Brighter skies could be ahead for travel recruiters.
Research from the Independent Transport Association shows that airline capacity, demand and load factors had all showed signs of recovery in April.
Julia Feuell, managing director at New Frontiers, told Recruiter that she has seen more signs of confidence in the sector, with more jobs being registered daily.
Most companies fail to make the most of the talent they have, according to a new report.
As Recruiter.co.uk went to press, there were rumours that Hexagon was preparing to spin off financial headhunter Correlate Search (formerly Akamai and Alexander Mann).
Multi-sector recruitment firm Workplace has been acquired by the Staffline Group.
Andy Hogarth, managing director of Staffline, says: “This is the coming together of two great brands and is a fantastic opportunity for the business going forward.”
Temporary workers who earn more than three times the National Minimum Wage (NMW) should be excluded from the Temporary Agency Workers Directive (TAWD), the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has proposed.
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Firms across the UK do not have the necessary management skills to get them through the recession, according to 32% of the senior HR interim excutives polled by interim management provider Alium Partners.
The research also shows that 22% say they did up to 10% more work in 2008 than in 2007, and 11% reported up to a 25% increase in workload.
HR consultancy Saville Group has announced ‘extremely buoyant’ results for the year ended 30 June 2009.
The group has ended the year with a strengthened balance sheet and net cash and investments of over £3m (equivalent to 20.5p per share) and no debt.