Increased stress and anxiety in the workplace, reportedly costing the economy £28bn, could be one of the reasons for greater use of temporary agency workers, says de Poel.
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If universities treat students as customers, as Lord Mandelson has been suggesting through the new framework for higher education, I fear for the short-term survival of those courses with shrinking demand.
Executive search firm Hitchenor Wakeford’s international division has appointed Tom Guy as associate consultant.
Guy joins from Michael Page, where he spent two years based in Moscow as a board member leading the firm’s financial services division.
International welfare-to-work provider FourstaR Employment and Skills has appointed Robert Melia as chairman.
A consortium of six South-East Wales authorities and Northgate Public Services have renewed their shared services partnership for a further five years.
Seven out of 10 graduates are prepared to fund extra qualifications to make them more employable, according to research by graduate recruiter elemense.
The research also found that if graduates were to use their own money to invest in personal development, their top priorities would be:
Jobcentre staff lacked the skills to provide a ‘personalised service’ to jobseekers, during last year’s rise in unemployment, according to an internal report.
A freeze on teacher recruitment is to be imposed on schools in Angus, Scotland.
The Scotsman reports that three primary schools in Glenisla, Lintrathen and Kilry will merge to form a new single Glenisla School in a bid to save £1.37m from the council’s budget.
New software emerging from the US is helping recruiters and resourcing professionals choose who they should hire, promote or even lay off.
As part of Global Skillshare, a new initiative launched by Randstad Education and development charity VSO, the education recruiter is offering five teachers the chance to volunteer through the VSO programme for placement in September.
Randstad Education, in return, will provide supply cover to the applicants’ schools free of charge.