Spain – Summer hiring campaign to exceed 604,000 temporary contracts: Randstad

Randstad Spain forecasts that this year's summer campaign in the country will exceed 604,000 temporary contracts, of which more than 139,000 are expected to become indefinite contracts.

The summer campaign runs from June through September and Randstad estimates that 139,536 permanent contracts will be...

UK – LinkedIn launches pop-up recruitment pub (Manchester Evening News)

Online professional network LinkedIn has organised a pop-up pub in Manchester offering jobs, career advice, on the spot job interviews, and beer on tap, reports Manchester Evening News. The pub, called Linked Inn, launched yesterday in Manchester and continues today and follows the Linked Inn’s run...

Europe – SD Worx merges subsidiaries and launches SD Worx Staffing Solutions

Belgian HR service provider SD Worx announced that it launched its new brand for its recruitment and flexible employment activities, SD Worx Staffing Solutions.

Last year, SD Worx acquired VIO Interim and Flexpoint Group. Both companies have now been merged and have been rebranded as SD Worx Staffing...

Sweden – Almega appoints new CEO

Almega, the employer and trade organisation for the Swedish services sector, announced that it has appointed Thomas Erséus as new CEO and federal director of Almega Service Federation.

Erséus takes office on 12 August 2019 and succeeds Anna-Karin Hatt.

Erséus’ background in the service sector includes...

Europe – Euro area and EU 28 unemployment rate falls in April

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.6% in April 2019, down from 8.4% last year and the lowest rate recorded since August 2008, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The EU28 unemployment rate stood at 6.4% in April 2019, down from 7.0% in April...

UK – Most workers support a four-day work week

Three quarters, or 74%, of the UK workforce believe they could do their job to the same standard in four days as they do in five, according to a report from Indeed and YouGov.

The report, ‘The Meaning of Work’, surveyed 2,000 UK workers and found that support for a four-day working week rises to 79%...

UK – Employers favour workers who are adaptable, CV-Library finds

The majority, or 71.5%, of employers in the UK favour workers who have the ability to adapt, according to research from job board CV-Library.

The research surveyed 300 UK employers on the top skills they believe are most important in a potential hire right now. It also found that 57.5% found that resilience...

Netherlands – DPA Group names new CEO

Dutch staffing firm DPA Group announced that Arnold van Mameren will be the new CEO of the group. 

Van Mameren will succeed Eric Winter, who had been at the helm of the company since 2011.

At its scheduled Extra General Meeting on 27 August 2019, the group will appoint van Mameren as a member of the...

Sweden – NetJobs appoints new CEO

Swedish job board NetJobs (NJOB: STO) announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Niklas Eriksson as new CEO. 

Eriksson’s will take office no later than 1 January 2020 and then replace acting CEO Johan Henriksson.

Henriksson, who has been acting CEO of NetJobs since March 2019, will...

France – More than 3.5 million hires expected this year: The Adecco Group

The Adecco Group in France is forecasting 3.58 million new hires in France in 2019.

The Adecco Group’s barometer, ‘Data Jobs and Territories’, found that of those 3.58 million hires, 39% will be on permanent contracts, 30% on fixed-term contracts, 23% on temporary appointments and 9% on internships...