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Sweeping job cuts in the public sector will create opportunites, HR recruiters have claimed.

A survey from KPMG/Total Politics shows that 57% of council chief executives say that major head count reductions are “very likely”.

Recruiters  have a crucial role in helping people back into work, a government minister has told Recruiter.

A report reveals that 56% of qualified professionals employed by businesses providing training in the workplace would consider moving to another employer, while 26% believe they could earn more working elsewhere.

Migrant workers have won 70% of 2m extra jobs created under Labour, according to findings from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The survey found that only Luxembourg had a higher number of jobs going to migrant workers of industrialised nations in the report.

Recruitment advertising firm Barkers, which was sold to Penna last week in an £8.6m cash deal was not helped by its parent company’s restructuring, which saw Norman Broadbent and its other search and selection businesses sold, according to Barkers’ former chairman. 

L-r: Charlotte Coe and Roger Frost

Derby-based IT and engineering recruiter Syntax Consultancy has merged with industrial Nottingham recruitment agency The UK Career Consultancy (UKCC).

A flexible workforce plays a crucial role in business success, even in the current period of economic uncertainty and global financial crisis, according to Professor Jutta Rump, director of the Institute for Employment and Employability (IEE).

Executive recruiter FreshMinds Talent has launched FreshMinds Select for operational and general managers in the £40,000 to £150,000 salary bracket.

FreshMinds Select will replace FreshMinds’ Experienced Hire brand, which catered for candidates in middle management roles over the last six years. The Select brand joins other business units - FreshMinds Graduate and FreshMinds Interim.

‘Backing Young Britain’ - a campaign to create thousands of opportunities for young people - has been launched by Yvette Cooper, Lord Mandelson, Ed Balls and John Denham.

Agencies that win places on NHS PASA (Purchasing and Supply Agency) framework agreements should be graded so as to differentiate the best from the rest, according to a director of Reed.

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