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Spain - Yolanda Alvares is appointed Managing Director of Profesionalia and Secretary Plus
20 July 2009
Yolanda Alvares is announced as the new Managing Director for two specialist Human Resources agencies owned by the USG People network. She will report directly to Edwin Schreur, Country Manager USG Espana.
Alvares has an Information Science degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She started...
Spain - Temporary employment agencies are immune to the economic crisis
20 July 2009
According to the latest figures from the Ministry for Labour the number of temporary employment agencies registered in Spain has not changed since 2000 and still amounts to 360 companies in 2009 in spite of a considerable downturn in their level of activity.
The latest official statistics show that...
Sweden — Swedbank to cut 3,600 staff due to higher than expected second quarter loss
17 July 2009
Sweden’s fourth largest banking group reports second quarter losses of
SKR1.85 billion (€167.5 million) due to the recession in the Baltic region. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have suffered double digit contractions in their economies, the Financial Time reports today.
Swedbank is to...
Spain - Longest working hours in Europe
17 July 2009
According to a recent research report by the Adecco Foundation in collaboration with the Spanish Association for the Rationalisation of Working Hours (ARHOE) and recruitment agency Psicotec, Spaniards work 3.8% more hours per annum than the European average.
The research was carried out amongst 80...
UK — Staffing agency Acorn reports record sales increase
17 July 2009
Welsh recruitment and training agency Acorn has just reported record sales in its north-east Wales offices in the first part of 2009 despite the global economic climate.
The Acorn office in Wrexham reported a 26% sales increase in comparison with the same period in 2008 whilst its office in Flint reported...
UK — IT jobs market is recovering
17 July 2009
CV Screen, the specialist IT recruitment agency reports a 25% monthly increase in the demand for IT professionals as the IT jobs market continues to show signs of recovery.
During the same time CV Screen experienced a 27% decline in the number of applicants per vacancy, which shows that IT professionals...
Spain - 33% of young employees are over-qualified due to their lack of flexibility
16 July 2009
A new research report on “Over-qualification and Labour Flexibility��VbCrLf carried out by Spanish bank Bancaja in collaboration with The Valencia Institute for Economic Research (Ivie) reveals that 33% of young Spanish workers are not willing to be flexible in terms of contracts, commitment,...
The Netherlands — Further consolidation in the staffing services sector
16 July 2009
Rob Zandbergen, CFO and Interim Chief Executive of USG People NV after the departure of Ron Icke, has told Dow Jones Newswire that “recruitment companies are increasingly eyeing each other up for possible mergersâ€VbCrLf, the Wall Street Journal reports today.
“This is what you always...
UK — Unemployment reaches 2.38 million
16 July 2009
The latest labour market statistics published by the Office for national statistics show that unemployment in Britain has reached alarming levels. Unemployment is up by 281,000 in the three months to May 2009. The unemployment rate is 7.6%. The number of people in employment is down by 269,000 people...
The Netherlands — Randstad appeals €96,000 fine imposed by Dutch Market Regulator
16 July 2009
Randstad as legal successors of Vedior are appealing against a €96,000 fine imposed by the Dutch Market Regulator (AFM). The fine relates to the investigation by the AFM into Vedior N.V. and its share price movements on 30 November 30 2007.
The news comes after the Dutch courts yesterday also...