Financial & budgetary, IT and green skills top the list of six hard and four soft skills identified by recruiter Hays as being in the greatest demand worldwide.
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European M&A activity in business services had its worst month since late 2010 in February and the outlook “remains mixed”, according to financial services firm Baird.
Conflicting versions of events at a key Healthcare Locums (HCL) board meeting have emerged at the Employment Tribunal at which the founder and former executive vice-chairman of Healthcare Locums (HCL) is claiming £12m in damages from HCL and a number of former colleagues.
Ensuring diversity in recruitment is important in a globalised market, because “you can’t tell by looking at someone” what their heritage or skills are, says Sandra Kerr, director at equality body Race for Opportunity.
Pharmaceutical firm Mylan will expand its operations in Dublin and Galway, adding 500 jobs by 2016 as part of a €76m (£62.3m) investment in the firm.
Transport operator National Express West Midlands has signed an employment partnership with Jobcentre Plus as it announced it would hire 1,700 in the next three years.
Almost 300,000 managers walked away from their jobs in the year to September 2011, with overall labour turnover for such roles has near doubled from 10.5% in the previous year to 20.3% in 2011.
Barclays is now the sole provider of corporate banking services to Scotland-based international IT and finance recruiter Bright Purple.
Multi-sector recruiter Brightwork is expanding into the retail recruitment sector.
Contract HR vacancies were down nearly 10% month-on-month, while vacancies and salaries across the majority of sectors, according to recruiter Badenoch & Clark’s ‘Professional talent spotlight – March 2012’.