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International recruiter SThree has seen revenues fall but reports “improving” sentiment across its markets, according to final results for the year ended 28 November 2010.
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The number of new City jobs rose by 142% in January on December, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
The Monitor reveals that compared to January 2010, job numbers rose by 28% this January. The number of new candidates also rose by 76% month-on-month in January 2011.
With more than 500 days still to go before the start of the London Olympics, global delivery and logistics giant UPS is already gearing up its staffing operations to be ready for the world’s greatest sporting festival.
Unemployment in Germany fell in February, according to the country’s Federal Labour Office.
The official data reveals the number of people unemployed fell by 52,000 resulting in an unemployment rate of 7.3%, down from 7.4% in January.
Jobs for those working in equities have increased by 41% in the last quarter, according to the latest eFinancialCareers UK Quarterly Barometer.
There was also strong demand for private equity/venture capital professionals – up nearly 40% over the previous quarter.
Increases were also recorded for roles in debt/fixed income (up 30%), consultancy (up 29%) and compliance (up 26%).
Accountants with good cost analysis skills are increasingly in demand, according to Chris McCarthy, director at Hays Senior Finance. McCarthy told Recruiter: “Analysts are in demand. I know one organisation that was making a lot of people redundant but carried on recruiting analysts. Companies want them for the commercial savings they can bring.
Confidence continues to rise among employers over their short term and long-term hiring intentions, according to the REC’s March JobsOutlook.
For the third month in a row the REC Confidence Index has risen to the highest point since last April last year.
Joel Barnett on The only way clients are going to trust us is if we give good service at a fixed fee
The vast majority of the 4,300 roles to be created by the John Lewis Partnership this year will be based in the UK, according to a spokesperson for the retailer. The spokesperson told Recruiter that 3,000 of the new jobs would be at Waitrose with the remainder created at John Lewis.
Monster.co.uk has launched an iPad app.
Launched on the day in which UK consumers took receipt of the first iPad2’s off the production line, the app matches skills with vacancies and enables jobseekers to view jobs from their iPad.
The app also sends job alerts, while candidates can also search on location, save job searches and apply for jobs from their iPad.