Confidence among retailers to recruit is waning, with most firms (58%) planning to maintain headcount in the next quarter, according to data from the British Retail Consortium.
The BRC-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM) also reveals 38% of retailers plan to decrease staffing levels in the next three months, compared with 13% this time last year.
Three in four enquiries to healthcare staffing specialist HCL International’s dedicated Australian nursing team have been from Irish nurses.
International legal search and recruitment consultancy Shilton Sharpe Quarry (SSQ) has seen profits rise, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
These group’s results reveal profit before tax rose 122% to £3.4m on gross profit of £10.1m (up 45% on 2009).
The number of vacancies for middle and senior managers, as well as for high profile professionals, has been growing since the second half of last year and the trend continues in 2011.
A good number of BA pilots have come from an RAF background and many quickly gain the skills necessary to become a commercial pilot, according to a British Airways spokesperson.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed this week that the RAF is to almost halve the number of trainee pilots and introduce a recruitment freeze due to defence cuts.
Firms are set to get smaller, resulting in less corporate recruiters involved in the recruitment process.
According to recruitment guru Kevin Wheeler, the result will be smaller recruitment departments and more recruitment being outsourced to recruitment process outsourcing organisations (RPOs).
Multi-sector recruiter FPSG Connect has opened a new office in Edinburgh.
The office, based on George Street, will be the base for the Edinburgh team, which will serve the accountancy and finance, banking, professional and IT markets.
Permanent placements have risen at their fastest rate for 10 months in February, according to the latest Report on Jobsfrom the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG.
The report also shows the strongest increase in temp billings since May 2007.
Four candidates from supplier companies to the recruitment industry are seeking election to one affiliate position on the Executive Committee of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) in elections underway right now.
Not-for-profit organisation D&AD has partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to launch its graduate academy aiming to help graduates break into the creative industry.