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The notion that workers are “systematically coerced into working on a flexible basis and that temporary and contract work is the source of all problems” needs to be dispelled.

The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) will launch an event in the style of The Apprentice TV programme called ’The Graduate’ to give IT students and recent graduates a head start in the competitive field of graduate employment in Yorkshire.

Accountants with good cost analysis skills are increasingly in demand, according to Chris McCarthy, director at Hays Senior Finance.

The number of City staff applying for new jobs has risen 47% in one year, according to financial services recruitment firm Astbury Marsden.

The firm says they received more than 7,400 applications from City staff looking to switch employers in February, compared to 5,020 in February 2010.

Procurement and supply chain staffing specialist Hathaway Lane has opened for business.

The new firm, with officesin Dundee and Shrewsbury, will support permanent and interim appointments, at mid and senior-level, across multiple sectors in the UK and EMEA.

Brazil’s unemployment rate increased for the second consecutive month in a row in February, according to the Brazilian Census Bureau.

The Bureau reveals that the month’s 6.4% joblessness rate was still the lowest for the month of February since 2003.

Law firm Emmetts Solicitors is to recruit 100 new legal and administrative personnel within 12 months, according to new head of HR, Charles Crookall.

Job insecurity is on the rise among UK workers, according to Spring’s ‘Employee Outlook’ survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Job insecurity has edged up since the previous quarter, with 21% of employees thinking it likely they could lose their jobs as a result of the downturn compared to 20% last quarter.

Vaado Software is to launch people and performance management solution Vaado People later this month.

eg.1 executive search has opened a new office in Abu Dhabi.

The move follows the opening of an office in Dubai and the firm says it plans to open a new office in the US next year.

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