UK – Recruitment industry turnover up 11% to £35.7 billion

The UK recruitment industry grew in 2017/18 despite ongoing Brexit uncertainty, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s annual Recruitment Industry Trends report for 2017/18. The report was compiled with market research company ComRes and covers the 12 months ending...

Ireland – Employment up by 61,900, increase in difficult-to-fill roles

An additional 61,900 people were employed in Ireland in 2017, bringing total employment up to 2.19 million, according the “2018 National Skills Bulletin” released today by SOLAS, the further education and training authority in Ireland.

Job growth was particularly strong in construction, which added...

South Africa – Jobs fall by 16,000 in Q3, but country is out of recession

Employment in South Africa fell by 16,000 jobs in the third quarter compared to the second for total employment of 9.7 million, Statistics South Africa reported on Tuesday. However, year-over-year, the number of jobs was up by 17,000 in the third quarter. The agency also reported earlier this month that...

UK – Public transport is top reason for employee tardiness; pet snake a problem as well

Issues with public transport ranked as the top reason UK employees gave for being late to work, according to human resources software firm BrightHR. Its software recorded 1,360 instances of lateness caused by public transport during November with 20% of workers citing it.

In second place was “being...

World – Malware campaign masquerades as legitimate recruitment activity

Computer security firm McAfee reported on Wednesday that it discovered a malware campaign masked as legitimate job recruitment activity. The find was announced in a blog post.

McAfee named the campaign “Operation Sharpshooter” and said it has implanted malware to send back information from victims’...

UK – Number of temporary employees falls 4.7% over year

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell 4.7% year over the year to a total of 1.5 million in the three months ended October, according to data released Tuesday by the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The number of temporary employees as a percentage of total employment was 5.5%., down from...

France – Temporary jobs rise by 3% in third quarter

The number of temporary workers in France rose 2.9% year-over-year in the third quarter with the addition of 22,200 jobs, to a total of 798,600, according to Insee, the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. However, the third quarter total is down 1.2% from the second quarter.

Overall,...

UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers falls in November: Morgan McKinley

The number of jobs available in London decreased by 39% in November when compared to a year ago, according to the London Employment Monitor report by recruitment firm Morgan McKinley. At the same time there was a 28% decrease in professionals seeking jobs.

On a month-over-month basis, the number of available...

World – OECD unemployment rate stable at 5.2% in October

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development unemployment rate was stable in October 2018 at 5.2%, unchanged from September and three percentage points below the January 2013 peak. Across the OECD countries, 33.2 million people were unemployed.

In the euro area, the unemployment rate was...

Switzerland – The Adecco Group appoints new Chief Digital Officer

The Adecco Group has appointed Teppo Paavola as Chief Digital Officer and a member of the Executive Committee, effective from 14 January 2019.

In the newly created role of Chief Digital Officer, Mr Paavola will oversee the Adecco Group’s portfolio of digital businesses, including Adia, Vettery and YOSS....