The Monster Employment Index UK slumped at a record rate in January.
The Index recorded a decrease of 30 points in January, while year-on-year, the Index fell by 49 points, or 31%, the steepest slump on record.
Demand in the HR sector fell for the seventh consecutive month, whereas the healthcare and social work sector recorded a large upturn in demand after a month of decline.
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is asking recruiters for help in increasing the skills of the workforce and getting more people into work.
The migration of sports industry talent to new markets in the Middle East and Asia is continuing despite the global economic slump, according to Will Lloyd, co-founder of Sports Recruitment International.
McDonald’s has appointed marketing consultancy Oystercatchers to look for a staffing agency to manage its pitch for overseeing its employer brand and recruitment advertising business.
Oystercatchers will be responsible for all initial agency contact on behalf of McDonald’s and will also recommend a pitch shortlist.
The number of recruitment agencies that insolvency practitioners have announced are in administration or administrative receivership dropped from January to February.
Company monitoring service Business Sales Report recorded eight administrations, compared to 17 in January (figures have been updated since recruiter.co.uk article, 9 February).
A new website that allows jobseekers to look for a job on the micro-blogging site Twitter could become the starting point for a candidate’s online job hunt.
Fischer: big potential
Jobs were shed at their slowest rate for six months in March, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s Report on Jobs.
Recruiters continued to register falling volumes of permanent and temporary appointments in March but the rates of decline were the weakest in six and five months respectively.
Multi-sector recruiter Options Employment Group has selected Safe Outsourcing to run its back office.
The deal ensures that all payroll and accounting staff and back office IT infrastructure and systems of Options Employment Group has transferred to Safe Outsourcing .
The government has commited to providing a job or a training place with extra money on top of benefits for those in training for all under-25s from January in the Budget.
However, The Age and Employment Network’s (TAEN) chief executive, Chris Ball, accused the Chancellor of neglecting mid-life and older workers who fear for their jobs.
