Retail recruiters have rejected claims that there are no green shoots emerging in the UK.
Last week Marks & Spencer chairman and chief executive Sir Stuart Rose told a conference in Northern Ireland that there were no green shoots and the UK has to soldier on.
The number of business failures is set to increase by 50%, according to new findings.
The research, from accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, shows that businesss failures will jump to 21,900 and reach 32,300 in 2009.
The booming energy sector is providing light for finance recruiters as salary gaps close and positions provide opportunities for the glut of candidates hitting the market.
HM Revenues & Customs has warned of a phishing scam requesting bank and card details of small business owners and the self employed.
The email message, sent from addresses such as [email protected] and [email protected], is being sent as the 31 January deadline approaches for tax self-assessment forms.
The number of new City job vacancies coming onto the market in December 2008 fell 65% compared to the same time in 2007 and a 52% drop on November 2008, according to Morgan McKinley’s London Employment Monitor.
Search engine Google is slashing 100 recruiters from its rolls, the company’s vice president for people operations has announced.
In a statement on Google’s official blog, Laszlo Bock said the decision had been taken “with great regret”.
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The third annual Recruiter Forum will feature thoughtprovoking speakers and content, intended to inspire businesses at a time in the economic cycle when this is needed most.
Just a few of the topics scheduled for the day-long Forum, set for 23 April, are:
The NHS must take urgent steps to address excessive hours worked by junior doctors, according to healthcare recruiter PULSE’s chief executive.
A La Carte Search and Selection plans to expand its focus to include recruitment companies in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors.
Tim Connolly, managing director of the Hemel Hempstead-based rec-to-rec, told Recruiter the company’s south east focus was ideally suited to the sector: