European Union – Luxembourg monthly minimum wage nearly nine times higher than Bulgaria

According to figures from Eurostat, the statistical body of the European Union, monthly minimum wages in the eastern countries are below €500, however they are above €1,000 in the northwest, with the highest minimum wage (Luxembourg) in the EU at around nine times the amount of the lowest (Bulgaria)....

UK – Financial services firms that look beyond sector experience could benefit from innovation

Financial services firms must look to hire on core competencies and skills, rather than sector experience, for change and transformation roles if they want to avoid falling behind the competition, according to an analysis by London-based specialist change and business transformation recruitment firm...

UK – Poor hiring decisions could lead to losses of up to £15,000 for businesses

Poor hiring decisions are generating losses of up to £15,000 for UK businesses, with two thirds of recruitment professionals admitting to losing a significant amount of money on hires that haven’t worked out, according to a study from independent job board, CV-Library.

The study, which explored the...

Germany – Amadeus FiRe announces full year preliminary results, revenue up 2%

German recruitment firm Amadeus FiRe AG (AADX: GER) announced preliminary results today and that it had achieved consolidated sales of €173.3 million in 2016, an increase of 2.1% from €169.7 million in 2015.

UK – Number of people in ‘insecure work’ up 27% since 2011

The number of people in ‘insecure work’ in the UK, has risen by more than 660,000 (27%) since 2011, according to a study commissioned by the TUC (Trades Union Congress) from the Learning and Work Institute. The TUC defines insecure work as seasonal, casual, temporary or agency work, those on zero-hours...

France – Permanent contracts increase within logistics sector, number of temporary contracts down

According to data from French recruitment firm Fed Supply, which specialises in temporary and permanent recruitment of careers in Sales and Distribution, Purchasing, Logistics, Customer Relations and Import-export, the number of permanent placements contracts were up in 2016 for the logistics and purchasing...

World – Gender diversity on boards slowly improving, gender parity remains 20 years away

A new study from executive search firm Egon Zehnder, ‘2016 Global Board Diversity Analysis’, shows that gender diversity is slowly progressing but at the current rate of progress, it will take 20 years to achieve gender parity.

The executive search firm's bi-annual study, which examines board data...

France – Groupe Crit acquires EHD Technologies

French staffing firm Groupe Crit has announced, through its US subsidiary PeopleLink, the acquisition of US-based EHD Technologies.

Founded in 2002 and based in Tennessee, EHD Technologies is a provider of quality inspection and assurance services to customers throughout the automotive, industrial and...

France – DLSI acquires Bova Service

French staffing firm DLSI, through its subsidiary Pemsa, has acquired Swiss-based staffing firm Bova Service SA.

Bova Service, which has operated for more than 40 years specialising in the provision of temporary and permanent personnel in the construction and industry sectors, offers DLSI the opportunity...

UK – Permanent placement sees weaker growth in January

According to the latest Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) Report on Jobs, permanent staff placements continued to rise in January, despite the rate of growth easing to its slowest since September 2016.

All English regions monitored by the survey noted increased permanent placements...