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The Monster Employment Index UK rose one point to 129, continuing a three-month growth trend. The moderate increase in online job availability was driven by heightened demand for workers in the construction and extraction sector. Year-on-year growth for the Index now stands at 11 points.
IT recruiters should act as "agents of choice" rather than simply being responsible for placing candidates, according to one firm.
Mike Clark, director of newly-established Oxfordshire-based Whitehall Consultants, believes contractors should be able to trust their agency to find them work on a consistent basis and "not worry where the next job is coming from".
Recruitment agency gives something back to its candidates
Spring Group has announced it had started to recruit more consultants and would be broadening its business mix.
Shareholders at hospitality recruiter Berkeley Scott have voted at an EGM to agree to a deal that will see an injection of £2.5m into the company. John Bowmer and Tony Reeves, former chief executives at Adecco and Hotgroup respectively, will become co-chairmen of the company and are putting up the cash for a 62.6% stake (Recruiter, 10 January).