Recruiters remain positive, despite the unemployment figures, released later today, which are set to confirm that the number of people out of work has risen to around 2m.
Colin Birchall, chief executive of Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG), describes the surge in unemployment as “heart-breaking news”.
Hospitality recruiters have called upon businesses to invest in jobs in local communities as the recession takes hold.
The calls follow a Nottingham-based restaurateur’s plan to build a new eatery in a former public toilet block to encourage others to invest in developments and create more local jobs.
Over a third of companies fail to sell their organisation to their workers, a new survey from multi-sector recruiter Badenoch & Clark shows.
Welfare to work recruiter Reed in Partnership has been chosen by the Australian government to deliver welfare to work services in three contact areas across the country.
From July, the firm will help the long-term unemployed, single parents and the indigenous population into sustainable work, dealing with areas such as lack of confidence, childcare issues and skills.
With so many candidates entering the hospitality sector from other disciplines, training has never been so important, according to hospitality recruiters.
Proposals aimed at helping more small businesses win government contracts should be prioritised in the forthcoming Budget, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB).
As part of its submission to the 2009 Budget the FPB is urging the government to fast-track measures outlined in the Glover Review, published in November 2008.
Training body ConstructionSkills has warned that up to 2,000 apprentices are at risk of losing their job this year.
However, recruiters say public sector schemes will provide opportunities.
HR solutions provider McGinley Support Services has agreed a deal with tool and equipment hire company HSS Hire to allow customers to hire people alongside equipment through a single point of contact.
HSS Resource will provide customers with two distinctly separate agreements but one single point of contact for sourcing both equipment and source staff.
Multi-sector recruiter Astbury Marsden has appointed Stephanie McCoig to head up its permanent technology division.
McCoig is charged with building Astbury Marsden’s existing client relationships as well as continuing to grow and develop the technology division.
Jonathan Nicholson, managing director at Astbury Marsden, says: “We are delighted to have Stephanie on board.
