PeoplePerHour.com, a Europe-wide online business marketplace, has reported a 54% rise in British workers joining the site in the last month for a second job, compared with this time last year when the recession was at its peak.
According to the company, most new joiners admit that the tough jobs market and reduction in wages and spending power is forcing them to look for new work.
Firms across the North-West of England are reporting business and profit growth despite uncertain economic times, claims a new report.
According to a survey by North-West financial recruiter Howarth Morris, 64% of participants have recorded profit growth in recent months and more than 71% are confident of growth through 2011.
McAdam King, a Scottish recruitment consultancy with offices in Stirling and Glasgow, has launched McAdam King Business Psychology.
The new company will focus on the key staffing issues that affect the performance of many businesses today, including leadership and management development, talent retention and competency profiling.
Subscribers to www.recruiter.co.uk can trial Reed’s 3g tool for free if they respond quickly enough.
Financial staffing specialist Search Consultancy has appointed Kim Hunter as associate director of its Aberdeen office.
Hunter will target growth sectors such as oil and gas servicing, shipping logistics, finance and manufacturing.
Legal staffing specialist Chadwick Nott has appointed Paul Thomas as a consultant.
Thomas joins from niche legal headhunter Gilchrist Resourcing, where he was a founding partner.
Employers who win public sector contracts should be contractually obliged to support local employment programmes and initiatives, according to a local government account director of public services provider Amey.
UK online recruitment has increased 8% month-on-month, according to June’s Monster Employment Index.
The Index reveals June’s online recruitment activity was in line with levels not seen since December 2008, with the majority of sectors expanding recruitment.
Multi-sector recruiter Supertemps has appointed Sarah McDonald as recruiting resourcer.
McDonald has joined the Old Colwyn-based company to help meet growing demand for permanent and temporary employment services.
The firm has won new contracts, such as for charity St Dunstan’s new centre in Llandudno.
The Office for National Statistics, McDonald’s and The Pensions Trust were among the organisations honoured last night (14 July) by the Employers Forums on Age and Belief for achievements in encouraging diversity and closing out discrimination in their workplaces.