Adecco will be forced to consider job cuts due to the downturn, according to its chief executive.
Dieter Schieff told German national newspaper Sonntag: “First we will use our high employee fluctuation of 20 to 25% annually. When that is not enough, then we certainly have to think about redundancies.”
Specialist pharmaceutical industry recruiter, Carrot Pharma Recruitment, has moved to new offices in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
The new office suite is almost three times the size of the previous office and will allow Carrot Pharma to grow the team over the next five years.
Multi-sector recruiter Randstad Holding has appointed Daniel Foley as president of Randstad Professionals US.
Accountancy recruiters supplying staff to small and medium accountants have not been as badly hit by the downturn as those supplying larger accountancy firms, according to recruiters.
Poor management practices were to blame for the interim pay scandal at the DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority) in Swansea last summer.
Last August, Wales on Sunday revealed that some employees had taken redundancy packages, only to return as consultants on daily rates of up to £800.
There is no evidence to support the notion that women have been hit harder than men by this recession, according to John Philpott, chief economist at the CIPD.
Last week, the TUC said the redundancy rate among women over the nine months to September 2008 had risen by 2.3 percentage points, almost double that of men.
Around a quarter of British workers have lied at interview, according to a Monster poll.
Falling production levels in North Sea has reduced demand for contractors.
Alex Walker, business unit manager of the oil and gas division for Dynamic Positions, told Recruitercompanies had cut back the number of contractors they were using as oil prices and production levels in the region decreased.
Scottish recruitment appears relatively healthy, with 54% of Scottish employers currently hiring at managerial level, according to be Antal International’s Global Snapshot survey for the winter of 2008/09.
This compares with 28% of UK organisations overall, which are hiring at managerial level.
Recruiters have refuted claims of age discrimination made in a Channel 4 programme last night.
The Dispatches programme featured Martin Lloyd-Penny, founder of the Mature Accountant recruitment agency, and his 25-year-old daughter.