Group net fee income (NFI) at professional recruiter Robert Walters was up 4% when expressed at constant currency to £92.4m in the first six months of 2012, compared to the same period last year.
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Employment rose marginally in the construction and manufacturing sectors in July, but the two sectors had differing broader fortunes.
Over half (55%) of Spanish HR professionals either do currently or will in the near future use social media to recruit now, and 30% go as far as saying that this will eliminate other methods of recruiting, reports news agency EFE.
Two reports on the US manufacturing industry come up with slightly different pictures for the sector, but both agree that it continued to add jobs in July, albeit slower than in the previous month.
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees on the payroll accounted for nearly half of the new private sector jobs created in the US in July.
Nadine Jones has been appointed as group HR director (HRD) across Theo Paphitis retail brands Boux Avenue, Robert Dyas and Ryman, responsible for the recruitment and development of the workforce.
London-based executive search firm has hired Oleg Rak as an international consultant covering Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US for its professional services offering.
The award of contracts for the design and construction of a new North Sea oil platform, which is expected to create 350 jobs in Scotland, is testament to good workforce planning, according to the managing director of Burtnisland Fabrications (BiFab), the winner of the £140m contracts. 
International recruitment group Hudson and global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles both saw falls approaching 20% in revenues for Q2 2012 compared to the previous year.
Discount supermarket Aldi is creating up to 3,000 new jobs across the UK over the next year as it continues to open new stores on a monthly basis.