Looking at candidates with skills from one sector and helping them move to another is a growing trend, particularly in retail and hospitality, as Graham Simons discovered
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In response to Tracey’s web chat (Recruiter, 18 March), as a Gen Y myself I disagree with your comments. I think this is a great article
(recruiter.co.uk, 9 March), highlighting the need for openness and honesty throughout the ranks in times of economic troubles.
NES has announced post tax profits of £699,000 for the 15 months ending 31 October 2008.
This compares with a loss of £1.64m in the 12 months ending 31 October 2007.
Revenue increased to £252.8m, a rise of 16.4% on the previous year, with gross profit margin improving from 12.2% to 12.4%.
Keith Potts
Jobsite has received a slap on the wrist from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which has described one of its TV adverts as “misleading”.
The meaning behind my opening paragraph will, hopefully, become clear. I have just returned from a holiday with my wife and two-year-old son. I went to the buffet at the hotel one evening with my son. Trying to encourage him to taste new things, I showed him a tray of small meatballs, at which point he looked at me as if I had offered him a plate of mud.
Job offers to IT contractors into financial services doubled between April and May, according to new research, raising hopes that the worst could be over for financial services recruiters. The research, by pre-employment firm Powercheck also found employment offers increased in insurance (+23%) and banking (+19%).
Diary of…Carl Booth
Managing director,
Swindale Parks
Recruitment
With valuations still well their below their peak, the elephant in the room remains the acquisition intentions of Adecco, whose new chief executive Patrick De Maeseneire started work at the beginning of June.
Almost 60% of firms are planning to cut or freeze pay, according to the CBI, while a similar number have put recruitment on hold.
But industry bosses added that companies and workers are co-operating in an unprecedented way to ride the recession, with staff accepting flexible working practices to avoid job cuts.
Global contingent workforce management company Albany has extended its footprint to provide services in China, the company announced today (30 June).
With the move to Shanghai, Albany has acquired a difficult-to-obtain HR Human Resource Management and Deployment licence which the company says enables it to offer its services in compliance with Chinese regulations.