Netherlands – Freelancers experience financial uncertainty

According to data from the ZZP Barometer in collaboration with Easy Staff, 1 in 6 freelancers experience a delay of more than 45 days for payment of an e invoice by clients and 40% of these freelancers are experiencing financial uncertainty.

The survey shows that uncertainty amongst freelancers is also...

Switzerland – EU Commission to agree on deal that approves Swiss plans to hire locals first (Express)

The European Commission has revealed that it is willing to compromise on Swiss plans to introduce rules that restrict recruitment from abroad and prioritise local workers for jobs, reports the Express.co.uk.

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, said Switzerland could introduce...

Switzerland – Number of job ads reach record level of growth in 2016

According to the latest Michael Page Swiss Job Index, the number of jobs advertised in Switzerland grew by 33.3% since the beginning of the year (January to September 2016). This is the strongest growth over the period since the start of the index in 2012.

Between August and September 2016, the number...

World – Randstad: Male job candidates favoured over women, Mobility Index up in Q3

According to the latest Global Randstad Workmonitor survey for the Q3 2016, a gender bias still exists in the workplace as 70% of respondents indicate that men are favored over women when two candidates equally qualify for the same job at their workplace.

However, the Workmonitor also shows that 81% of...

Europe – Eurociett show growth in agency work for September

The average number of hours worked by agency workers across Europe grew 2.3% year-on-year compared with the same period last year according to the latest agency work business indicator (AWBI) for September from Eurociett.

France and the Netherlands showed the strongest growth both at +7% and Belgium followed...

Ireland – Pharmaceutical industry threatened by skills shortage (Independent IE)

The president of the Irish Pharmaceutical Association (IPHA), Leisha Daly, has warned of a skills gap in the industry due to a shortage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students, reports the Independent.IE.

Daly, the outgoing IPHA president and country director for Janssen - the pharmaceutical...

Wales – CPS Group launches executive search division (Business News Wales)

Welsh technology recruiter CPS group has launched an executive search division and appointed Alexander Lloyd to lead the group, reports BusinessNewsWales.

CPS group’s launch of the executive search firm is part of its plan to grow/increase its turnover to £13 million this year.

The group will draw on...

France – Nearly half of employees willing to work longer without a raise (Atlantico)

A study by Randstad published by Atlantico, showed that 48.3% of employees say they are willing to work for longer hours without a pay increase.

However, the increased work without pay is not without limitations as employees stated they would only work more without extra pay temporarily or if their employer...

UK – More than half of employees do not use their degree education in their career

More than half of UK workers do not use their degree education in their career according to a survey by jobs site CV-Library.

The survey showed that 52.8% of workers do not use their degree education within their current position and 57% say their job is not related to their degree at all.

Moreover, 41.5%...

Germany – Average number of working hours increases for full-time and part-time workers

In a study by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) of part time and full time work hours comparisons in the last 20 years, full-time employees worked an average of 40.5 hours per week in 2016, half an hour more than 20 years ago, while the average was 19.3 hours per week for part-time employees,...