Graduate vacancies in last year’s recruitment season rose the first time since before the recession, according to a report from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).
The findings show employers saw an 8.9% rise in vacancies on the previous recruitment round.
Germany’s unemployment rate rose in January to nearly 8%, according to the country’s Federal Labour Office.
The number of unemployed in January rose 331,000 on the previous month to 3.4m, pushing the unemployment rate up 0.7 percentage points to 7.9%.
Digital recruiter Vivid Resourcing is relocate its digital resourcing team to larger premises at St John’s Street, Clerkenwell in London.
The firm adds it expects revenues for the financial year 2010-11 to exceed £6.5m, almost a 100% increase on the previous year.
WorkinFashion, the professional network for people working or seeking work in the fashion industry, has just been launched.
The site combines a Facebook/LinkedIn-type social network with a jobs board and candidate search.
Recruiters advertising vacancies from retail to design can have a profile on WorkinFashion promote their business and advertise relevant jobs.
Cardiff-based Yolk Recruitment has witnessed a 65% rise in the number of new vacancies placed by Welsh employers in January compared to vacancies posted in December.
Job postings were also 63% up on January last year.
The firm reports manufacturing, marketing and IT as the biggest growth sectors.
An Indian staffing firm that supplies Indian staff for clients in Africa has adopted a novel approach to its selection process by holding conference calls with the candidate and members of the candidate’s family.
Medical staffing specialist Healthcare Locums (HCL) has officially dismissed Kate Bleasdale as an employee of the company following an internal investigation into accounting irregularities.
The firm adds that the internal process regarding Diane Jarvis’s involvement in such matters continues.
Gas safety consultants CORGI Technical Services and multi-sector recruiter Pertemps have launched CORGI Recruitment, a new recruitment organisation formed specifically to serve the gas and renewable industry.
The new organisation will cater to the needs of all parts of the gas and renewable industry.
A third of firms in China plan to increase pay by 10%, according to new research from international recruiter Hays.
The data also shows 51% plan to raise pay between 6-10%, while a third of foreign businesses on the Chinese mainland expect to raise wages by more than 10% this year.
