Marketing recruiter EMR has partnered with youth charity the Prince’s Trust to help give disadvantaged young people across the UK the confidence and skills to find jobs.
EMR’s support forms part of its corporate social responsibility commitment for 2010.
JSA, specialist accountancy services provider to the freelance market, has responded to the article from Adrian Marlowe, advising on how recruiters can protect themselves against the risk of umbrella companies failing.
Earlier this month, as Australia’s 7 News was carrying out a serious interview on Aussie interest rates with a senior Macquarie private wealth professional, client investment manager David Kiely was spotted carrying out a serious analysis of scantily clad supermodel Miranda Kerr’s recent GQ photoshoot.
The executive search recruitment sector continued its recovery in Q4, according to research from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
The service sector has helped push Britain’s GDP growth rate in the last quarter of 2009, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The figures show that Britain’s revised GDP of 0.3% was fuelled by revised service sector growth of 0.5%, up from 0.1% in the preliminary estimate.
Seven in 10 US workers would describe their job as ideal, according to a poll by Gallup.
The poll of more than 18,000 employed adults, aged 18 and older, also found that one-third of the workforce does not feel their jobs are exactly right for them.
The Recruitment Society is moving beyond its traditional South-East hinterland in pursuit of its aim to become a truly national organisation, according to its chairman Steve Huxham.
There has been a surge in demand for IT professionals in the UAE, according to Middle-East recruiter Dulsco.
This year has seen a 70% increase on 2009 in the creation of contractor limited companies, according to accountancy firm SJD Accountancy.
Insurance & financial and professional services recruiter Eames Consulting Group has appointed Ruth Foster as principal consultant.
Matthew Jaquiss, managing director, says: “We are delighted to welcome Ruth Foster to the risk management division of our London operation. Ruth joins us from Astbury Marsden, where she managed the risk and finance contract team.”