Poland – Work Service CEO resigns

Work Service Capital Group (WSE:WSE) the Polish staffing, RPO, and outsourcing company announced that Maciej Witucki has resigned from his role as CEO with effect from 28 February 2019.

The company stated that Witucki, who is also a member of the Management Board, did not indicate the reason for the resignation....

UK – Government launches online tool to help schools avoid “excessive” supply agency fees

The Department of Education has launched an online tool with the aim of helping head teachers to avoid high supply agency fees.

Education Secretary Damian Hinds said the online tool will clearly show the fees recruitment agencies charge on top of staff wages, so school leaders know what they are...

UK – The impact of Brexit, an interview with SIA’s John Nurthen

Politicians are working out how to handle the Brexit question, but what does it mean for the recruitment industry? Staffing Industry Analysts’ John Nurthen discusses his take on how Brexit will impact recruitment firms. Nurthen is executive director, global research, and based in London. He is interviewed...

Ireland – Cpl Resources H1 revenue rises 12%, profits also climb

Irish recruitment firm Cpl Resources (CPL: ID), reported revenue for the first half ended 31 December 2018 of €278.6 million, an increase of 9% compared to the previous year.

World – CareerBuilder acquires remaining stake in Netherlands-based Textkernel

CareerBuilder has acquired the remaining stake in Textkernel that it didn’t already own. It had initially acquired a majority stake in 2015.

Amsterdam-based Textkernel provides semantic search and matching technology for résumé/cover letter databases. It also provides multilingual...

Poland – Prime Minister wants to see more workers return from the UK (BBC News)

Poland's prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said he wants to see more workers return from the UK to help its domestic economy grow, reports the BBC. Morawiecki told the BBC that "more and more are coming back and I'm pleased about that because there is a low level of unemployment. Give us our people...

UK – Santander bank to close 140 branches, putting over 1,200 jobs at risk (The Guardian)

Spanish-owned Santander Bank plans to close nearly one in five of its bank branches in the UK, putting more than 1,200 jobs at risk, reports The Guardian. Santander plans to shut down 140 branches, leaving 614 after the closures, which will be completed by the end of the year. The bank said it expected...

UK – Empresaria trading update in line with market expectations, net fee income to rise 4%

Empresaria (AIM: EMR), the UK-based international specialist staffing group, provided a trading update for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.

According to the Board, Empresaria has delivered profit in line with current market expectations for the financial year ended 31 December 2018.

The group...

Switzerland – Michael Page Swiss Job Index records 16.4% growth in January job ads

The number of jobs advertised throughout Switzerland recorded a growth of 16.4% between January 2018 and January 2019, according to the latest Michael Page Swiss Job Index.

Meanwhile, the number of advertised jobs across Switzerland between December 2018 and January 2019 showed a decrease of 2.6%.

The...

World – South Korea and Greece have among the highest rates of overqualified foreign workers in OECD

Over a third of highly-educated immigrants in employment across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries are overqualified for their jobs with the exact rate differing significantly between countries, according to Statista.  

The OECD definition of the over-qualification rate...