Demand for HR professionals is steadily increasing with job vacancies in financial services currently at their highest levels of 2009, according to Joslin Rowe.
Joslin Rowe’s bi-annual salary survey found a 63% surge in temporary and contract jobs in the last six months, and a 4% rise in permanent job volumes.
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An ever widening gap in credit information is harming economic recovery prospects, according to research from commercial credit reference agency Graydon.
The research shows that of 3m UK SMEs polled, 62% were considered to be above normal credit risk in terms of defaulting on trade payments or getting into financial difficulties.
In the UK, 50% of employees feel their managers are effective, according to research by the Kenexa Research Institute.
The KRI survey of more than 22,000 employees in 18 countries reveals that a ‘good manager’ has a significant impact on the engagement levels of those workers on their teams and on their overall perception of the company.
Gambling operators are increasingly recruiting staff from outside the industry and are turning to managers from the hospitality and retail sector as they expand their entertainment offer.
Financial services search firm Execuzen has appointed Julia Reece as a senior research consultant in its global private wealth management team in London.
Reece reports to Sophie De Ferranti, managing director, Execuzen Private Wealth Management, and will focus on developing industry insight and talent profiling across the sector and internationally.
IT staffing business Parity has warned that the rate of improvement in revenue in its Solutions business will be slower than it previously anticipated.
In a trading statement, the company says: “In the period since its interim management statement of 13 November, it has become clear that the rate of improvement in revenue in Solutions will be slower than we anticipated.
IT staffing firm Concept IT has been appointed by public sector government procurement partner Buying Solutions as a recognised supplier for temporary staff to the NHS and other public sector bodies.
A complaint made against a job advert placed by double glazing firm Safestyle UK has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The complainant had challenged as to whether the job advert was genuine.
Multi-sector recruiter Specialist Recruitment Services has been awarded a place on the ‘non medical, non-clinical resources’ framework agreement managed by Buying Solutions for the NHS.