Almost a third of employers (31%) report difficulties in filling key positions within their organisation, according to data from international recruiter Manpower.
According to the survey of more than 35,000 employers across 36 countries, the top hardest to fill jobs are skilled trades, sales representatives, technicians and engineers.
Recruitment-to-recruitment headhunting specialist Futura has promoted Tim Goodwin to associate director.
Goodwin, who joined Futura in 2006 and has more than 10 years experience in headhunting and permanent recruitment, will be responsible for doubling the company’s growth within rec-to-rec services over the next two years.
Global recruiter Randstad has launched a multi-million integrated national marketing campaign in the UK.
The campaign, which breaks this week, runs throughout the summer and autumn and is an initial investment in a long-term commitment to building the company’s UK brand.
Global provider of integrated research, legal and business solutions to professionals Integreon has appointed Bill McClements as chief HR officer to lead the development of Integreon’s global workforce of 2,000 employees across 13 offices on four continents.
It is essential for business to take into account changes to VAT in the wake of announcements made in the Budget, says financial services recruitment firm Morgan McKinley.
Education recruitment firms, Tradewind Recruitment and SANZA Teaching Agency, have gone live with a new back office solution, ‘Opera II Recruitment’, by Cambridge Recruitment Software Solutions.
Front office recruitment software provider Bullhorn has signed new contracts with three London-based recruiters.
The firm tied up the deals with travel recruiter C&M, and media and digital recruitment agencies round8 and Lipton Fleming.
Online outplacement specialist MyWorkSearch has hired Michael Buchan to head up content management.
Buchan has more than 25 years’ experience working in the HR industry for both in-house corporate teams and consultancies, and will be responsible for managing the general content, e-learning programmes and webinars for the service.
In a speech this morning, Prime Minister David Cameron reminded civil servants attending the Civil Service Live conference that they are “the servants of the people of this country. They [the people] are the boss”.
Michael Page International has seen profits rise due to its investment in “diversifying” the group internationally, according to a Q2 and H1 2010 trading update.
The update reveals: