Global recruiter Hays has encountered “robust” trading for the quarter ended 30 September, according to an interim management statement.
The statement reveals:
Growth in net fees for the quarter ended 30 September 2011 (Q1) on the same period last year
Recruitment coaching firm Recruitment Business Solutions is to launch.
The firm, which will provide mentoring, business advice and coaching services for the recruitment industry, is led by Alison Kennedy, who previously ran the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) consultancy arm.
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has appointed Claire Adams as its new business operations manager.
Adams joins the AGR from Nestlé UK, where she was a resourcing lead. She previously worked as the graduate programme manager for Schroders Investment Management.
Four in 10 employers believe that their staff are more productive now than pre-recession, a survey by jobs board CareerBuilder finds.
However, 36% of employers also feel that their workers are experiencing burnout.
Almost half of international companies do not believe they have the talent required to implement their strategy, according to a survey published by global recruiters Grafton Employment Group.
However, while 48% of companies feel they have a talent shortage, only 44% believe that this talent shortage is one of their business’s top three obstacles to achieving its goals.
The number of people leaving their primary occupation between April and June this year was 674,000, or around 2.4% of the UK workforce, a drop of 42% from the peak of 1.17m in 1998, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.
The abolition of the official retirement age makes career changes for older professionals more likely, suggests trading and brokerage house, Schneider Trading Associates (STA).
The company offers a trader training programme with no demand for previous experience of qualifications, and believes the new legislation will help tackle the continuing problem of age discrimination.
The industry has been slow to adopt mobile recruitment technology and realise that such technology is “essential”, says Mike Taylor, founder of Web-Based Recruitment.
The pace of growth in the Scottish private sector economy in October showed further slowdown, according to data from the latest Bank of Scotland PMI (Purchasing Managers’ Index).
Pub chain Spirit Pub Company has appointed Catherine Smith as head of resourcing following its recent demerger from Punch Taverns.