The role of the PA [personal assistant] is growing with PAs expected to take on more responsibilities, according to new research by Poolia.
The research shows more than 90% are now also dealing with office management, as well as being expected to turn their skills to events management (83%), HR (67%) and finance and accounting (73%).
High Court cases involving confidential data theft from the workplace have risen 313% in the last year, says commercial law firm EMW.
EMW says that High Court claims have surged from 23 cases in 2008 to 95 in 2009.
Jobs growth was maintained at “solid pace” in December, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. The report reveals permanent staff placements and temporary staff billings both continued to rise in December, though the rates of growth recorded were slightly weaker than the three-month highs of November.
Firms are set to get smaller, resulting in fewer corporate recruiters involved in the recruitment process. According to recruitment guru Kevin Wheeler, there will be smaller recruitment departments and more recruitment being outsourced to recruitment process outsourcing organisations (RPOs).
US jobs reached a two-and-a-half year high in February, according to Gallup’s job creation index.
The index posted a two-and-a-half year high of +12 for the month.
The score reflects 30% of employees nationwide saying their employers are hiring and 18% saying their employers are cutting headcount.
Job vacancies rose 12% in March on the previous month, according to the latest Totaljobs Barometer.
The figures reveal postings peaked at 134,000 jobs in March in Q1. However, there were on average 21 applications per post.
Executive search firm BE Smith has been retained by Orange Regional Medical Center in the US.
The healthcare executive search specialist is to begin a national search for a new chief nursing officer for the medical centre, which is located in Middletown, New York.
Live your online life as you live your real life - be who you are and create meaning, urged US talent & brand consultant Amanda Hite in a UK visit last week. Kentucky-based Hite advocated the use of social media as a vehicle for positive societal change through the workplace and recruitment, as well as in users’ personal lives.
Employer-only media recruitment portal Media C2C has launched.
The start-up is a subscription service that provides a secure online environment for companies to search for candidates using CV-matching software and allows media recruiters to connect directly with job candidates.
Recruitment giant Randstad has relocated its central Hertfordshire operations at 7 Stone Hill, Herts. to a new office in Welwyn Garden City.
The new office at Rosanne House, Parkway will house the following Randstad companies: Randstad Business Support, Randstad Education, Randstad Construction Property and Engineering, and Randstad Financial and Professional.