Recruitment agencies supplying central government can expect to be paid “within days rather than months” from as early as September, under radical plans announced yesterday.
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The use of temporary labour in the public sector was 15.2% lower in the first quarter of 2012 than in the same period last year, according to the latest Government Index from procurement and supply chain services firm Comensura.
Multi-sector recruiter Stafforce has been working with Sheffield City Council and Jobcentre Plus to get newly unemployed people in the admin, business and finance sectors get back into work quickly.
Insurer Aviva Ireland has announced it will create 220 new jobs in Galway, and its workforce is also incurring fewer jobs losses than previously expected.
A maximum of 540 voluntary redundancies will take place over a two-year period, the firm says.
Clear corporate policies and training are the key to making sure recruiters and employers, and their employees, do not fall foul of legal issues relating to use of social media at work, Sarah Peacock, employment partner at solicitors Blake Lapthorn, tells Recruiter.
The number of new jobs available in retail dropped significantly following economic downturn in 2007 through to the end of 2011, and has only partially recovered, with the number of job applications also rising significantly.
Electronics firm The Bosch Group will create 340 new jobs at a new facility for the manufacturing and development of automotive electronic units in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Just under three in four (72%) UK HR directors (HRDs) are concerned by losing top performers in their companies over the coming year, compared to a much lower 52% in Continental Europe and 50% in Asia.
Recruitment and training provider Acorn has appointed Anna Thomas-Holland as a branch manager in the firm’s Hanley location, and Hayley McDonough as a consultant in Wrexham.
Multi-sector recruiter Barker Ross has appointed Richard Tillbrook as a director.
He joins from UK and Spanish recruiter HR GO, and will be based in Cambridge with his new employer, with a remit to open new offices for the firm as it expands.