The average base pay for senior City staff has risen by 20% over the last year, says financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden.
The research shows average base salaries – for back, middle and front office vice-president (VP) level staff across all investment banks rose £81,250 to £97,500 over the last year, while some VP staff may be earning a base salary of more than £160,000.
Umbrella firm JSA has appointed Ian Mavrogiannakos as online marketing executive.
Elsewhere, Campbell Curtis joins as key account manager, responsible for account management and business development of JSA’s largest clients within the professional services sectors.
Iain St John has also joined the JSA sales team as business development executive.
The apprentice agency has launched in Reading and Oxford.
A joint venture by the Learning and Skills Network (LSN) and The Workshop, the agency partners with colleges to help small businesses by offering them ‘work-ready’ apprentices.
The government must take action to ensure that its commitment to boost the UK’s small and medium-sized enterprises is realised at the working level, the chairman of the REC Technology sector group has said.
Professional services firm Deloitte is seeking 100 school leavers for its new A Level entry scheme Bright Start.
The scheme builds upon a programme under which some of Deloitte’s regional offices hired a small number of school leavers in recent years.
Candidate confidence in landing a new job within six months has fallen in the UK, according to the latest Randstad Workmonitor.
TheWorkmonitor reveals confidence decreased in Spain, Greece, Japan and the UK, with the UK showing the biggest decrease (-9%).
Meanwhile, India is the only country where employees have gained confidence in finding a comparable job (+5% to 90%).
Dutch unemployment is set to rise next year, according to the Winter Eurozone Forecast from Ernst & Young.
The forecast shows anticipates unemployment rising in the Netherlands from its current rate of 4.5% to 4.8% next year and remaining at this level into 2012, before gradually falling in 2013 and 2014.
South Korea’s unemployment rate has fallen to a six-month low, according to Statistics Korea.
The unemployment rate fell to 3.2% in November from 3.6% in October.
The deadline for entries to the 2011 Recruiter Awards for Excellence has been extended to Friday 14 January.
Construction recruiter 4 U Recruitment has seen turnover rise from £2.1m in 2009 to £2.8m in 2010.
The figure marks a 33% increase in turnover.