As unemployment falls, there are signs of confidence rising among professionals and employers, according to Hays.
Today’s figures from the Office for National Statistics show that unemployment has fallen by 20,000 to 2.45m in the three months to August but Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant numbers rose by 5,300 in September to 1.47m for the second month in a row.
The impact of public sector cuts has caused small business owners to be more pessimistic about the future ahead of today’s Comprehensive Spending Review, according to new research from the Forum of Private Business.
Demand for temporary workers in the US is expected to increase 20.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis for Q4 when compared with the same period in 2009, according to the Palmer Forecast.
The forecast indicates a 20.3% increase in temporary help for Q3, reflecting stronger than expected GDP growth, along with slightly larger gains in labour productivity.
UK leaders pale in comparison to their international counterparts in their effectiveness, according to research from the Kenexa Research Institute. The survey of more than 29,000 employees in 21 countries found that India has the most effective leaders, while China, Russia, the US and Germany also ranked higher. The UK came in at 17 out of the 21 countries surveyed.
French multinational cheese marketer Group Bel has deployed Jobpartners’ ActiveCenter and ActivePlanner products to better monitor the career development of its 1,500 managers across 30 different countries.
Peer-to-peer business learning forum Elite Leaders has today launched Elite Foundation, a specialist support service for both start up and ‘early stage’ growth recruitment companies.
The foundation programme provides support and expertise to ‘early stage’ recruiters and entrepreneurs starting their own recruitment business.
Network Group Holdings has seen revenues decline but says it is ‘well placed’ to take advantage of an upturn in the market, according to its annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 November 2009.
The firm’s results reveal:
There are further positive signs of recovery for the senior executive search industry around the world, according to the latest data from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
Recruiters have been urged to help encourage more girls to enter the engineering sector by Adrian Thomas, head of resourcing at Network Rail.
