UK – Number of available temporary summer jobs up

More than 12,000 temporary summer jobs are available in the UK, according to figures from jobs site Adzuna.

The study, which was conducted in June 2017, showed that 12,427 seasonal roles are available in the UK, a 24.3% increase compared to 2015.

Most of the roles are in the south of England and London....

UK – REC appoints new chair, elects new council members

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has elected Chris Moore as Chair of the council.

Moore, who serves as President of group operations at Adecco Group UK and Ireland will be replacing Simon Noakes. Moore has been a member of the REC council since 2013, and is a member of the REC’s Future of...

World – Erecruit merges with Bond International Software

US-based Erecruit Holdings LLC, a provider of enterprise software for staffing firms, is merging with staffing and recruitment software provider Bond International Software.

Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group, which acquired Bond in November, will become the majority owner of the combined entity....

UK – Berry Recruitment Group reports increase in 2016 turnover

St Albans-based staffing firm the Berry Recruitment Group (‘BRG’) announced a turnover of £62 million for 2016, up 3% from £60 million in 2015.

The group states that the £62 million is a figure that has more than doubled in the last five years. The group also stated that it recorded a gross profit...

Russia – Antal International reacquires Antal Russia from the FiveTen Group

Professional and managerial recruitment firm Antal International announced the acquisition of its original subsidiary “Antal Russia” after having divested this business nine years ago to the FiveTen Group, a recruitment firm based in London.

Antal Russia was sold to the FiveTen Group in 2008 for investment...

Netherlands – Government spends record high on temp workers and external hiring in 2016

The Dutch Government spent a total of €1.29 billion on consultants, interim managers and temporary workers in 2016, the highest level since the beginning of record keeping in 2009, according to Consultancy.nl.

The figures showed that 59% of that money, or €754 million, was spent on temporary staffing...

Ireland – Professional job vacancies up 10% in May

The number of professional job vacancies available in May 2017 in Ireland increased by 10% compared to the same period last year according to the latest Morgan McKinley Ireland Employment Monitor.

The monitor tracks the number of new job vacancies and new candidates within Ireland each month. It...

World – OECD unemployment rate stable in April

The unemployment rate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) area stood at 5.9% in April, the same as the previous month.

Across the OECD area, 36.9 million people were unemployed, 4.2 million more than before the crisis in April 2008.

Youth unemployment affecting people aged...

France – DLSI acquires Lyon-based EMO France

French staffing firm DLSI has acquired Lyon-based EMO France, a temporary employment agency that provides qualified carpenters for manufacturing and installation both domestically and internationally.

DLSI states that the acquisition of EMO France offers a good opportunity in terms of geographical location,...

UK – Temp worker numbers fall, total employment rate reaches record high

The number of temporary employees fell by 2.8% to a total of 1.58 million in the three-month period from February 2017 to April 2017 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to seasonally adjusted figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

ONS estimates from the Labour Force Survey...