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UK – Siamo Group undergoes management buyout
4 January 2019Siamo Group, a UK-based provider of temporary workers, announced that it has undergone a management buyout (MBO) with private equity firm Key Capital Partners having sold its stake in Siamo Group to the management team in a deal backed by Clydesdale Bank.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Ireland – Professional job vacancies up 7% in November, according to Morgan McKinley
4 January 2019The availability of professional jobs in Ireland increased by 7% in November when compared to the same time last year according to data from the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
The monitor measures the pulse of the Irish professional jobs market by tracking the number of new job vacancies...
Germany – Immigration helps employment rise to highest level since German reunification
4 January 2019On an annual average in 2018, approximately 44.8 million people were employed in Germany, up by 562,000 persons, or 1.3%, compared to last year, according to data by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Destatis added that increased labour force participation and the immigration of foreign workers...
Switzerland – Kilpatrick Group SA acquires BFK HR Consulting
3 January 2019International executive search firm Kilpatrick Group SA has acquired Switzerland-based recruitment agency BFK HR Consulting.
BFK HR Consulting, founded in 1983, offers consulting services in human resources as well as personal search and selection; headhunting, executive search and coaching services....
Netherlands – Temporary workers’ hours fall, ABU finds
3 January 2019The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands fell by 1% in the twelfth period (weeks 45-48) of 2018, 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 twelfth...
UK – Guidant Global: Hiring managers focus on engaging diverse talent including emerging and female talent
3 January 2019Employers across the UK are taking active steps to improve candidate and staff engagement with individuals from specific groups in an effort to overcome ongoing skills shortages, according to a survey of 1,500 UK-based hiring managers by Guidant Global.
The survey asked hiring managers about the demographics...
Spain – More than half of workers believe that AI is a positive opportunity for their role
3 January 2019The majority of Spanish workers believe that artificial intelligence will be a positive development for their employment, according to data from Randstad.
Randstad found that approximately 63% of professionals in Spain believe that artificial intelligence will benefit their employment for the next ten...
Finland – VMP Group expands within the service industry with acquisition of HR services firm Enjoy
2 January 2019Finnish HR services firm VMP Group announced that it has acquired HR services company Extremely Nice Job Oy which operates under the Enjoy brand.
Enjoy, based in Finland, specialises in offering HR services to the services industry across the country. Enjoy’s revenue in 2018 is expected to be approximately...
UK – Demand for talent weakens in November, but IT sector gives permanent placements a boost
2 January 2019Professional recruitment firms in the UK reported that demand for permanent talent fell by 3% year-on-year in November 2018, while vacancies for contingent workers decreased by 6% over the same period, according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
Despite...
Belgium – Temporary workers’ hours fall in November, Federgon finds
2 January 2019The number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in Belgium in November decreased by 2.74% when compared to the same period last year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.
Both the white-collar sector and the blue-collar sector reported year-on-year decreases, with...