World – CTG revenue rises 22% with fastest growth in European operations

Revenue rose 21.9% at US-based IT staffing and solutions provider CTG (NASD: CTG). A combination of factors drove the increase: organic growth in both solutions and staffing in North America and Europe, as well as the revenue from Paris-based Soft Co., which the company acquired in February.

The Buffalo,...

UK – Recruitment industry video showing jet-set lifestyle goes viral after being ridiculed online

A London-based recruitment firm saw its video, which depicts a summer incentive in which its employees go on a luxury holiday, become the target of ridicule after it went viral.

The 43-second video, produced by recruitment firm Haigh Associates, shows six young men in a montage of the men walking into...

Ireland – Brexit caution sparks decrease in professional job vacancies in September

The availability of professional jobs in Ireland decreased by 2% in September when compared to August, according to data from the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.

Trayc Keevans, Global Foreign Direct Investment Director at Morgan McKinley Ireland, said there was caution ahead of Brexit...

UK – Amazon to create over 1,000 ‘Silicon Valley jobs’ in the UK (BBC News)

Online retail giant Amazon announced plans to create more than 1,000 jobs in the UK in Manchester, Edinburgh and Cambridge, reports BBC News.  At least 600 "highly skilled" roles will be added in Manchester working on software, machine learning and Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing...

Greece – New jobs creation at highest level since 2001, but more than half are part-time (Greek Reporter)

During the first nine months of 2018 there were 2.05 million new hires and 1.76 million job exits (including dismissals, retirements and resignations), leaving a positive balance of 288,369, the largest amount of new positions created since 2001, reports the Greek Reporter, citing data from the Greek...

UK – Recruitment sector expected to have record high number of agency start-ups by end of year

2018 is set to be a record-breaking year for recruitment agencies in the UK as than 10,000 start-ups are expected have been registered by the end of the year, a record-high for the sector, according to research from Clearly PR and Marketing.

The research, which used data obtained from Companies House...

Netherlands – Job vacancies up in Q2

The number of job vacancies grew by 16,000 in Q2 2018 when compared to the previous quarter, according to data from Statistics Netherlands.

At the end of the second quarter, there were 251,000 job vacancies, with growth continuing for five years now.

Meanwhile, in Q2 2018, the number of full-time and part-time...

Switzerland – Majority of employees are satisfied with work-life balance

A study from the PageGroup found that 75% of employees in Switzerland are satisfied with their work-life balance.

PageGroup’s study also found that 44% of employees expect their work-life balance to improve in the next 12 months.

According to PageGroup, with a growing overlap of professional and private...

UK – Majority of workers considering starting their own business, study finds

The majority, or 71%, of the UK’s employed workforce have considered starting their own business due to having little or no access to flexible working options, according to a study from freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour.

The study of more than 1,000 employees in the UK found that 68% have little or...

Ireland – Brightwater Recruitment undergoes management buyout

Irish specialist recruitment agency Brightwater Recruitment is under new ownership following a management buy-out.

The recapitalisation was led by the current senior management team of managing director Barbara McGrath, finance director John O’Donnell, and executive search director Estelle Davis. The...