Soundbites August 2016
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The group chief executive of a UK engineering, rail and technical recruiter is the new co-owner of rugby union outfit Sale Sharks.
Google recently finished rolling out its ‘mobile-friendly algorithm boost’. This means that mobile-friendly websites appear higher up the search results if the user is searching on a mobile phone. Those that aren’t mobile-ready may find themselves slipping down the rankings.
Global mobility will be “the biggest growth area” for Airswift, the company recently formed by the merger of Air Energi and Swift Technical Resources, as it expands its core services, chief executive Peter Searle has told Recruiter.
A not-for-profit social enterprise company is venturing into an area that most employers and recruitment agencies fear to tread. Transitions London, founded in 2010, aims to help arguably the most marginalised group in the UK labour market: refugees. The figures tell their own story, with the unemployment rate for refugees at around 70%, according to a Department of Work and Pensions research paper in 2002, far higher than for the general population.
Jon Hull: Take the power and run with the opportunity
Analysis - August 2016
LinkedIn has started this week automatically removing many connections made by so called ‘mega connectors’ – LinkedIn members with more than 30,000 connections.
Today is the final day recruiters can respond to a government consultation proposing the banning of post-termination restrictions in contracts.
Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has committed to a £5m legacy fund to support job creation and skills development in the Ballymena area of Northern Ireland following the tobacco firm’s decision to close its Lisnafillan facility.