More than eight in 10 workers want to keep developing throughout their careers, according to the latest Randstad quarterly work monitor survey.
However, the survey also reveals that only 55% feel that their firm is doing enough to help them keep developing, while 60% of workers would switch jobs if a new employer could help them to develop faster or better.
Reed.co.uk has redesigned its website from the ground-up to better suit the needs of recruiters.
Marc Ansell has joined Firebrand Talent Search as director of Europe.
Ansell was previously managing director at international recruiter Devonshire Group.
IT staffing solutions specialists Redrock Consulting has agreed a partnership with an overseas US and India-based ecommerce platform Advanced Technology Group (ATG) consultancy McFadyen.
In partnership with McFadyen, Redrock will give UK e-tailers access to an unrivalled talent pool of cost-effective and highly experienced onshore, offshore and nearshore ATG services and resources.
Recruitment giant Adecco has agreed a joint venture (JV) with Chinese HR service company FESCO.
Stephen Pearce, a director of KennedyPearce Consulting, told Recruiter that the firm was probably placing double the number of financial sector candidates than a year ago.
“The market is booming at the moment and the biggest challenge is finding candidates,” says Kennedy.
Germany is the second largest market in Europe for fixed-term contracts after the UK. The current German government regards fixed-term contracting as a vital element in a flexible labour market and actively promotes the use of temporary labour (in spite of the fact that it is not popular with the trade union movement).
A scattergun approach from candidates is ensuring finding good customer services people is becoming more labour intensive, according to Paul Harper, recruitment consultant – commercial division at ASC Connections.
Business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk has outlined reforms to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme to support micro-lending to small business.
Just four in 10 European employees are firmly committed to remaining in their organisation over the next 12 months, according to a survey from Krauthammer Observatory.