Almost a quarter (24%) professionals were forced to take jobs they were over-qualified for or in a sector unrelated to their expertise during the recession, according to research by international recruiter Badenoch & Clark.
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After a challenging year for construction, there are signs that the recruitment market is beginning to turn but gains may only be short-term, according to recruiters.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is to streamline its recruitment through an integrated e-recruitment solution from software provider StepStone and SHL psychometric assessments.
Rachael Clements and her brother Tom have taken over the running of Travail Employment Group in Trowbridge from Steve Oborne.
Oborne has decided to take semi-retirement from the business, while Clements and her brother have signed a new franchise agreement with Travail Employment Group.
Lone parents are to be offered extra help to get training and work experience while their children are at nursery school, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Yvette Cooper announced today.
Lone parents will also be able to keep £50 of their wages before losing any benefit if they get jobs for less than 16 hours a week.
Recruitment and outsourcing provider Network Group Holdings has bought 51% of health and social care staffing firm Network Recruitment Solutions (NRS) from Pertemps Investments Limited.
Irish multi-sector recruiter CPL Resources has acquired an 80% stake in healthcare recruitment firms Servisource Healthcare and Servisource Recruitment.
The acquisitions increase CPL’s footprint in Ireland’s healthcare sector.
The government must not sacrifice its support for small businesses as part of widely-anticipated spending cuts to plug the gap in public finances, the Forum of Private Business (FPB) is warning.
The forecast for public sector net borrowing by the end of 2009 is £185 billion, meaning substantial spending cuts will be required in order to plug the gap.
The Alliance of Sector Skills Councils has identified six key areas where Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) can contribute to ensuring a more productive and competitive workforce in the UK, in a manifesto launched today.