UK – Recruitment predicted to become more challenging as businesses shift to hybrid human-AI workforce

The majority, or 67% of recruitment leaders in the UK fear that the shift from a predominantly human workforce to a hybrid workforce, where humans will work alongside robots and AI, is likely to make recruiting high-quality talent even more challenging over the next five years, according to new research...

South Africa – Workforce Holdings full year revenue and profits up

South African recruitment and outsourcing company Workforce Holdings (WKF: JSE) reported revenue today for the year ending 31 December 2018 of ZAR 3.0 billion (USD 206 million), up 7.3%.

Norway – Dovre Group to acquire Norwegian staffing firm Tech4Hire

Finland-based project management services firm Dovre Group has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire all the shares of Norwegian staffing and consultancy company Tech4Hire.

The enterprise value for Tech4Hire AS in the transaction is NOK 20 million (€2.0 million), of which Dovre Group...

UK – Demand for permanent and contingent workers down 3% in February

Professional recruitment firms in the UK reported that demand for permanent talent fell by 3% year-on-year in February 2019, while vacancies for contingent workers also decreased by 3% over the same period, according to new survey data from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) on behalf of the Association...

UK – Employer confidence in the economy and recruitment plunges over Brexit uncertainty

Employers’ confidence in the UK economy fell 8% for the quarter ended February 2019, when compared to the previous quarter. At the same time, employers’ confidence in making hiring and investment decisions declined by 6%, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment and Employment...

World – Randstad appoints new global execs

As previously announced in January, following the departure of Linda Galipeau, who had led Randstad’s North American business, Randstad has formerly appointed Rebecca Henderson and Karen Fichuk to the Executive Board. Shareholders formally adopted the proposed appointments at yesterday’s annual...

Switzerland – Strong increase in job ads for March

The number of jobs advertised throughout Switzerland rose by 20.9% in March 2019, when compared to March 2018, according to the Michael Page Swiss Job Index. Monthly growth across Switzerland stood at 1.5%.

Monthly growth was led by the German-speaking region (2.2%) which accounted for 9 out of 10 jobs....

UK – Outsourced workers lose High Court battle in bid for collective bargaining rights

UK trade union Independent Workers Union of Great Britain lost a High Court case on the collective bargaining rights of outsourced workers at the University of London on Monday.

The IWGB took legal action in a bid to represent outsourced security guards, post room workers and other staff at the university....

Europe – ‘Contingent work to be driving force of the entire workforce in 5-10 years’ CWS Summit

Staffing Industry Analysts opened its 10th annual CWS Summit Europe in London today, kicking off the conference with an introductory session and a keynote on “State of the Industry and a Path to the Future” by SIA's Senior Director of Contingent Workforce Strategies & Research, Peter Reagan....

Spain – Randstad to sign nearly 200,000 contracts ahead of Easter

Randstad Spain announced its hiring forecasts for the 2019 Holy Week and expects to generate 198,980 contracts across the country, an increase of 7% compared to the Easter campaign last year and the highest amount of contracts on record.

Holy Week in Spain this year begins 14 April 2019 and lasts until...