A quarter of the Sunday Times 100 fastest growing companies are recruitment agencies.
Three agencies are in the top 10 with Bristol-based JJ Fox coming fourth having reported £9m in sales last year, up 165.6%.
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s Report on Jobs recorded a fifth consecutive month of decline in agencies’ temporary and contract billings, with permanent placements reaching 28.6 index points (with 50 indicating no change) in December.
Following a review of its future recruitment needs, BAE Systems has appointed Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) to provide specialist permanent recruitment services for its UK business.
Professional and manager vacancies continuing to drop, although more organisations expect to recruit in the next quarter, according to a survey from global recruiter Antal.
The West Midlands continues to be battered by rising unemployment due to the decline in manufacturing, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ analysis of recent unemployment figures.
Yesterday, the Office for National Statistics announced that unemployment in the UK had hit 2.4m.
The increasing use of smart phones has created an increasing demand for online marketing personnel as travel firms look for new methods of marketing their services, according to recruiters.
Research from market research firm PhoCusWright shows that 70% of business travellers now use smartphones.
Countries in Central and Eastern Europe are seeing less negativity compared to Western Europe and the US, according to executive recruiters working in the region.
In fact, there are actually growth areas in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and healthcare & pharmaceutical sectors, which is obviously positive news for recruitment.
Hungary, South Africa and Germany were among the few countries to escape widespread drops in recruitment activity, according to multi-sector recruiter Antal’s Q4 Global Snapshot.
South Africa experienced some of the most positive recruitment results, as 92% of businesses in the fast moving consumer goods were hiring in Q4 of 2008.
Diversification is the key to surviving, as Scottish finance recruiters are urged to tough it out, says Change Recruitment director.
Recruiters focused on the Scottish banking sector have been badly hit as banks such as RBS and HBOS have suffered.
IT recruiter The Gibbs Partnership has merged with Strategic Staffing Solutions to capitalise on international business.
Farida Gibbs, managing director of The Gibbs Partnership, told Recruiter: