France – Freelance.com revenue rises 29% in Q4, full year revenue increases 21%

French online staffing group Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported revenue last Friday of €59.0 million for the fourth quarter, an increase of 29% when compared to the previous year.

The group also stated that this is the 12th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

Freelance.com also published its...

UK – Brexit uncertainty weighs in on hiring and staff availability in February, REC finds

Permanent staff appointments by recruitment consultancies across the UK remained unchanged in February according to the latest Report on Jobs from IHS Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) and professional services firm KPMG. The stagnation follows a marginal drop at the start of the...

France – Temporary employment slips in January, according to Prism’Emploi

The number of temporary workers in France fell by 6.6% year-over-year in January, according to the Barometer report by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

January’s decrease follows a continuing fall from December 2018 of 5.9%.

Among the sectors, temporary employment in the...

Sweden – NetJobs CEO steps down

Georg Tsaros, CEO of Swedish job board NetJobs, announced that he has resigned as CEO with effect from last week.

NetJobs’ Board has appointed Johan Henriksson as acting CEO effective immediately. Henriksson was previously sales manager for NetJobs Care & Education. He will remain as acting CEO...

UK – Half of UK employers struggle to recruit and retain blue-collar workers

Nearly half, or 49%, of UK employers are struggling to recruit and retain blue-collar workers, according to a study from Quinyx, a workforce management software firm.

The study was developed in collaboration with Development Economics and Censuswide.

Issues with recruitment and retention were discovered...

World – Global economy ‘facing serious headwinds’

It’s slower growth ahead for the global economy, according to the “Interim Economic Outlook” released Wednesday by the OECD. Major risks persist, and European growth is slower than expected. The global economy is expected to grow 3.3% this year and 3.4% in 2020, but those projections are down from...

UK – Government commits to workers’ rights post Brexit; Parliament will be able to vote on changes

The UK government made a commitment Wednesday to not reduce the standards of workers’ rights from as they are in European Union laws post Brexit, and any new legislation changing those laws will be assessed as to whether they uphold this commitment. Parliament will also be given the right to consider...

World – Korn Ferry revenue up 10% in fiscal Q3, but EMEA executive search revenue down

Revenue rose 10% in constant currency at Korn Ferry in its fiscal third quarter ended 31 January 2019. However, EMEA executive search revenue fell 1.8% at the Los Angeles-headquartered provider of executive search; leadership and talent consulting; and recruitment process outsourcing.

World – VMS provider Beeline announces CFO and CTO

Vendor management system supplier Beeline announced that Todd Pulley joined the company as CFO and Michael Madden has come on board to serve as chief technology officer.

Pulley had served as CFO for Adecco UK, Ireland, North America and South America. He has more than 20 years of leadership experience,...

World – Funding rounds for chatbot, coding school and Pickr; Fiverr expands; software acquisition: Tech Roundup

Chatbot maker Paradox announced a series A funding round of US $13.3 million. Hungary-based Coding school Codecool also announced a funding round as did UK-based online staffing firm Pickr. Human cloud platform Fiverr announced a European expansion. And The Access Group acquired Volcanic, a CMS provider...