Industrial recruiter Staffline says it expects trading to be ahead of expectations in its latest update.
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The long-term unemployed are finding it easier to find work, reflecting growing optimism that the labour market is improving, according to a welfare to work charity.
Career Development Group (CDG) says that it placed 7% more of its long-term unemployed clients into work in October 2009 than in January 2009.
Financial firms are concentrating on increased pay deals ahead of short-term incentive schemes, according to a new survey from human capital, compensation and employee benefits consultancy Mercer.
The survey of 61 global financial firms found that:
IT and engineering recruiter Connections Recruitment has appointed Kim Moxham as researcher.
Simon Voice, practice manager, says: “Given her excellent track record of detailed and thorough candidate research, we believe that our clients will see a direct benefit in their search for the best talent in the sector.”
Economic recovery is beginning to take hold in the US, according to ExecuNet’s latest Recruiter Confidence Index (RCI) data.
Based on January’s survey of 214 executive recruiters, 64% are ‘confident’ or ‘very confident’ the executive employment market will improve during the next six months, up 10 points from December 2009 and the highest confidence registered since May 2008.
The mobile recruitment movement has received another boost with predictions that European mobile broadband subscribers will almost double from 22m to more than 43m in 2011, according to global analyst CCS Insight.
Global executive search firm for the hospitality sector HVS Executive Search has appointed Andrew Hazelton as vice-president based in New York.
Hazelton has worked on executive search assignments for various industries, including healthcare, technology, finance, hospitality and real estate.
There has been a surge in demand for marketing professionals in Russia, according to Antal Russia.
Whereas last year demand came mainly from fmcg and pharmaceutical companies, since October increased recruiting activity has spread to other sectors, including retail, telecoms, IT and B2B.
Radia Holdings’ staffing and recruiting companies are to unify under one brand Advantage Resourcing.
The firm, which includes London-based financial recruiter FSS, is now divided into four specialised business groups: Advantage xPO, Advantage Technical Resourcing, Advantage Professional and Advantage Staffing: