Seasonal factors have caused online recruitment activity to fall by nine points last month, according to January’s Monster Employment Index.
The index fell to 111 in January from 120 in December, with hospitality and tourism registering the biggest decline by 10 points.
However, arts, entertainment, sports and leisure all registered increases in activity.
Multi-sector recruiter Huntress Group is launching Hamilton Blake, a new ‘Recruitment for Professionals’ brand.
Creating the new Hamilton Blake brand aims to differentiate it from Huntress’s commercial business that incorporates office, secretarial and PA, and PR and marketing roles.
Workplace stress is having a strong impact on the nation’s love lives, a survey by Monster.co.uk has revealed.
Of those questioned in the survey, 37% revealed that the stress brought on by their job spoils the time they spend with their partner. And almost a quarter (23%) admitted that they feel expected to put their work life ahead of their home life.
Doug Haggart has been promoted to regional HR business partner - South at retailer TK Maxx.
Haggart was previously TK Maxx’s resourcing and talent manager. Prior to that, he was HR adviser and regional HR specialist at DIY retailer Homebase.
Financial recruiter Robert Half has revealed its five hottest finance jobs.
The top five jobs are:
Financial accountant: this role combines financial reporting with commercial skills as well as a need to be more strategic and central to organisational control and effectiveness.
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has revoked the licence of Lincolnshire-based Powerstaff Recruitment.
Construction recruiter the Horbury Group has bought multi-sector recruiter Elevation Recruitment.
Elevation Recruitment, run by Greg Parkinson and Matt Linley, operates across accountancy and finance, executives, secretarial, sales and construction recruitment and also offer skills testing for all sector disciplines as well as career coaching.
London’s Brent Council has selected StepStone Solutions E-recruitment to manage online recruitment across the council.
The move from combined paper-based and online processes to an entirely digital approach is expected to cut the average time to hire and advertising spend by as much as £300,000.
Innovate CV, the newly-launched global interactive CV platform, will support Recruiter’sAwards for Excellence 2010 as headline sponsor.
