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Switzerland – Unemployment hits 10-year low in 2018

9 January 2019

The annual average unemployment rate in Switzerland for 2018 stood at 2.6%, a decrease of 0.6% compared to 2017 and the lowest rate in ten years, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

SECO’s data found that just over 118,000 people were registered with regional job centres...


UK – Staffline issues trading update, FY performance in line with expectations

8 January 2019

Staffline, the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, today announced a trading update and expects trading for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 to be in line with market expectations.

Revenues are anticipated to be 18% higher than the £957.8 million reported for 2017.

The group stated...


World – Adecco Group UK and Ireland appoints CFO

8 January 2019

The Adecco Group UK & Ireland announced that it has appointed Yann Halka as its Chief Financial Officer.

Halka has held several roles with the Adecco Group in France and Switzerland for the past ten year. In his most recent role as VP of budgeting and management reporting based in Zurich, he...


UK – NHS outlines its ‘Long-Term Plan’ to address staffing crisis

8 January 2019

The NHS published its ‘Long-Term Plan’ yesterday which outlines its strategies for the recruitment of staff over the next ten years and detailed how the £20.5 billion annual budget will be spent.

Among the measures to tackle the staffing crisis include an increase in nurse undergraduate places, job...


Switzerland – PageGroup names top 5 reasons for optimism in the Swiss Labour market in 2019

8 January 2019

Swiss companies are investing significantly to attract and retain well-trained professionals as the war for talent on the Swiss job market intensifies, according to PageGroup.

PageGroup’s Swiss Job Index and the Confidence Index has provided five key reasons for optimism about Swiss labour market in...


UK – Manufacturing and services sector recruitment difficulties remain high in Q4 2018

7 January 2019

Recruitment difficulties stand at near-record highs for the manufacturing and services sector in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to survey data from the British Chambers of Commerce.

The survey of more than 6,000 firms, found that labour shortages have risen in the UK as 81% of manufacturers that...


UK – Contract Watch: Staffline expands presence in prison education

7 January 2019

Staffline, the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, announced today that its PeoplePlus division has secured contracts in the latest round of prison education tenders worth a total of £104.6 million over a four-year period.

At the group’s interim results, the group’s management set a...


Czech Republic – Wages to increase more than 5% in 2019, but labour market expected to slow down

7 January 2019

The Czech Republic’s labour market is expected to slow down in 2019 with wage growth and staff shortages predicted to persist, according to survey data from Grafton Recruitment.

The data found that while wages are expected to continue to grow at a rate of 5%-8% per year, some firms are already talking...


Hungary – Thousands of protesters march against labour reform (France24)

7 January 2019

France24 reports that, on Saturday, approximately 6,000 people demonstrated in Budapest against nationalist-conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the latest of a wave of Hungarian protests targeting a labour reform branded a "slave law" by the opposition. The reform allows employers to...


World – Resources Connection revenue rises 20.5%, net income surges

4 January 2019

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported revenue increased by 20.5% in its fiscal second quarter 2019 ended 24 November 2018.

The second-quarter results include revenue from US-based Accretive Solutions...