Freelancesupermarket.com, a freelancer comparison website, has launched. The website features real-time league tables of the best candidates and recruitment agencies in different parts of the country.
Freelancers and agencies can vet each other before getting in touch, and can then having worked together can give anonymous feedback.
Unemployment has risen to 2.26m in the first quarter of 2009, the highest since November 1996.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics, covering the period until April, show the jobless rate rose to 7.2%.
For employers today, sourcing candidates is not the problem, but time spent screening them is
Food industry recruiter Red Rock On Site Services has launched a non-food division Red Rock On Demand.
Dan Brown, operations manager, will oversee a traditional generalist branch network, with the first opening in Leicester on 3 August, while Cassie Owen, new business manager, will head up a Non-Food Onsite business.
HR recruitment to the financial services sector is starting to move again following autumn’s banking crisis, according to recruiters.
Recruitment training and performance development specialist Lander Associates has won a contract to deliver specialist training to Italian aeronautical and telecommunications recruiter Isati.
Intern recruiter InternStar has launched a new website to enable British businesses and candidates to meet online.
The site offers small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to identify talent from over 100 candidates that are university students, young graduates and post-graduates.
International recruiter Michael Page’s UK profits fell, according to its half-year results for the period ended 30 June 2009.
City jobs retained some momentum in July, despite the start of the summer season, according to the Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
Recruitment outsourcing provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has agreed a deal with Bond International Software to use its recruitment software application Bond Adapt.