Europe – Employment rate grows in 2017 for people aged 20 to 64

In 2017, the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the European Union stood at 72.2%, up compared with 2016 (71.1%), according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat highlighted a Europe 2020 strategy target of reaching a total employment rate for people...

Netherlands – Flexible employment on the rise, particularly among young workers

The number of employees with flexible employment increased by 856,000 between 2003 and 2017, according to research from the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics.

Between 2003 and 2017, the number of employed young people (aged 15 to 25) increased from 1.2 million to 1.3 million. Meanwhile, the number of...

UK – Government recruitment service relaunches as ‘Find a Job’ and will be operated by Adzuna

The UK government announced that its free recruitment website, Universal Jobmatch, is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’.

Find a Job, which is a free government recruitment service, now operated by jobs site Adzuna, will continue to connect jobseekers with thousands of employers across the UK.

The change...

World – New list to honor contingent workforce managers (The Staffing Stream)

A new list honoring game-changing contingent workforce managers is now being compiled, and Staffing Industry Analysts’ Subadhra Sriram discusses the “Contingent Workforce Program Game Changers” list in a new Staffing Stream post. Contingent workforce management as a profession has grown substantially,...

Europe – CTG revenue up on strength of European operations and Paris acquisition

Revenue rose 7.5% at IT staffing and solutions provider CTG (NASD: CTG) thanks to European business and revenue from its acquisition of Paris-based Soft Company in February. The Buffalo, NY-based firm reported that excluding thee of its largest clients, revenue rose 15.2% year over year.

North American...

Poland – Work Service revenue up 7% last year, making cross-border service a priority

Work Service, a Poland-based recruitment firm, reported earlier this month that revenue rose 7.3% in 2017 to more than PLN 2.6 billion (US$745.2 million). The company also noted that in 2017 it decided to leave the Russian market because of business uncertainty, sold its IT Kontrakt System Group and...

Europe – Online staffing grows in recognition, impact on traditional recruitment firms amongst topics of next week’s SIA conference

The largest traditional staffing firms are investing in the online staffing space, and familiarity is growing among recruitment clients. And one panel during next week’s “Collaboration in the Gig Economy” conference will look into challenges and opportunities for traditional staffing firms moving...

UK – Tech groups sign memorandum to promote skills development

NASSCOM, the Indian association of software and service companies, signed a memorandum of understanding with techUK, which represents the technology industry in the UK, to collaborate on tech skills and development.

The trade associations signed the memorandum during the first meeting of the UK-India...

UK – Online platform Syft acquires culinary recruitment agency (The Caterer)

Online staffing platform Syft acquired PBL Chefs, a culinary recruitment agency, according to an announcement in The Caterer. It’s the first acquisition for Syft, which has raised £8.75 million in funding since its found in 2015. Syft confirmed the acquisition in a tweet, and the deal is expected...

UK – Gattaca H1 revenue down 2%, but net fee income down as struggling technology division leads to loss

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca (GATC:LSE) reported interim results for the six months ended 31 January 2018 with underlying revenue of £323.2 million, down 2% compared to the previous year. Underlying net fee income was up 2% over last year.

Underlying results...