Retirement prospects are improving slightly among recruiters, according to research from Clifton Asset Management (CAM).
The research shows that even though 77% of business owners say their retirement is further away now than it was a year ago, this is down from 80% three months ago.
Four in 10 jobseekers aged between 24-30 are unlikely to vote, according to research from CV-Library.
The poll aligns with Electoral Commission findings that only 44% of this demographic were registered to vote last year.
Continuing in our series (well, second of two) of ‘We’re very pleased for you, but what’s it got to do with recruitment?’ (items sent to Recruiter which have very little — if nothing — to do with recruitment), one of our journalists was very kindly sent news from Nursing Times about gum disease:
The number of employment offers made in the financial services sector in April was up 12% on the previous month, according to pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.
The growth was driven mainly by hedge funds, with a massive 93% increase in offers compared to March. Stockbrokerage and insurance firms also showed moderate improvements, up 23% and 12% respectively.
The improvement in US under-employment has halted in May, according to Gallup.
Gallup’s under-employment rate is 19.1% for the week ending 16 May, down slightly from 19.2% during the week ending 18 April.
Multi-sector recruiter gap personnel has appointed Lynne Grigg as finance director.
The co-founder of low-cost airline Go, has also spent five months in Singapore, helping set up a new airline, Jetstar Asia, for Qantas, and worked on the Wizz airline launch in Hungary.
HR is going to play a much more strategic role in organisations in the next five years, according to chief economist and editorial director at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Morgan Law, number one in this year’s Recruiter HOT 100, is looking to continue its programme of expansion throughout 2010.
Employers should look beyond short-term budgetary planning to the longer term needs of the organisation for sustained performance, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Recruiters have been urged to take a flexible approach to recruitment by Adrian Thomas, head of resourcing at Network Rail.