Revenues and profits have fallen at Healthcare Locums (HCL) but the group expects improved H2 trading, according to interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
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Matt Burney, resourcing & community executive, G4S “It was very interesting to see what corporates are doing with social media, and the moves that are being made to make it more effective than it was probably 18 months ago.
With the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) coming into force in a year’s time, almost two in three HR professionals are unaware of the new regulations, according to research from Adecco. The research showed that 61% don’t realise that the AWR will come into force in just 12 months’ time and 80% said they have ’no idea’ what the consequences of non-compliance are.
September saw a further slowdown in the UK jobs market with permanent staff placements rising at their weakest rate for a year, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. Temp billings growth came in at an 11-month low, while there was a slower decline in permanent staff availability and an increase in temp availability.
Specialist in-sourced recruitment solutions provider CPH has opened an office in Sydney, Australia.
Scott Russell, CPH joint managing director, says: “This is a significant and exciting new venture for us – enabling us to take our direct recruiting solutions to the Australian market and, subsequently, to the rapidly expanding APAC region.”
EU doctors need more stringent language tests, according to Kate Bleasdale, executive vice chairman of medical staffing specialist Healthcare Locums (HCL).
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The number of IT jobs has increased by 16% in Q1 on Q4 2009, according to new data from The IT Jobs Board.
Contract positions increased 54% in Q1, with IT managers and IT support roles representing the highest proportion of jobs.
Robert Streeter, managing director of i-Business Resources, supplier of online recruitment software Quick-Recruit, has completed a management buy-out.
More than half (58%) of graduates think employers should scrap their minimum requirements of a 2:1 degree, according to a survey by graduate recruitment specialist Milkround.com.