Education, healthcare and security recruiter Servoca made profits of £2m after tax for the year ending 30 September 2009.
This compares with a loss of £7.2m in 2008.
The group recorded that:
- Group revenues grew 37.1% to £57.6m (2008: £42m)
- Gross profit up by 32.3% to £16.8m (2008: £12.7m)
- Net debt reduced from £7.5m in 2008 to £3.4m in 2009
The talent mismatch is one of four World of Work mega trends that are transforming where, when, why and how individuals and companies work, according to Manpower.
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum yesterday, Manpower revealed its top concerns for business leaders around the globe when planning their workforce management strategy through the recovery.
Training, kissing up to the boss and working longer hours are just some of the ways workers are looking to recession-proof their jobs against recession, according to job search engine Simply Hired.co.uk.
The poll shows that 10% are sycophants to the boss, 18% are putting in longer hours, while 36% are taking extra classes to prove their worth to their company.
At the start of National Apprenticeship Week, the government is urging British businesses to take up the new Apprentice Grant for Employers (AGE) scheme offering a £2,500 grant for each 16 or 17-year-old apprentice taken on.
Recruitment software Actonomy xMP MatchBase has launched a new service which offers a direct connectivity allowing users to extract candidate information and combine it into a single central search and match index.
Marcia Roberts (right) receives her award for Outstanding Contribution to Recruitment in 2009
Marcia Roberts MBE, former chief executive of the REC, has died following a long illness.
Helen Porter has been appointed as team manager - retail operations, at retail recruiter Elite Associates.
Porter has previously worked as retail staffing director at iD Staffing and team manager - retail temporary staffing at Freedom Recruitment.
Steve Smith has been appointed by financial consultancy Mercer as UK head of HR, based in London.
Urgent action needs to be taken to tackle Europe’s war for talent, according to a new report from the European Commission.
The report shows that:
In-sourced direct recruitment solutions provider CPH Consulting has appointed Nadine North as executive adviser.
Joining the CPH leadership team, North is the chief executive of multi-sector recruiter The North Point. She was previously managing director of Taylor Winfield, head of global recruiting at Siebel Systems and head of recruiting at software company Pegasystems.