Germany – More than a third of job ads are posted online

Over a third, or 35%, of job offers in Germany are posted at online job portals according to a study from the Federal Employers' Association of Personnel Service Providers (BAP).

The study, ‘Young Germans’, focuses on the living and working world of what BAP describes as the young generation in the...

UK – Demand for interim accountants rises 44%

Demand for qualified accountants in the UK to work on a contract basis within commerce and industry rose by 44% between November 2016 and November 2017, according to market analysis from specialist recruiter, Global Accounting Network.

The analysis from Global Accounting Network reports that the...

UK – Government pays staffing firms £10 million to recruit staff abroad (Evening Standard)

Staffing firms including Randstad, Reed Specialist Recruitment, and Prospero have been put on a centralised roster for head teachers to use when struggling to recruit British staff, reports the Evening Standard with data from research group Tussell. Each of the bidders will be paid up to £1.4 million...

UK – Carillon enters liquidation putting its smaller firms as well as thousands of jobs at risk

UK-based construction giant Carillon, which also runs recruitment firm SkyBlue, is set to enter liquidation after last-ditch rescue talks over the weekend with lenders and the government failed.

The company ran into financial difficulties last year after issuing three profit warnings in five months and...

Ireland – Jobseekers believe that labour market is moving in their favour

Jobseekers in Ireland believe that the labour market is moving in their favour, according to a report from Cpl Recruitment.

The report, Cpl Employment Market Monitor 2017 Q4, asked both employers and jobseekers to rate whether the market is an employer’s one or jobseekers’ with the index showing that...

UK – Nearly 30% of employees want to quit their jobs and lead their own business

Nearly three in ten UK employees dream of quitting the corporate world to become their own boss, according to survey data from Robert Half.

When asked about their ultimate dream job, 28% of respondents admitted they would love to lead their own business instead of working for someone else. The research...

France – Trade union chief criticises UK and US over its workers’ rights (The Local)

Philippe Martinez, the head of France’s biggest trade union, CGT, has said that France does not want to treat its workers like the UK and US, with zero hours contracts and no protection for the unemployed, reports the Local.Fr. Last year, Martinez and the CGT fought an unsuccessful battle with President...

Europe – Demand for nursing staff on the rise, UK sees biggest shortage of nurses

The demand for nursing staff in European countries remains high with the number of job vacancies increasing for the UK, Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium, from 2016 to 2017, according to data from Jobfeed.

The data showed that the UK has a shortage of nurses with 790 nurses per 100,000 inhabitants,...

Italy – Temp agency workers up 12.7%

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy during November 2017 increased by 12.7% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

The total payroll of temporary workers in November increased...

UK – More than half of employers who pay the apprenticeship levy would prefer a training levy

More than half (53%) of employers who pay the apprenticeship levy want to see it replaced with a training levy, according to new research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 employers, also showed that among those already paying the...