Germany – Number of job vacancies increase by 9% in Q3

According to research from the Institute for Labour Market and Vocational Research, part of the Federal Employment Agency, during the third quarter period of July and September 2016, there were 961,200 job vacancies in Germany, an increase of 9% compared to last year.

Most of the vacancies were in West...

Germany – Number of job vacancies increase by 9% in Q3

According to research from the Institute for Labour Market and Vocational Research, part of the Federal Employment Agency, during the third quarter period of July and September 2016, there were 961,200 job vacancies in Germany, an increase of 9% compared to last year.

Most of the vacancies were in West...

Netherlands – DPA Q3 revenue boosted by acquisitions

DPA Group (DPA: NL), the Dutch staffing firm, reported revenue for the third quarter ending 30 September 2016 of €30.4 million, an increase of 13.3% compared with €26.9 million in Q3 2015. 

World – ManpowerGroup partners with PeopleTicker

ManpowerGroup Solutions, part of ManpowerGroup has announced a new partnership with PeopleTicker, a labour market rate data and analytics firm.

In a statement, ManpowerGroup Solutions said that it will leverage PeopleTicker's ability to analyse and compare salary information with bill and pay rate data...

Estonia – Employers plan to hire more staff next year

According to a survey from recruitment portal CV Keskus, nearly 75% of Estonian businesses are going into 2017 with plans to hire more staff.

The survey data also showed that 55% of employers plan to create new jobs, an increase compared to 46.7% last year and a third are planning pay raises for their...

France – Women urged to go on strike in protest of gender pay gap

Women in France are set to go on strike today at 4:34 pm (CET) as feminist group Les Glorieuses has called on working women to protest income inequality in the workplace, reports the local.fr.

It is after 4:34 pm (CET), that women will be working for free for the rest of the year due to the gender pay...

UK – NHS cost of temporary staff doubles in last three years (Express.co.uk)

NHS trusts spend £700 million a year on temporary staff for A&E hospitals hit by a staffing crisis, reports the Express.co.uk with data from a health select committee report. The Royal College of Emergency Medicine also said 145 NHS trusts pay out a total of £13.5 million a week to cover...

Netherlands – Brunel Q3 revenue hit by declines in Energy

Brunel International (BRNL: NL), the Dutch staffing firm reported revenue for the third quarter ending 30 September 2016 of €205 million, a decrease of 29% in constant currency (CC) compared with €291 million in the same period last year.

UK – Phaidon International reports strong revenue growth and announces management changes

Phaidon International, the London headquartered international micro-specialist recruitment group, announced a trading update for the full year ended 31 October 2015.

Group revenues for FY2015-2016 have grown in excess of £49 million, a 48% increase on the previous year and NFI increased by 27%, to circa...

UK – HR directors spend 28 days on recruitment process

According to research from Robert Half UK, HR directors are spending a month (27.59 days) on average recruiting for open positions within their organisation.

Robert Half states that the recruitment process can be broken down into six key stages, all of which take more than four days, on average to complete...