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AWR four months on: opinions still divided over position of limited company contractors

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:16
Four months after the implementation of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) the position of limited company contractors remains an area of deep of uncertainty.

Services sector sees positive start to 2012

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:12
The UK services sector saw the largest one-month gain in business confidence since the Markit/CIPS UK Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) started in 1996, up nearly seven points to 70.3 in January’s data.

Club Med searching for 60 French-speaking Brits

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:10
Tour operator Club Med is recruiting in the UK for French speakers to work on its 2012 spring-summer season.

Tourism industry jobs and the recession

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:08
Tourism industry jobs are recovering to near pre-recession levels, as self-employment in the sector becomes more prevalent.

McCall figures attest to upturn in technical sector

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:06
Placement figures from multi-sector rec-to-rec firm McCall show to a rise in technical jobs, with the public sector hit.

Join in today’s AWR summit

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:28
Recruiters not able to attend the AWR summit being held in London today will have an opportunity to actively participate.

Olympics opportunities as BP increases grad intake by 50%

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:25
Oil giant BP will take on 244 graduates in 2012, an increase of 50% on its previous recruitment drive.

ForceSelect finds work for redundancy-threatened Gurkhas

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:21
Military service leavers recruitment consultancy ForceSelect hopes to offer 160 jobs at event crewing firm Gallowglass to Gurkhas, who bore the brunt of the latest military cuts announced.

Fircroft opens Solihull office as it targets further growth

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:20
Specialist technical recruiter Fircroft is to open a new office in Blythe Valley Business Park, Solihull later this month.

BCL Legal placements up 18% in 2011

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:19
Recruiter BCL Legal placed 430 candidates in 2011, a rise of 18% on the previous year.

INTERNATIONAL US: Jobless numbers fall in majority of cities

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:02
Unemployment rates in December 2011 were lower in 329 out of 372 US metropolitan areas than in the same month in 2010, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Bygrave is CFO at HCL

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:01
Health and social care staffing provider Healthcare Locums has appointed Sue Bygrave as chief finance officer (CFO).

UK & IRELAND Appointments: McFall to Change

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:01
Mark McFall has been appointed to the newly-created role of managing director of Change Recruitment Group’s domestic business.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Callagher heads RSA promotions

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 13:00
Global life sciences interim management and executive recruiter RSA has promoted John Callagher to the position of head of EMEA, Kay Wardle to the position of managing director of RSA Executive Search and Darren Spevick to client relationship director, EMEA.

Boris bank plan could ‘easily’ provide a boost to City

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:26
Banking and City recruiters say London Mayor Boris Johnson’s call for French banks to bring their jobs to London could actually be a more realistic proposal than it might seem on the surface.

Energy saving Mark creating 50 jobs

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:26
International energy saving solutions firm Mark Group has opened a new depot outside Aberdeen, which will create 50 new jobs.

Reed: Jobs in January up 9% on previous year

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:25
New jobs in January were 9% higher than the previous year, despite decline in demand in a number of sectors from banking to energy, reports the Reed Job Index.

Oil & gas salaries reflect industry’s energetic growth

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:21
Oil & gas salaries in the UK are 8% higher than the worldwide average, according to the Global Salary Guide produced by jobs site Oil and Gas Job Search and Hays Oil & Gas.

Shore Group opens London office

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 13:20
Built environment recruiter The Shore Group today (1 February) opens an office in Victoria in London.

University applications fall signals shift in early career patterns

Latest Headlines from Recruiter - Tue, 01/31/2012 - 13:23
A drop of 7.4% in the number of people applying to universities and a rise in apprenticeships attests to a shift in the way young people are thinking about careers, and forces employers to search differently for entry-level talent.