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When there’s no place like home – and it may need improving

Amid a gloom-and-doom cascade of unemployment figures and numbers of furloughed workers, small shoots of economic activity are popping up, notably in the home improvement and delivery sectors.

Retail, Sales 18 June 2020

FINANCIALS: Hays benefits from strong performance in US and China

A strong performance in the US and China, backed by solid growth in other markets in Asia and the Americas, bolstered global recruiter Hays’ results, according to a trading update for the three months ending 30 September 2019.

15 October 2019

Recruitment M&A activity in the UK returns to pre-recession levels

Mergers and acquisitions involving UK recruiters have returned to pre-recession levels, with a 167% increase in deals over the past two years on the same period a decade ago.

22 August 2019

Sellick Partnership eyes European opportunities with sale to Samsic

Sellick Partnership’s sale of a majority stake in the business to soft service provider Samsic will open up opportunities for the professional services staffing specialist right across Europe.

Construction & property, Legal 10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Americas business leads gross profit growth at PageGroup

Global recruiter PageGroup has seen group gross profit increase 11.7% year-on-year, according to a trading update for the first quarter of 2019.

10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: ClearStar sees profit rise

US background check technology and service provider ClearStar has seen year-on-year profit climb 11%, according to a trading update for the quarter to 31 March 2019.

10 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Heidrick & Struggles sees revenue rise by more than 15%

Global executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has seen net revenue climb 15.2% year-on-year, according to full-year 2018 results.

Executive search 26 February 2019

FINANCIALS: ManpowerGroup sees slight drop in revenue

ManpowerGroup has reported a slight drop in year-on-year revenue for the third quarter.

22 October 2018

Adecco sees success with School of Hard Knocks TV programme

Some of the people recruitment giant Adecco helped with CV writing as part of Sky TV show The School of Hard Knocks have already found work.

27 August 2015

Hiring freezes begin amid Chinese economic turmoil

Reacting to recent turmoil in the Chinese economy, many companies in the country’s major industries have begun to induce hiring freezes or strict rules for new head counts, signifying a delay in new job creation, ZW HR Consulting general manager Joyce Ying told Recruiter.

27 August 2015

Adecco hires Catoir as regional head in France

Recruitment giant Adecco has appointed Christophe Catoir as regional head of France and member of the firm’s executive committee.

10 July 2015

Randstad Sourceright brings Talentradar to market

Global talent solutions provider Randstad Sourceright has launched Talentradar, an analytics and recruiting intelligence platform to help employers leverage data from multiple systems to support informed talent decisions.

6 July 2015

Randstad offers salary checker

Recruitment giant Randstad has launched a salary checker for UK workers.

6 July 2015

PageGroup brings de Smedt on board as non-exec director

Specialist recruitment agency PageGroup has appointed Patrick de Smedt as independent non-executive director from 1 August.

IT/Telecoms, Executive search 26 June 2015

Migrant workers ‘deceiving’ staffing companies say French recruiters

The trade body of staffing companies in France has accused African migrant workers of deceiving staffing companies by using documents that are not their own.

25 June 2015

Adecco and Capita among firms pledging to create apprenticeships in Europe

Recruiters Adecco and Capita were among 40 companies and organisations to join the European Alliance for Apprenticeships (EAfA) yesterday, who together are pledging to make a total of 140,000 apprenticeships and training opportunities available to young people across Europe.

Education, Public sector 23 June 2015

UK in top 10 of countries with workers who would most like to change jobs

The UK has ranked within the top 10 of countries where workers would most like to change jobs, according to findings from recruitment giant Randstad’s Workmonitor for Q2 2015.

16 June 2015

Randstad Sourceright appoints Molloy in San Diego

Global talent solutions provider Randstad Sourceright has appointed Katie Molloy as vice president of client services.

Executive search, HR 22 May 2015

PageGroup launches Parents@Page launches in the UK

Global recruiter PageGroup has launched Parents@Page in the UK to support the parents in its business, with a particular focus on fathers and same sex parents.

18 May 2015

FINANCIALS: Randstad reveals construction key for positive UK revenue

Recruitment giant Randstad’s construction and engineering division has been a key driver behind year-on-year UK revenue increasing from €197.1m (£143m) to €224.3m in Q1 2015.

Construction & property, Engineering 30 April 2015

Michael Page promotes Lyons to operating director

Global recruiter Michael Page has appointed Chris Lyons as operating director.

24 April 2015

Pride@Page can ‘influence change’ outside firm, exec says

A senior executive at global recruiter PageGroup says the company has the opportunity to “influence change” in the world of recruitment and beyond with its launch yesterday (22 April) of Pride@Page, a formalisation of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees.

23 April 2015

FINANCIALS: PageGroup backs out of Russia, GP up across the group

Adverse business conditions in Russia have seen global specialist recruiter PageGroup wind up its operations in the country over the last quarter.

15 April 2015

Indonesian employees positive about employment

More than nine in 10 Indonesian employees expect employment opportunities to improve or be maintained in the next year, according to a survey from global specialist recruiter Michael Page.

25 March 2015