Ireland – Spencer Stuart acquires Merc Partners

US-based executive search and leadership advisory firm Spencer Stuart today announced that it has acquired Merc Partners, an Irish executive search and leadership consulting firm.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1980 and based in Dublin, Merc Partners specialises in...

Netherlands – ABU reports fall in temporary workers’ hours

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands decreased by 6% in the sixth period (weeks 21-24) of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the sixth...

UK – Recruitment firm worker among those prosecuted in ‘largest ever human trafficking case’

Eight human traffickers, including a recruiter, have been jailed following what has been described as the UK's biggest ever modern slavery prosecution.

The recruiter, Julianna Chodakowicz was employed by recruitment agency E-Response in Worcestershire.

According to BirminghamLive, Chodakowicz had found...

UK – Number of London jobs and jobseekers fall in Q2: Morgan McKinley

The number of jobs available in London decreased by 50% in the second quarter ended in June 2019 when compared to a year ago, according to the London Employment Monitor report by recruitment firm Morgan McKinley. At the same time there was a 19% decrease in professionals seeking jobs.

On a quarter-on-quarter...

Middle East – Majority of workers have left job due to dislike of company culture: Robert Walters

Nearly three quarters, or 73%, of professionals in the Middle East have left a job because they disliked the company’s culture, according to research from Robert Walters.

The research, which surveyed more than 1,000 professionals and hiring managers across the region, also found that 82% of professionals...

UK – Professionals would rather learn new skills than receive pay rise or promotion, CV-Library finds

Nearly half, or 44.6%, of UK professionals say learning new skills is their main career priority right now, beating both a pay rise and a promotion, according to new research from jobs site CV-Library.

The findings, which surveyed 2,000 UK professionals, found that 43.5% of professionals want to receive...

UK – Competition watchdog pauses Amazon and Deliveroo deal (The Guardian)

The UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, has ordered Amazon and the human cloud food courier Deliveroo to pause any integration efforts pending an investigation into potential breaches of competition rules, reports The Guardian. The initial enforcement order against the...

Finland – Smile and VMP merge to create powerhouse HR services firm

Smile Personnel Services, a Finnish human resources services firm and VMP Plc, a Helsinki-based HR services firm, announced that they will merge to create a “combined powerhouse” in the HR services industry.

VMP today signed a share purchase agreement with NoHo Partners Oyj and the minority shareholders...

UK – Permanent placements continue to fall in June as market confidence remains subdued

The number of people placed into permanent job roles in the UK fell for the fourth month in a row, while temp billings expanded at a historically subdued pace, according to the latest Report on Jobs by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG.

The report found that permanent placements declined...

Spain – Most professionals who change jobs do so because of salary: Randstad

More than half, or 51%, of professionals in Spain who have changed companies in the last year have done so because of salary, according to research from Randstad Spain.

The other reasons for changing jobs include having limited professional prospects within the company (39%), work and life balance (36%),...