More than 1.4m adults in Britain have never worked a day in their life, according to the latest government figures.
The statistics reveal that 1.4m people have never had a job, while some 600,000 16 to 24-year-olds have never worked despite being out of education or training. A further 800,000 25 to 64-year-olds have never worked.
John Davis, former president of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) — predecessor to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) — and founder of FRL Recruitment, has died.
The economy and unemployment concerns top a list of most important problems affecting the US, according to data from Gallup.
The data shows that 33% of Americans say the economy is the most important problem, while 28% said unemployment was of the most concern.
Holtby Turner, an executive search and development consultancy in real estate and construction, has appointed Alex Sturdy as senior consultant.
Based at Holtby Turner’s new head office in Dover Street, London, W1, Sturdy has 10 years’ experience in senior property recruitment with emphasis on the construction, developer and corporate end-user sectors.
Logistics operator Geodis is to implement management solutions provider Jobpartners’ ActiveSuite of solutions.
Medical recruiter ProMedix has appointed Danbro as a preferred supplier of accounting and payroll solutions for its candidates.
ProMedix supplies locums in hospitals on both a temporary and permanent basis.
Advantage Healthcare Group has posted a loss of £1.2m for the year ended 31 December 2009, compared with a profit of £2.5m a year earlier.
A 45-year-old man from the Wolverhampton area was arrested on 24 September in relation to a Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) investigation into the unlicensed supply of workers in the herb industry.
He was later released on bail until 30 November.
The number of recruitment agencies going into administration has decreased for the last six consecutive quarters and in Q3 2010 only nine went through the process, according to analysis by Recruiter.
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