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The Netherlands — The city of Amsterdam chooses to work with four temporary employment agencies
15 July 2009
Following an official public tender the city of Amsterdam has chosen Manpower, Olympia, USG (in combination with subsidiaries Creyf’s Interim and Start People) and Randstad (in combination with subsidiary Tempo Team) as suppliers for temporary staff, Flexmarkt reports today.
The initial contract...
Spain — Temporary employment in the Balearic Islands down by 25%
15 July 2009
The Association of Large Temporary Employment Firms of Spain (Agett) reveals in a new research report that temporary employment in the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera, Cabrera) has taken a nose dive due to the current economic crisis.
In the Balearics, one of the main centres...
The Netherlands — Randstad sells part of its salary administration and payroll services to Raet
14 July 2009
Randstad Holdings nv announces that it has reached an agreement to sell its salary administration and payroll services in the education sector to Raet one of the leading IT service providers in the field of HR and payroll services in The Netherlands. In 2008 Randstad generated €18 million from...
UK — Financial services recruitment up after long slump
14 July 2009
According to Powerchex, the pre-employment screening firm for financial institutions based in the City of London, recruitment levels in the financial services sector have gone up in the second quarter 2009 when compared to the first quarter 2009.
Recruitment levels for stock brokers are up by a staggering...
UK — British government report highlights the importance of temporary employment for younger and older workers
14 July 2009
In a new paper called “Building a Society for all Agesâ€VbCrLf the British government sets out to examine how people can be best supported if they decide to work for longer and how younger people can enter the jobs market for the first time.
In a comment on the report Thomas Hadley, External...
The Netherlands — Ron Icke is leaving USG
13 July 2009
USG People, the fourth largest specialist Human Resources agency network in Europe, has announced that CEO Ron Icke will be leaving the company on September 30th 2009.
“Differences in opinion about the strategy to be taken have led to this decision to part company. Mr. Icke will be relinquishing...
Spain — Highest unemployment figures in Europe with a pessimistic outlook
13 July 2009
The latest European Employment Report published by Eurostat, the official statistics office of the European Union, states that Spanish unemployment figures have reached 4.4 million and account for 18.7% of the working population.
The report shows that Spanish unemployment started to go up in 2007...
UK — Cisco uses Facebook to search for graduates
10 July 2009
Cisco is using the social networking site Facebook in order to fill potential vacancies in the company, ComputerWeekly reports.
The company has set up a Facebook page in the UK and Ireland, which 200 graduates are connected to. The site gives information to members and allows them to ask Cisco questions....
Spain — Government, employers and unions discuss future of temporary employment
10 July 2009
The current negotiations on the future of temporary employment and social security payments in Spain have not come up with concrete solutions so far, El Pais reports.
“The government and the social partners re-affirm their will to advance in these negotiationsâ€VbCrLf, the Spanish government...
UK — Spring Group plc. half year net fees down by 23%
10 July 2009
Spring Group plc., the international full service recruitment provider has just announced half year interim results for the six months ending June 30th 2009. Overall net fee income is down by 23%. At EBITDA level the group hopes to break even.
The Group’s contract business, which accounts for...