Increasing numbers of cash-strapped British workers are taking second jobs to help fund this year’s summer holiday, according to research from freelance jobs specialist PeoplePerHour.com.
The research shows in the past six months, PeoplePerHour.com has seen a 90% rise in the number of second-job workers and over the past year the figure is up 177%.
Compliance, control and risk professionals are increasingly in demand in the City due to fears around increasingly aggressive fines from the Financial Services Authority (FSA), according to Mark Cameron, chief operating officer at financial services staffing specialist Astbury Marsden.
BT has called on businesses and public sector organisations to join them in promoting equal treatment in the workplace for people with facial disfigurements.
Domiciliary care provider Phoenix Employment Services has been acquired by provider of healthcare professionals Servoca.
Phoenix operations manager, David Mitchell, says the firm will retain its team of 23 professionals as well as its name.
Andy Wells has been appointed as operations director at umbrella firm FPS Group.
Wells has been promoted from technical director at the company.
The contact centre sector is currently seeking customer service staff with “sales through service” skills, according to Francesca Randle, director at contact centre management recruitment specialist Cactus Search.
Accountants are set be pleased with the size of their bonus this year as businesses are due to pay more than finance staff expect, according to research from international recruiter Ambition.
Public sector jobs cuts are set to be implemented across European countries due to the economic crisis enveloping the continent, according to Andrew Harker, economist at Markit.
A survey from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) has revealed the latest thinking on retained executive search services in France.
Most global companies do not have a chief executive succession plan in place, even though they regard CEO succession as an important element of overall corporate governance, according to a Korn/Ferry Executive Survey.