The UK and US jobs markets are heading in opposite directions, according to analysis from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The findings show that while US employment levels are set to gather pace, UK levels will continue to decrease for the first quarter of 2010.
Payroll solutions firm Giant Precision has agreed a five-year contract to provide web-based back office services to life sciences recruiter Hobson Prior International.
Giant Precision will provide services including contract processing, timesheet management, billing and contractor company payrun for the firm’s UK and International workers.
Job vacancies rose along with salaries in February, according to the Reed Job Index.
The index figure was 105 for the month, up one point on January and five points on December last year.
Multi-sector recruiter Timothy James Consulting is opening an office in London.
The firm, set up by directors Chris O Connell and Peter Bennett, will open the new office in in Glasshouse Street in London’s West End, and will recruit for project/programme management, change/transformation and strategic roles for NHS, finance, software houses, e-commerce and retail clients.
Technical and engineering recruiters Scantec, NRL and GPW recruitment have formed the Hertel Research Alliance to serve industrial services firm Hertel.
Canada’s jobs market will experience a modest recovery in 2010, according to a report from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
The report predicts that while GDP growth will be 3.1%, a stabilising automotive sector will support a gradual improvement in the labour market, with unemployment rates predicted to average 8.4% in 2010 before falling to 7.7% in 2011.
Singapore’s Manpower Ministry (MOM) is to crack down on unlicensed recruitment agencies hiring foreign workers.
MOM says that last year it received 1,280 complaints from employers, foreign workers and members of the public concerning employment agency malpractices - up 80% on the year before.
With the Jobcentre Plus website set to close on Wednesday, jobseekers will be able to access thousands of job vacancies previously found on the Jobcentre Plus by logging onto Directgov from Thursday (1 April).
Specialist insurance, financial and professional services recruitment solutions provider Eames Consulting Group has recorded a “positive” start to the year with Q1 profits over £2m.
International recruiter Morgan Hunt has agreed a two-year partnership with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust to support young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) to find employment.