Engineers remain in short supply, according to Manpower’s Talent Shortage Survey.
Engineers topped the list in the UK, followed by skilled trade professionals and sales representatives.
The full list is as follows:
1. Engineers
2. Skilled trades
3. Sales representatives
4. Management/executives
The rising proportion of women doctors will lead to a greater emphasis on flexible working and the use of locums in the medical workforce, according to health and social care recruiter HCL.
Executive search consultancies in the US have been chosen or retained in a number of high-profile searches.
Online recruitment solutions provider HotLizard has introduced a ‘Pay for Success’ model, a payment per application that the job board generates, subject to a monthly minimum charge.
Charges include all hosting, support and maintenance, upgrades and ongoing search engine optimisation.
Small recruitment agencies which lack a specialism, operate at the lower end of the market and lag behind in their adoption of new technologies will find themselves increasingly under threat in the next 10 years, a Jobsite report says.
As the number of swine flu cases continues to rise, a locum recruiter is calling for greater guidance from health organisations on the insurance position of sessional GPs.
Commercial recruiter Crone Corkill has appointed Lee Dempster as operations director.
Dempster has 16 years of experience in recruitment and was previously director of London commerce and global opportunities at Michael Page.
Graeme Maude, managing director at Crone Corkill, says: “We’re delighted to welcome Lee to the Crone Corkill team.
Recruitment giant Michael Page is to recoup £26m in overpaid VAT.
A prior claim for overpaid VAT between 1980 and 2004 had been thrown out by HM Revenue & Customs in 2003, but Michael Page submitted an amended £80m claim for the same period in March.
Onsite recruitment solutions firm, CPH Consulting, has announced it is to extend its ‘On Demand’ service to companies that are looking to hire as few as five new employees per year.
The Digital Britain report published last week will give a boost to media and creative industry recruiters.
Among the key points of the report developed by Stephen Carter, first minister for communications, technology and broadcasting, are:
• a three-year plan to boost broadband use
• universal access to broadband by 2012