Eight in 10 IT professionals believe technologies such as mobile and cloud computing are creating a demand for IT security skills, according to research from specialist IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk.
The same number of jobseekers intend to capitalise on this by skilling-up on security capabilities to boost their existing skillset, while 19% plan to re-skill entirely.
Commercial and industrial staffing specialist Neville Gee has launched www.eastlancscnchub.com to help employers source CNC engineers.
The site aims to help employers engage better with jobseekers, recruit the right people through accurate job matching and then work towards creating a cultural fit that helps the business retain the employee for longer.
Global outsourcing services provider Aegis, part of the Essar Group, is to create 600 new jobs in Manchester.
The roles will be at a new customer service centre, expected to open later this year.
Online recruitment provider Bullhorn has launched a mobile app.
Bullhorn Mobile offers basic email and contact access to deliver client, job and candidate history, candidate search, CV viewing capability, while also keeping colleagues in sync by tracking email and calendar activity automatically.
Here’s one for all you recruitment agency owners whose staff like to burn the midnight oil and never seem to want to go home. According to the Financial Times, South Korean firms have taken to locking workaholic staff out of the computer system during their compulsory two-week holiday. And why should they be so keen to turn up for work?
Profits at Impellam Group have risen in line with expectations, according to the international recruiter’s audited interim results for H1 ended 1 July.
The group’s results reveal:
· Turnover increased 0.9% to £549.4m (June 2010: £544.4m)
· Operating profit increased 29.6% to £16.2m (June 2010: £12.5m)
Diane Martyn has resigned from her role of chief executive at Randstad Staffing, also referred to as Randstad Employment Bureau.
Fortune Selection, a specialist banking, accountancy and ‘magic circle’ law firm headhunter, has launched.
The new company specialises in providing tax, advisory, and risk & compliance professionals to accountancy firms.
Within banking, it specialises in supplying staff in the following areas: prime brokerage, rates, equity, alternative investments and foreign exchange.
The number of businesses going bust has risen by 2.2% in Q2 2011, compared to Q1, according to figures from business information provider Equifax.
The research reveals that in the services sector, failures have fallen by 0.8%, compared to the same period last year, but were up 12.8% in Q2 2011, compared to Q1 2011.
UK recruitment is set to slow sharply, according to the latest Labour Market Outlook survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and KPMG.