Q1 net income at recruiter Robert Half International was $48.3m (£30m), an 80% increase on last year’s figure of $26.7m.
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Shane Green, the managing director of newly-formed commercial, executive and IT recruiter, tells Recruiter that increasing geographic mobility in jobseekers is leading to a rise in relocation packages on offer from employers.
Over three in five (62%) of UK workers are considering switching their career due to national and global economic troubles, according to a poll from global jobsite Monster.
Global autos firm General Motors (GM) has appointed Kenneth J Barrett as its first ever chief diversity officer, based in the US.
Recruitment and training agency Acorn has appointed Ben Evans as a recruitment consultant.
Hospitality and leisure consultancy business Buell Consulting Group has appointed Fergus Chambers and Jonathan Perrin as managing directors, joining its board.
Digital recruitment group Evenbase, the owner of Broadbean, Jobrapido and Jobsite among others, has appointed John Frith as HR director.
As Treasury secretary Danny Alexander outlines further government commitment to fiscal consolidation, leading recruiters in the sector have told Recruiter that it may be hard to take further constraints on their incomes.
A now-dissolved catering and cleaning recruiter has been found guilty of withholding wages to seven workers in late 2008. The workers were mostly students at Loughborough University looking for part-time work.
Overall, IT workers are working more, but also being better paid for this work, shows a survey of over 3,100 respondents from jobsite The IT Job Board.