The number of professional jobs increased by 39% in January on December, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
The monitor also reveals a 37% increase year-on-year from January last year and was the highest number of new jobs recorded since October 2008.
The North East Apprenticeship Company (NEAC) is to implement Innovate CV’s website to enable jobseekers to create multi-media CVs as part of their search for an apprenticeship.
A gender gap has emerged between male and female umbrella contractors, according to umbrella firm Parasol.
A Parasol study into the hourly rates of almost 9,000 umbrella contractors found the average hourly rate for male contractors was £34.41, compared with £32.91 for their female counterparts. Over the course of a working year, this works out as a pay gap of £2,643.
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In-sourced direct recruitment solutions provider CPH has appointed Mac McPherson as consultant.
McPherson joins from the Office of Fair Trading, where he was head of recruitment — corporate services, as the account manager for EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation.
Construction sector recruitment specialist Contract Scotland is seeking new recruits for its Stirling office.
Director Emma Watts, says rising demand in the sector has meant the firm needs to recruit two new consultants, adding Contract Scotland is willing to take on new entrants to the recruitment industry as well as those with an existing track record in agency recruitment.
Accountancy and finance recruiter Marks Sattin is to open an office in Manchester.
The office is Marks Sattin’s fifth in the UK and its 14th globally, with other offices in cities such as Sydney, Hong Kong, London and Sao Paolo, spanning four continents.
Media and entertainment recruitment specialist Handle reports a rise of nearly 40% in permanent vacancies across many of its sectors.
According to a quarterly report from Handle, these areas include media and entertainment, sales marketing and digital, HR, office support, finance, legal and executive search.
Meanwhile, Handle reports temporary roles have dipped slightly.
Matthew Jeffery has been appointed head of talent acquisition and global talent brand for 3D design software provider Autodesk.
Digital recruitment and marketing solutions provider Optimal has been chosen by recruitment specialist Milestone to run its rebranding and website redevelopment project.
Meanwhile, VMR Consultants has selected Optimal Internet to design and develop its next generation of recruitment websites.