Online hiring activity showed signs of recovery in February, according to the Monster Employment Index.
Following a quarter of contraction, the index grew by 6 points.
Activity was driven by openings in education, training and library and management and consulting sectors.
UK interviewers are the least likely to check social networking sites, new research from talent management consultancy DDI shows.
The research shows only 12% of interviewers claimed to do so. Their German counterparts are almost twice as likely as any other country to conduct online searches, while 46% say they use this technique to make hiring decisions.
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Government pledges to bring forward £3bn of public spending in the construction industry from 2010-11 to the current year to mitigate the effects of the downturn, have yet to feed through to recruitment, according to recruiters in the sector.
Recruiters have been boosted by a return to growth as both the German and French economies grew by 0.3% between April and June.
Your choice of football team can greatly enhance your career prospects, according to new research from executive careers website TheLadders.co.uk.
Opportunities abound for recruiters in the Far East as contracts and new investment deals between UK and Chinese enterprises worth over $500m (£303m) were agreed during a visit to China this week by Lord Mandelson, UK First secretary of state and secretary of state for business, innovation & skills.
Construction activity in December hit an 11-year low, with demand falling across the sector.
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) and Markit’s construction index for December reached a new low of 29.3 points (with 50 indicating no change).
Public sector recruiter Capita Resourcing has won a contract to supply professional and technical interim personnel through a managed service agreement with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in a three year contract.
