The US’s unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6%, according to the country’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Non-farm payrolls fell by 54,000 in August, which economists the centre for economics and business research (cebr) says reflects a large contraction in temporary government employment only partially offset by a better than an anticipated rise in the number of private sector jobs.
Rise Group has appointed Julie Calisir as head of recruitment and Anke Jardine as head of multi-lingual recruitment.
Calisir was senior divisional manager at The Resource Group, part of Change Recruitment Group, and recently led a lead generation project at Monster, while Jardine was previously managing director at multi-lingual recruitment specialist European Resource Group.
In-sourced recruitment solutions provider CPH has signed its first contract outside Europe with ExactTarget.
ExactTarget, a global provider of on-demand email marketing and interactive marketing solutions, plans to open new offices in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia and CPH will build and manage a direct
A food production company that supplies potatoes to the UK’s largest supermarket is growing it own talent to meet its need for specialist skills.
The HR director of Santander says it is crucial that the bank’s branch managers play “an ever increasing role” in recruiting their own staff.
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.