The US private sector added nearly 10% more jobs than predicted last month, according to a report produced by outsourcing solutions provider Automatic Data Processing (ADP), reports Reuters.
Economists predicted the sector would add 101,000 jobs in October, but 110,000 were eventually created.
Manpower Group believes greater emphasis must be placed on helping the local workforce up-skill to meet industry needs.
A recent Manpower survey of employers executed by TNS Global Market Research placed Vietnamese workers among the least productive regionally, with around half rating the workforce poor or fair.
Nearly two-thirds of Microsoft Dynamics software professionals are unhappy with their current salary, according to a survey by JAM Recruitment.
Recently-graduated women working in the IT sector would recommend the sector as a good place for women to forge a career, but are still concerned as to gender bias in the industry, according to a survey by niche jobs board TARGETjobs IT.
Private client accountancy firm Saffery Champness has chosen on-demand recruitment solutions firm Advorto to manage its graduate and school-leaver recruitment.
Vince Cable is set to announce a £30m scheme to encourage small firms to take on young apprentices, as reported by several daily newspapers yesterday, with one recruiter saying we need to push ahead with creating more apprenticeships rather than just talking about them.
Under the new scheme, firms employing fewer than 50 people would be given an incentive of between £1,500-£2,000.
The near 900% increase in uptake of apprenticeships by those aged 60 and over, as reported by The Guardian on 14 November, has been welcomed by talent measurement and assessment provider SHL, pointing to the different aptitudes and strengths found when dive
Sean Smith and former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas have launched legal recruitment company Sean Smith & Associates.
The company will predominantly target criminal and civil law firms.
Finding talented workers is the second biggest worry for business leaders behind losing customers, reveals the 2011 Lloyd’s Risk Index.
The 2009 survey showed that lack of available credit was the biggest concern for respondents, with talent and skills shortages not featuring among the top five concerns in this edition.
