Almost three in four (73%) British workers are unhappy in their jobs, according to research from career site Monster.co.uk.
However, 20% claim they will not be job hunting for a year or more because they are afraid that they won’t be able to find a new job.
The rise of mega-companies and micro-entrepreneurs will have a real impact on recruitment in the future, according to Professor Lynda Gratton.
Unemployment will remain “stubbornly high”, according to Ian McCafferty, the CBI’s chief economic adviser.
McCafferty says: “Unemployment is forecast to continue rising during 2011, peaking higher than previously forecast at 2.71m by the end of the year.
“It will remain stubbornly high during 2012 and be at 2.64m by Q4 2012.”
UK job opportunities rose by 16% in February on the previous month, according to the latest Reed Job Index.
The index rose 18 points month-on-month to 131 and employer demand rose 27 points, up 26%.
Telecoms, media and technology recruiter RP International is to be divided into contract and permanent teams under the leadership of chief executive Stuart Wilson and managing director Richard Goddard, respectively.
The firm says the revised structure will strengthen the operation of each team and better enable to leverage their current relationships into new geographies.
Nakama, the global digital and marketing recruitment firm, has opened an office in Hong Kong. This is the sixth office Nakama has opened since it launched 15 months ago.
The number of confirmed job offers within financial services rose by 7%, according to research from City pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.
The increase was confined to insurance firm recruitment drives with a massive 58% increase in recruitment in February, compared to the previous month.
Private sector fims in Scotland have raised staffing levels in February for the first time since last October, according to a report from the Bank of Scotland.
The report’s employment index posted 50.5 in February, up from 48.8 in January.
Unemployment in Ireland has now reached 14%, according to the country’s Central Statistics Office.
The report shows average October-December unemployment reached 14.1%, up from 13.9% in the previous quarter.
A young entrepreneur who started his first recruitment business in 2007 aged 18 has launched Luxury Talent, an online recruitment network for the luxury market.
Mohammed Mirza, who established Luxury Recruit in July 2007 with a loan from his mum (Recruiter, 11 July 2007), has bucked the recessionary trend with a premium application-only job site dedicated to the luxury goods sector.