There have been sharp declines in permanent and temporary billings across most sectors of the job market, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG Report on Jobs for January.
Nursing, medical and care remained the only sector to avoid a reduction in vacancies, but there was further strong improvement in the availability in candidates.
Concept IT has won a deal to supply engineering staff to financial services supplier Wincor Nixdorf.
Chris Short, managing director of Concept IT, told Recruiter the deal would be worth around £2m over 12 months.
The number of graduate vacancies has fallen for the first time since 2003, according to a new survey.
The survey, from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), predicts a projected decrease in vacancies of 5.4% this year.
The banking sector expects a 28% decline in vacancy numbers, while graduate salaries have frozen for the first time.
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is launching a recruitment campaign today to attract carpenters, electricians, plant technicians, plumbers and chefs to work at its research stations.
The Sun, Farmers Weekly and Earth Moverwill be carrying adverts this week.
The eurozone economy has plunged deeper into recession, according to new research.
The research from statistics agency Eurostat, shows that output in the common currency area fell by 1.5% in the final quarter of 2008, following the 0.2% quarter-on-quarter decline in the third quarter.
False impression: reflecting the reality of agency workers?
The airline industry is suffering from a hiring freeze, according to travel recruiters.
As Virgin Atlantic announced it could cut up to 600 jobs last week, John Tolmie, director at AA Appointments, told Recruiter that the travel sector first ran into problems last year.
The majority of PR companies do not plan to cut staffing, a new survey claims.
The survey, from PR search and selection firm VMA, shows that almost three-quarters of respondents will not cut headcount, while almost 25% of communications directors plan to increase employee numbers.
The survey also shows that 10% of PR agencies plan to make redundancies.
Engineering and call centre recruiter More Employment has secured a funding line from Cattles Invoice Finance.
Adam Lynk, director of More Employment, says: “The improved cash flow as a result of the funding from Cattles Invoice Finance will give me a greater degree of flexibility in running my business.”
A Welling gangmaster has had its licence revoked by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
The action was taken against High Class Recruitment based in Welling, Kent after the authority was informed that manager Paul Sangster had left the company. The GLA does not allow a licence to be held when it is clear that no person currently working is permitted to act as a gangmaster.