UK – Candidate availability for permanent and temporary roles continues to decline

The pool of available candidates in the UK for both permanent and temporary roles continued to shrink in June, according to the latest Markit/Recruitment Employment Confederation Report on Jobs.

The report, which draws on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies, shows that while the...

Switzerland – Adecco Swiss Job Market Index stable in Q2, job vacancies dip

The latest Swiss Job Market Index by Adecco remained stable for the second quarter of 2017 when compared to the same period last year. The number of job vacancies fell by 6% on an annual basis due to seasonal affects.

The quarterly Job Index is run in partnership with the University of Zurich. The index...

UK – IT professionals most sought-after in Greater London

IT experts are the most sought after professionals within Greater London, accounting for 28.4% of all vacancies in the 24-month period to May 2017, according to data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies and Vacancysoft.

The data from APSCO and Vacancysoft includes jobs announced by...

UK – Glastonbury Festival responds to controversy over its use of zero-hours contracts

The Glastonbury Festival has responded to criticism over its treatment of European workers on zero-hours contracts.

It was reported earlier this week that Glastonbury organisers allegedly hired approximately 700 workers who were set to help clean up after the festival for two weeks, but up to 600 of them...

UK – Average salaries up 1% in June

Average salaries in the UK saw a steady increase last month, rising by 1.3% when compared with data from June 2016, according to the latest statistics from job board CV-Library.

The data found that many cities across the UK also saw an increase in pay in June, when comparing year-on-year data. When comparing...

Middle East – Nearly 40,000 new job postings in Q2 2017

Middle Eastern job site Bayt announced that it had more than 37,000 new jobs in the second quarter of 2017.

The number of jobs announced during Q2 on Bayt.com represent a 13.57% increase over Q1. The jobs announced through Bayt.com are also increasingly varied in terms of industry, location, required...

Spain – Catenon preliminary H1 contracted sales and turnover declines

Spanish professional staffing firm Catenon (COM: MAB) reported preliminary results for the first half of 2017 ended 30 June 2017 last Friday with contracted sales of €7.8 million compared to €14.2 million last year. Turnover for the same period fell to €7.08 million compared to 7.61 million last...

UK – Huntswood full year revenue down slightly

Reading-based private specialist resourcing and consultancy firm Huntswood reported revenue for the year 2016 of £304 million, down 0.8% from £306.6 million in the same period last year.

The company also reported that pre-tax profits also fell 16% to £44.2 million. Huntswood has blamed a change in...

EU – Euro area unemployment rate reaches lowest level since 2009

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 9.3% in May 2017,  down from 10.2% in May 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since March 2009. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The EU28 unemployment...

UK – Zero contracts bad for your health, study finds

Young adults who are employed on zero-hours contracts are less likely to be in good health, and are at higher risk of poor mental health than workers with stable jobs, according to research from London-based UCL Institute of Education.

Researchers from the institute’s Centre for Longitudinal Studies...