UK – Xcede, TechStream and Etonwood merge to create £100 million revenue group

London-based digital recruitment firm Xcede announced that it merged with talent solutions provider TechStream and technology recruitment firm Etonwood. Both are also based in London.

The merger brings together the three specialist technology talent solution companies and creates a group with £100 million...

Russia – HeadHunter says Federal Antimonopoly Service decision will not have ‘significant impact’ on business

Russian job board operator HeadHunter responded to the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s decision that HeadHunter violated competition law by limiting the use of third-party automated recruitment services. The company says it does not expect that the decision will have a significant impact on its operations....

UK – Flexible working and ability to ‘harness tech strategically’ are top talent trends in 2020: Guidant Global

The rise of millennials and Generation Z as well as the increase in remote work and permanent flexibility’ and the ability to ‘harness tech strategically’ will be major factors impacting skills and hiring over the coming year, according to a report from managed workforce solutions provider Guidant...

South Africa – Temporary employment can take healthcare through digital transformation – Staffing Quote of the Week

Temporary Employment Services (TES) can help healthcare organisations in South Africa to bridge the technology gap, providing the skills and experience necessary to support the digital transformation journey, according to Theresa Ackerman, manager of Operational Excellence at T-Systems South Africa,...

World – Samasource CEO Leila Janah passes away

Leila Janah, Samasource Founder and CEO, has passed away due to complications from Epithelioid Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. She was 37 years old.

Samasource is distinct among online staffing providers having been founded by Janah in 2008 as a non-profit with a vision to measurably move people in poor...

UK – RTC Group says trading in line with market expectations

RTC Group, the UK-based engineering and technical recruitment firm (AIM: RTC.L), announced a trading update on Friday for its financial year ended 31 December 2019, advising that it is trading in line with current market expectations.

Bill Douie, Chairman, said, "The performance of the group and...

UK – Norman Broadbent full year revenue rises as it returns to profit

Executive search and recruitment firm Norman Broadbent (NBB: LSE) provided an unaudited trading update on Friday for the full year ended 31 December 2019.

The Board said that it is pleased to report that following the progress made in the first six months of 2019, the underlying growth in revenue and...

Netherlands – Continu to acquire TechMatch

Dutch placement organisation Continu, which operates as part of Belgian-based House of HR, will take over Netherlands job matching firm TechMatch.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

TechMatch owners Wilco Crone and Jan van Vroenhoven will transfer their shares, but continue to work...

World – Switzerland tops Adecco’s Global Talent Competitiveness Index for 2020

Switzerland continues to lead the world in talent competitiveness according to the Adecco Group’s Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2020, released at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Switzerland has held the number one spot since the Index was launched in 2013. Meanwhile the US moved from...

World – Lee Hecht Harrison rebrands, changes name to LHH

Lee Hecht Harrison, a global provider of talent and leadership development, career transition and coaching, and a part of the Adecco Group, announced a major rebranding and a change in name to LHH.

The company also unveiled a brand promise, “Opportunity delivered.”

“Our clients today are faced with...