Oil & gas recruiter Kin-Tec had a successful 2013, while IT specialist IT Skillfinder saw its business contract, although it remained profitable, results filed at Companies House show.
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The investment banking division of financial giant JP Morgan is to ramp up hiring of more junior staff, and appears to be following rival Goldman Sachs in turning down the heat on its corporate culture, Bloomberg reports.
This year has been good for investors in the staffing stocks, with share prices increasing 41.3% in terms of simple average over the past 12 months.
A new government consultation on the use and nature of zero-hours contracts has been launched by business secretary Vince Cable.
The decline in UK public sector jobs may have been arrested after four years of slump.
The head of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) tells recruiter.co.uk it is undecided if a draft bill published this week to tackle modern slavery might entail expansion of the organisation in to new sectors.
Online freelancer marketplaces oDesk and Elance, who together will bill around $750m (£458m) in 2013, are to merge.
The head of the NHS’s burgeoning in-house executive search service says he aims to “make life uncomfortable” for the external search firms he is competing with, as he outlines plans to recruiter.co.uk.
Recruitment firm Kelly Services has allied with online freelancing platform oDesk.
Digital recruitment services firm Opinio Group has taken on communications agency bcsAgency to deliver national PR for its suite of products that focus on improving the jobseeker journey.