UK – Think Services Group buys blue-collar recruitment firm Handystaff

British recruitment firm Think Services Group announced that it has bought Nottingham-based blue collar recruitment firm Handystaff in a deal led by its Chief Operating Officer, Bradley Gough, a former HandyStaff employee.

Think Services Group, founded in 2017 by CEO Brandon Rowlands and COO Bradley Gough,...

Czech Republic – 10% of employment agencies are illegal, Grafton says

Approximately a tenth of employment agencies working in the Czech labor market are called "grey agencies", who use temporary gaps in employment to employ temporary workers, robbing both the employees themselves and the state, according to estimates from Grafton Recruitment....

UK – Job vacancies up 11.9% and salaries increase 4.3% in third quarter

Job vacancies were up by 11.9% and salaries increased by 4.3% in the third quarter when compared to the same period last year, according to research from CV-Library.

CV-Library pointed to a hike in business confidence that is starting to take effect, along with candidate registrations in some of the UK’s...

World – ManpowerGroup revenue up 1% in constant currency, calls out softening market in Q3

ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) cited a softening market environment, especially in Europe, in its third-quarter results released today. Total revenue at the US-based staffing giant rose 1.3% on a constant currency basis despite being down 0.8% on a reported basis. Gross margin narrowed, but net earnings rose....

France – Pôle Emploi criticised for interviewing candidates in a reality TV-style competition

Pôle Emploi, the French government agency that registers unemployed people, is being criticised for holding job interviews inspired by reality singing competition shows like The Voice.

According to Street Press, footage emerged of a set-up identical to the competition reality TV show The Voice, where...

UK – Empresaria Group appoints new COO

Empresaria Group plc, the London-based specialist staffing firm, announced that it has appointed Rhona Driggs to its Board of Directors as Chief Operating Officer with effect from 5 November 2018.

Driggs brings 28 years' experience of working in international companies within the staffing sector. Driggs...

Netherlands – The Brisker Group acquires Nextpayroll

The Brisker Group, an HR services provider based in the Netherlands, announced that it has acquired Nextpayroll, a Dutch firm providing back office support for intermediaries including temporary employment agencies, recruitment & selection agencies and secondment agencies.

The agreement for the acquisition...

Spain – Christmas season to bring in a record 400,000 temporary work contracts, Randstad finds

This Christmas season is set to generate more than 400,000 temporary work contracts in Spain, an increase of 8.3% over last year and the highest number in history, according to data from Randstad Spain.

The temporary jobs are set to be created in the Christmas season running from November to January and...

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...