Marketers joining the workforce will have to face up to the fact that they may have to work harder for less. That’s the message from specialist marketing recruiter EMR, which says that with a bigger pool of talent to fish from, employers are looking at those people who can make a positive difference to the bottom line.
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Robert Thesiger has resigned as chief executive of the Imprint Group, according to a statement released late yesterday by the board of recruitment services firm Premier Group, Imprint’s parent company.
Colin Webster, Imprint’s chief financial officer, has also stepped down, the statement said.
Both have also resigned from their positions on the Premier Group board.
Energy giant British Gas has announced it will expand its green workforce in 2009, with the creation of 1,400 jobs.
Stephen Nickson, managing director of energy sector recruiter DATS, told Recruiter: “We would love to work on the project. Anything of this magnitude will hopefully trickle down and encourage other project to come online.”
Recruiters have identified pockets of demand as trade volumes in manufacturing sustain a “rapid deterioration”.
The Confederation of British Industry’s quarterly Industrial Trends Survey, found 56% of companies were reporting a fall in the volume of new orders in Q4 of 2008, compared with the previous quarter, and just 14% reporting a rise - the lowest balance since July 1991.
Travel jobs at Britain’s other airports could be affected by Heathrow’s expansion, recruiters have claimed.
Last week, the Campaign for Better Transport claimed that targets for emissions from aviation agreed as part of the Heathrow deal will restrict other UK airports.
John Tolmie, managing director at AA Appointments told Recruiter:
Companies that will survive the current economic climate will be those with the best leaders. If you want to be one of those leaders, here are 10 steps you need to take:
Euro Contracts Services has had its gangmasters licence revoked after ignoring an initial warning to correctly license its minibuses and following false claims that the Public Service Vehicle licence had been applied for.
Staffline Trustees, a subsidiary of multi-sector recruiter Staffline, has made a deal with the administrators of Birmingham-based Bridge Contract Services to supply its customers.
The manufacturing and engineering sectors are displaying early signs of recovery.
Dean Ball, regional managing director of Michael Page Manufacturing, told Recruiter that placements were rising and were higher than that at any time since last October.
Despite a 55% drop in production compared with the same month in 2008, two major motor manufacturers plan to create jobs.
McLaren announced plans to build a new plant, creating 800 jobs and Rolls-Royce is taking on 150 workers at its factory in Goodwood, West Sussex.