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France — Difficult start for government employment programme for the young in deprived areas
1 September 2009"The government is a little bit behind on finding employment for young people in deprived areas", the Secretary of State in charge of cities told Agence France Presse.
The so-called 'Espoir Banlieue' (hope for the outskirts) programme, which involves finding jobs, training or helping with company start...
UK — One in five UK workers considers career change
28 August 2009According to Monster.co.uk’s 'Keep The UK Working' research, which carried out a YouGov poll on 2,505 GB adults (1,626 workers), the British workforce is likely to emerge out of the ashes of the current recession happier with their jobs than they were before. We are also likely to see a wave of...
UK — Robert Walters reports loss before tax of 2.6 million Pounds
28 August 2009Robert Walters plc (RWA:LSE), the permanent and contract recruitment services group, reports a fall in revenues from 169.8 million Pounds in the first six months of 2008 to 141.7 million Pounds in the same period of 2009. Gross profit was down from 71.7 million Pounds in 2008 to 50 million Pounds in...
UK — Parity reports loss before tax of 362,000 Pounds
28 August 2009Parity Group plc (PTY:LSE), the IT recruitment and consulting specialists, report revenues for the first six months of 2009 of 62.8 million Pounds down from 66.3 million Pounds for the same period in 2008. Operating profits fell to 366,000 Pounds from 735,000 Pounds in 2008. Loss before tax from continuing...
Portugal — Professional training falls victim of the economic crisis
28 August 2009A research report among 800 employees carried out by the Portuguese subsidiary of Adecco S.A., reveals that 38.4% of interviewees believe that professional training is the area which has most suffered from the current economic crisis. 61.5% of respondents, on the other hand, said that companies would...
Scandinavia — Norway has the lowest unemployment rate
28 August 2009Jobless rates in Sweden and Denmark came in lower than expected in July, government data showed on Thursday, but economists were hesitant to predict an improvement yet in the Nordic labour market after months of weakness. While the entire Nordic region has been hit by the global downturn, the jobs market...
WE Research from Staffing Industry Analysts
28 August 2009Europe — Hudson Highland Group announces European leadership change
27 August 2009Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HHGP), the US permanent and temporary staffing specialists have announced that Christine Raynaud, Hudson/Europe President and CEO, is leaving the company and that Hudson Chairman and CEO Jon Chait will assume leadership responsibility for the company’s...
Research from Staffing Industry Analysts
27 August 2009WE Insight - Critical Challenges Facing Staffing Firms in Western Europe
We have identified ten critical challenges following conversations with senior executives at European staffing
companies from March to August 2009 supplemented...
Germany — Business Climate Index rises by 3.1 points in August
27 August 2009According to the latest research by the Munich-based CESifo institute, the business climate for industry and trade in Germany has improved once again in August. For the second time in succession German firms have assessed their current business situation clearly less negatively.
However, in comparison...