Executives Online hires top talent for retail customers’ needs
Interim management and executive recruitment company Executive Online has appointed a new director for its retail practice. Graham Thomson (pictured) will be working from the London office, and will be responsible for developing and delivering interim management recruitment for clients. He brings more than 13 years’ experience of placing senior interim executives in retail to […]
Read More →IT contractors report confidence in the temporary jobs market
Confidence within the IT contracting community is up year on year, according to research by professional umbrella employment provider, giant group. The length of time between assignments in the temporary market is reducing, with 82 per cent of respondents citing fewer than 31 days. In comparison, those recording 90 days and above has halved since 2011. […]
Read More →Cherry Professional launches new HR division
Finance, accountancy and office support recruitment business, Cherry Professional, has created a new HR division. In response to a growing demand from clients for HR staff, the dedicated team will be launched by Laura Smith (pictured, right). Smith is an experienced HR recruiter and will be targeting companies across the East Midlands. “I’m delighted to […]
Read More →Recruitment bodies urge caution on banning zero-hours contracts
Zero-hours contracts are necessary for the flexibility of the UK’s labour market and an outright ban on them could damage the country’s economic recovery, recruitment bodies have warned. The comments come in response to Vince Cable’s speech to the Liberal Democrat party conference in Glasgow. The secretary of state for business, innovation and skills has […]
Read More →We’ve turned a corner, but what’s around the other side?
It seems not a week goes by without some encouraging news about the jobs market, but this week seemed to be a particularly noteworthy exception. The REC was extremely bullish about its latest round of Report on Jobs figures, which noted that temp billings were rising at their strongest rate in 15 years. Backing this […]
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Read More →Labour leader wades in on zero-hours contracts
Labour leader Ed Miliband has claimed his party will “end abuse on zero hours contracts” in a speech to the TUC conference this week. He has proposed three specific measures designed to reduce the risk of employers using the controversial contracts to exploit staff. Labour would firstly ban employers from insisting zero hours staff are […]
Read More →Temp billings rise at strongest rate for 15 years
REC chief executive Kevin Green hailed “an extraordinary month for the UK jobs market” in August, with temporary or short-term appointments growing at their fastest rate since July 1998. According to the latest REC/KPMG Report on Jobs, higher temp billings during August were supported by the sharpest rise in demand for short-term workers since December […]
Read More →More than half of UK employers ignore older workers’ potential
Employers are struggling to use older workers to their full potential, according to a survey from professional services company Towers Watson. As many as 59% are not making any progress in how they integrate and get the best out of their older workers, its survey found, despite the huge rise in the number of people […]
Read More →Parasol revamps recruitment partner portal
Employment services provider Parasol has invested £100,000 in revamping its online portal, designed to save its recruitment partners time and money. The tool, called Parasol Connect, claims to enable recruiters who work with Parasol to manage their contractor assignments more efficiently, reducing the administration burden on consultants so they can focus on core duties such […]
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