EDF seeking diverse recruits to deal with workforce gap

Diversity and inclusion is a key focus for energy firm EDF, which plans to replenish the ranks of its retiring workforce by “fishing in the widest possible pool” for new recruits, said the firm’s head of strategic resourcing.

Michael Page expands Canadian business

Global recruitment company Michael Page has expanded its Canadian business with a new base in Calgary, Alberta.

Cannabis-selling recruiter forced to sell assets for proceeds of crime

A recruitment consultant who made £38k from selling cannabis, which he grew in a tent in his Bromley Cross home, has been ordered to sell his only asset and give the proceeds to police, The Bolton News has reported.

Extra 1,300 defence engineering jobs a ‘double-edged sword’

More than 1,300 engineering jobs are up for grabs across the UK after the Ministry of Defence signed a £3.5bn contract for 589 new armoured fighting vehicles – the biggest order placed by the ministry in 30 years.

FINANCIALS: Empresaria Group posts profit

Improving market conditions in the UK and Germany, purchase of a Dubai recruitment firm and investments in new offices have helped international recruitment firm Empresaria post an interim six-monthly profit.

Swiss immigration policy is exacerbating skills shortages and creating insecurity

Switzerland’s proposed new quotas to limit the numbers of economic migrants from EU countries is compounding skills shortages in the engineering sector and creating a feeling of “insecurity” among people coming over to work from places like the UK.

Vacancies rise across the UK but Scotland is missing out on jobs boom, says APSCo research

Professional recruitment firms in the UK have 22% more permanent vacancies on their books than this time last year, but Scotland is missing out on the jobs boom ahead of the referendum, according to a study compiled by Staffing Industry Analysts and released by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).