Europe – Euro area and EU28 unemployment rates down in August

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.4% in August 2019, down from 8.0% in August 2018. At the same time, the EU28 unemployment rate was 6.2%, down from 6.7% in August 2018, the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since the start of the EU monthly unemployment series in January...

UK – Remote working doubles in past four years: CV-Library

The number of remote working jobs on offer in the UK has more than doubled (51.7%) in the past four years, as businesses accept the need to change their working practices, according to data from job board CV-Library.

The findings, which analysed over 175,000 vacancies posted on the CV-Library site, also...

UK – Sopra Steria's UK recruitment business rebrands to Intelligent Resource, appoints new MD

Sopra Steria’s UK recruitment subsidiary unveiled its new identity today as it rebranded to Intelligent Resource.

In June 2019 Sopra Steria agreed to sell 100% of its recruitment subsidiary in the UK to Resource Solutions Group.

The company said its rebrand marks “the end of the Sopra Steria Recruitment...

France – Temporary employment down 4.3%: Prism’Emploi

The number of temporary workers in France decreased by 4.3% year-over-year in August 2019, according to the latest Barometer report by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

Among the sectors, temporary employment increased in services (3.3%), but decreased in construction (- 3.2%),...

UK – Artificial intelligence driving the next generation of jobs: Robert Walters

AI is set to drastically change the UK job market in the coming years with up to a third of jobs expected to be automated or likely to change as a result of the emergence of AI, impacting 10.5 million workers, according to a report from Robert Walters and VacancySoft.

 The report found that 133 million...

UK – Majority of recruiters worried about no-deal Brexit

A majority, or 87%, of professional recruitment companies in the UK, are concerned about the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, according to new research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies.

The recruitment firms are concerned about the implications associated with the ending of freedom...

Netherlands – Care workers win right not to be contacted while off duty (DutchNews.nl)

A new pay deal for Dutch care workers who work with people with disabilities includes a clause allowing them to ignore messages and phone calls from work while they are off duty, reports DutchNews.nl. The FNV trade union, which negotiated the deal, said the clause was a specific request from workers...

UK – Dillistone Group revenue declines as loss widens

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the international recruitment industry reported revenue of £4.1 million for the six months ended 30 June 2019, a decrease of 6.0% compared to the previous year.

UK – Norman Broadbent H1 revenue rises as it returns to profitability

London-listed executive search and recruitment firm Norman Broadbent (NBB: LSE) reported revenue yesterday of £5.2 million for the six months ended 30 June 2019, an increase of 12.7% when compared to the previous year.

Netherlands – Flexfactory acquires Marquette Detachering

Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory, which is owned by French temporary employment firm Actual Leader Group, announced that it acquired Netherlands-based temporary employment firm Marquette Detachering.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Marquette Detachering, founded in 2005, places...