The number of new City jobs rose 6% month-on-month in June, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.
However, the monitor also reveals compared to the same time last year, there was a 2% decrease in job opportunities across the City this June, while there was also a 2% decrease in new jobs quarter-on-quarter.
Gemini Search, a creative, advertising, digital and media specialist recruitment agency, launched in London on Monday [11 July].
Founded and headed by managing director Alia Majed, it is backed by James Caan as part of the Hamilton Bradshaw portfolio of recruitment companies.
More than half of UK firms do not favour a voluntary code of conduct ensuring diverse talent, according to research from finance staffing specialist Search Consultancy.
The number of IT jobs increased 18% year-on-year in Q2, according to research from specialist IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk.
The research shows London now makes up 33% of all UK IT jobs advertised with over 37,000 London-based IT jobs advertised in the second quarter of 2011 alone, with developer roles now making up 39% of all jobs advertised in the UK.
Online job matching and assessment solution HireMatch.me is to launch next month.
The tool, currently in beta testing, ‘rewards’ employers for improving the candidate experience as job hunters use the HireMatch.me system.
PCG, the association representing freelance working in the UK, has launched a guide to ‘working with freelancers’ in advance of October’s introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR).
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Twitter recruitment success stories, mobile applications for recruitment and candidate experience are just a few of the topics that participants will discuss today and tomorrow (1 and 2 September 2011) at TruLondon, the recruitment unconference.
Global recruiter Hays has opened a new flagship office in the heart of the City.
The new office at 107 Cheapside officially launched yesterday at a client event, where TV chef John Torode entertained guests with cookery demonstrations throughout the evening.
Click on the video below to hear from divisional managing director James Lloyd-Townshend about the move:
The number of vacancies across the permanent IT job market dropped from 15,492 in July to 13,973 in August (down 9.81%), according data from IT recruiter Computer People.
The data also reveals contractor positions were down 0.18% from 6,033 to 6,022.