The financial and work/life balance cost of commuting has hit the employment options for low skilled workers as well as others workplace experts say.
Office for National Statistics figures show that commuters working in London tend to take longer to travel to work - only 44% enduring a journey of 30 minutes or less, with 16% taking more than
an hour.
Government needs to be aware of the financial risks taken by welfare-to-work providers in hitting targets due to the anaemic growth of the UK economy.
Executive search firm Friisberg & Partners International has appointed Anna Rudzinska as a new partner at its Polish firm PSI Polska in Warsaw.
Rudzinska, an HR consultant who started her career at Korn/Ferry International, has spent nine years with Kienbaum Executive Consultants, where she held the position of principal and was also a member of the management team.
Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson has appointed Terence P McGovern as managing director and industrial practice leader in its Miami office.
Legal recruiter firm Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment has appointed Amy Openshaw as a consultant in its North-West recruitment team.
Openshaw, who has previously worked in the financial recruitment sector for Reed and the SF Group, will develop new business in the region in line with the company’s 2011 growth plans.
Scotland’s one-year budget will do little to inspire private sector employers, according to Ian Eker, public services director at Hays in Scotland.
Scottish finance secretary John Swinney announced yesterday that Scotland’s 2011/12 budget would be cut by more than £1bn.
Executive search consultancy Carmichael Fisher has appointed Ouarda Guellou and Jonathan Rossotto as research associates
Guellou will support the Life Sciences searches and Rossotto will focus upon industry searches. Both are multi-lingual and will have a pan-European remit.
More than one million jobs in corporate finance, IT and other business functions were lost at large US and European companies in 2008 and 2009.
This is according to new research from strategic business advisory and operations improvement consulting firm The Hackett Group.
A great attitude in candidates is key to recruiting top hospitality staff, according to Jan Marshall, director of HR at London Marriott Hotel County Hall .
Recent research by sector skills council People 1st shows 68% of businesses in the UK which implemented customer service training said generating repeat business was a key benefit, while 18% witnessed increased sales.
Executive recruiter Kinsey Allen International has appointed Geoffrey Craig as a senior consultant in its legal practice in London and Paris.