World – Empresaria reports gross profit down 1%, but reports strength in Americas region

Empresaria Group plc yesterday reported in a trading update that gross profit is down approximately 1% in the first six months of the year, but that it’s on course to meet market expectations. Adjusted profit before tax is up approximately 2%. The London-based staffing provider plans to release full...

World – The Adecco Group to sell remaining ownership interest in Beeline

The Adecco Group, the world’s largest staffing firm, and private equity firm GTCR, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to sell its investment in vendor management system provider, IQN/Beeline Holdings (‘Beeline’), to New Mountain Capital.

The proposed transaction will...

Italy – Openjobmetis acquires HC Human Connections

Italian recruitment firm Openjobmetis announced that it has acquired 70% of the share capital of HC Human Connections S.r.l. at a price of €700,000, with the right to acquire the additional 30% in the period of one year from the end of the third year from the closing date.

Openjobmetis described HC...

France – Prism’Emploi: Number of temporary workers up 7.1% in June, first half of 2018 reports increase of 6.7%

The number of temporary workers in France rose by 7.1% year over year in June, according to the Barometer report by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

All sectors reported growth. Services, construction and industry rose by 10.6%, 10.3% and 4.7%, respectively.

Among occupational...

World – Robert Half Q2 revenue up 9.6% with growth across the business

Professional staffing firm Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) reported yesterday that second quarter revenue rose 9.6% on a same billing-day, constant-currency basis to $1.39 billion. In reported rates, revenue grew 11.4%.

International revenue in same billing days and constant currency stood...

UK – Staffline Group revenue up 2.8% organically but sees reduced profits

Staffline Group (STAF: LSE), the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, reported revenue for the six months ending 30 June 2018 of £481.0 million, an increase of 12.4% compared with the first half of 2017.

Underlying results were as follows for H1 2018.

UK – Bullhorn acquires UK-based executive search software provider Invenias

Bullhorn, a supplier of software to staffing firms, yesterday announced the acquisition of Invenias, a UK-headquartered provider of cloud-based software for executive search firms.

Incorporated in 2005 and backed by MMC Ventures since 2013, Invenias is headquartered in Reading, UK, with additional offices...

UK – Permanent hiring up 9%, but professional vacancies dip 4%

Professional recruitment firms in the UK reported that the number of candidates securing permanent roles in June 2018 increased by 9% year-on-year, according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

APSCo’s research, which focuses on professional recruitment,...

UK – More employers are expecting a shortage of permanent candidates

Half of UK employers looking to recruit for permanent roles expect to find a shortage of candidates, this is 5 points higher than in the same period last year (March – June 2017), according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report.

The report, which was...

World – Randstad Q2 revenue up 5% organically and profitability ahead of expectations

Randstad (RAND: NV), the second-largest staffing firm in the world, today reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2018 of €6.0 billion, an increase of 5% on an organic basis compared with €5.8 billion a year ago.

Second-quarter revenue growth was led by Italy with an organic growth...