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UK – A third of new employees plan to leave jobs within the first 12 months
5 July 2016The Institute of Leadership & Management is warning of short-termism in the workplace with 19% of new recruits in the UK actively looking for a new role, and 11% planning to leave their job in the first 12 months.
This amounts to nearly a third, or 30%, who plan to leave their jobs within the first...
UK – Professional hiring weakens leading up to Brexit
4 July 2016According to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), professional recruitment firms reported that vacancy numbers remained weak in the run up to the EU Referendum with no growth in May 2016
This is in line with the latest data from the Office for National...
Netherlands – Randstad Sourceright launches twago
4 July 2016Randstad Sourceright has announced the launch of twago, a freelance management system with more than 500,000 registered workers.
Randstad acquired twago last month and had previously invested in the technology platform in 2014. Randstad states that twago will enable it to accelerate clients’ freelance...
Netherlands – DPA Group and People Group form new company
4 July 2016Dutch staffing firm DPA Group has joined forces with People Group, a provider of interim and consultancy services in the area of purchasing.
So the two companies can fulfill their ambition to acquire a leading position in the market for procurement advisory and interim procurement professionals, they...
EU – Unemployment rate in Euro area lowest since 2011
4 July 2016The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.1% in May 2016, down from 10.2% in April 2016 and from 11.0% in May 2015, the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2011, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Meanwhile, the EU28 unemployment rate...
Denmark – Number of online job ads increases slightly in June
4 July 2016According to Danish job board, Jobindex, there were 20,400 new jobs posted online in June, an increase of 300 compared to May and 1,200 compared to April.
Jobindex’s July 2016 report states: “Instead of focusing on the monthly fluctuations in job adverts, which may well be as a result of chance, it...
UK – Servoca acquires Classic Education Limited for £3.1 million
1 July 2016Specialist recruitment and outsourcing firm Servoca (SVCA: LSE) has acquired Kent-based education recruitment firm Classic Education Limited for a total of £3.1 million.
The initial consideration for Classic Education is £ 1.2 million and Servoca will pay deferred consideration of up...
UK – Healthcare workers blame skills shortages on poor patient care
1 July 2016The majority of UK healthcare workers (89.7%) believe that worsening skills shortages are reducing levels of patient care, with 77.5% believing that low salaries are to blame for the lack of talent in this sector, according to data from job site, CV-Library.
The study, which explored the attitudes of...
Europe – Job Vacancies rise in Q1 2016
1 July 2016The job vacancy rate in the Euro area (EA-19) was 1.7 % in the first quarter of 2016, up from 1.6 % in the previous quarter and the first quarter of 2015, according to Eurostat, the statistical body of the European Union.
The job vacancy rate in the EU-28 was 1.8 % in the first...
UK – Executive search firms could see a crisis due to Brexit
1 July 2016According to Hunt Scanlon Media, there’s a crisis slowly unfolding at executive search firms across London due to the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
The crisis is most notable among firms within the financial services sector and as many as 100,000 finance positions could be gone within a year, as...