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Your choice of football team can greatly enhance your career prospects, according to new research from executive careers website TheLadders.co.uk.

Opportunities abound for recruiters in the Far East as contracts and new investment deals between UK and Chinese enterprises worth over $500m (£303m) were agreed during a visit to China this week by Lord Mandelson, UK First secretary of state and secretary of state for business, innovation & skills.

Construction activity in December hit an 11-year low, with demand falling across the sector.

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and Markit’s construction index for December reached a new low of 29.3 points (with 50 indicating no change). 

Public sector recruiter Capita Resourcing has won a contract to supply professional and technical interim personnel through a managed service agreement with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in a three year contract.

Recruiters remain positive, despite the unemployment figures, released later today, which are set to confirm that the number of people out of work has risen to around 2m.


Colin Birchall, chief executive of Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG), describes the surge in unemployment as “heart-breaking news”.

Hospitality recruiters have called upon businesses to invest in jobs in local communities as the recession takes hold.

The calls follow a Nottingham-based restaurateur’s plan to build a new eatery in a former public toilet block to encourage others to invest in developments and create more local jobs.

Over a third of companies fail to sell their organisation to their workers, a new survey from multi-sector recruiter Badenoch & Clark shows.

Welfare to work recruiter Reed in Partnership has been chosen by the Australian government to deliver welfare to work services in three contact areas across the country.

From July, the firm will help the long-term unemployed, single parents and the indigenous population into sustainable work, dealing with areas such as lack of confidence, childcare issues and skills.

With so many candidates entering the hospitality sector from other disciplines, training has never been so important, according to hospitality recruiters.

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