partners, an executive search firm with 51 wholly owned offices in 48 countries, is extending coverage of the Latin American region by opening a new office in Santiago, Chile.
Demand for temporary staffing in the Philippines will increase by at least 200% by the end of 2015, according to US IT staffing solutions and services provider Collabera.
Watson Lily, a head hunting firm specialising in executive recruitment for the international oil and gas, renewable energy and process sectors has relocated to a larger premises.
More than six out of 10 (64%) UK chief financial officers (CFOs) say they would increase headcount if they had additional budget, rising to 72% of executives from large companies, according to a survey by specialist finance and accounting recruiter Robert Half.
Members of NPA, the worldwide recruiting network, with 400 member offices in 28 countries experienced an improvement in business conditions in the last six months, according to a survey of its members.
Capita, the provider of business process management and integrated professional support service solutions, has acquired IT network services provider Updata Infrastructure for a cash consideration of £80m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.