While there has been a month-on-month decrease of 12% in the number of new professional jobs in Ireland, there are 24% more than the same point last year, according to Morgan McKinley’s Irish Employment Monitor.
However, there was also a 1% decline in the number of professionals seeking opportunities.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has criticised indigenisation laws, saying they will not solve the country’s unemployment crisis, reports the Zimbabwe Metro.
Home improvements and DIY retailer Lowe’s has announced plans for a new customer support centre in Albuquerque, New Mexico, creating 600 jobs.
The centre should be operational early next year, and the full 600 job roles should be filled by the end of 2013, according to a statement from the company.
County cricket champions Lancashire are helping unemployed people in Manchester get back in to work.
The club has partnered with Jobcentre Plus and training provider Pertemps Coachright to create the 20-week long Hat Trick Programme of sports-related activities and social development and employability skills workshops.
A recent survey conducted by recruitment specialist Robert Half indicates that more than one in four (27%) chief financial officers (CFOs) consider lack of long-term career plans the biggest mistake young accounting and finance professionals make in their careers.
Almost half of UK employers say their existing staff are too stretched to deliver their business targets, according to new research.
Research by the global management consultancy the Hay Group shows that despite UK CEOs’ ambitious growth targets of 5% for 2011, 46% admit their staff are already too stretched.
Southern Cross is continuing to recruit despite this week’s announcement that is giving up all its 752 care homes.
Howard Green, owner of Green Care Management, told Recruiter that earlier this week he received a call from the manager of a Southern Cross care home in Northampton, who was looking for two nurses.
Support services provider Lakehouse Contracts and Keith Bates, a development consultant and also head of employment at the Foundation for People with Learning Difficulties, have both been recognised at the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
A £32m investment into the production, research and development of helicopters at the AgustaWestland in Yeovil facility will sustain around 8,000 jobs, according to a BiS spokesperson.
Business secretary Vince Cable announced the funding yesterday during a visit to the facility, where design and development is taking place for the new AW169 light intermediate commercial helicopter.
Network Rail will work harder to improve the perception of the company’s employer brand, according to head of resourcing, Adrian Thomas.