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.
In her article about Non Executive Directors (Recruiter, 22 July 2009), Vanessa Townsend stated that there is no statutory definition of an NED. In fact, the Companies Act 2006 places clear and equal statutory duties on executive and non-executive directors alike and the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (2006 and 2008) gives further guidance specifically to NEDs.
Low-cost carrier Ryanair’s cutting of routes will present opportunities and vacancies for its rivals, according to recruiters.
Last week, Ryanair announced that 600 jobs will be shed at Manchester airport pulling nine of its 10 routes from the city, while Jet2.com announced three routes out of Manchester for summer 2010, creating 250 new jobs.
Following on from news that the number of recruiters not training staff has doubled (Recruiter.co.uk, 26 August), Dan Barrington and Steve James, directors of pharma recruiter Barrington James, are to partner with Jonathan Jenkins at Recruitment Store to enhance the existing training programmes for all its recruitment sales staff.