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UK – Parity Group sells Inition subsidiary to Digital Communication Group

23 April 2018

Specialist technology staffing company Parity Group announced the sale of Inition Limited to UK-based Digital Communication Group Limited.

The sale is for a total consideration of £200,000 payable in cash with £100,000 payable on completion and the balance payable in six months.

Inition is a wholly owned...


Belgium – Temporary agency work sector growth up 6.2% in 2017, according to Federgon

23 April 2018

Federgon, the Belgian federation of HR service providers presented its annual figures and reported that in 2017 the temporary agency work sector grew by 6.2%, when compared to 2016.

Figures from Federgon showed that in 2017, there were 656,281 temporary workers, this was 36,459 more than in 2016.

When...


Europe – Employment rate grows in 2017 for people aged 20 to 64

23 April 2018

In 2017, the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the European Union stood at 72.2%, up compared with 2016 (71.1%), according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat highlighted a Europe 2020 strategy target of reaching a total employment rate for people...


Netherlands – Flexible employment on the rise, particularly among young workers

23 April 2018

The number of employees with flexible employment increased by 856,000 between 2003 and 2017, according to research from the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics.

Between 2003 and 2017, the number of employed young people (aged 15 to 25) increased from 1.2 million to 1.3 million. Meanwhile, the number of...


UK – Government recruitment service relaunches as ‘Find a Job’ and will be operated by Adzuna

23 April 2018

The UK government announced that its free recruitment website, Universal Jobmatch, is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’.

Find a Job, which is a free government recruitment service, now operated by jobs site Adzuna, will continue to connect jobseekers with thousands of employers across the UK.

The change...


World – New list to honor contingent workforce managers (The Staffing Stream)

23 April 2018

A new list honoring game-changing contingent workforce managers is now being compiled, and Staffing Industry Analysts’ Subadhra Sriram discusses the “Contingent Workforce Program Game Changers” list in a new Staffing Stream post. Contingent workforce management as a profession has grown substantially,...


Europe – CTG revenue up on strength of European operations and Paris acquisition

19 April 2018

Revenue rose 7.5% at IT staffing and solutions provider CTG (NASD: CTG) thanks to European business and revenue from its acquisition of Paris-based Soft Company in February. The Buffalo, NY-based firm reported that excluding thee of its largest clients, revenue rose 15.2% year over year.

North American...


Poland – Work Service revenue up 7% last year, making cross-border service a priority

19 April 2018

Work Service, a Poland-based recruitment firm, reported earlier this month that revenue rose 7.3% in 2017 to more than PLN 2.6 billion (US$745.2 million). The company also noted that in 2017 it decided to leave the Russian market because of business uncertainty, sold its IT Kontrakt System Group and...


Europe – Online staffing grows in recognition, impact on traditional recruitment firms amongst topics of next week’s SIA conference

19 April 2018

The largest traditional staffing firms are investing in the online staffing space, and familiarity is growing among recruitment clients. And one panel during next week’s “Collaboration in the Gig Economy” conference will look into challenges and opportunities for traditional staffing firms moving...


UK – Tech groups sign memorandum to promote skills development

19 April 2018

NASSCOM, the Indian association of software and service companies, signed a memorandum of understanding with techUK, which represents the technology industry in the UK, to collaborate on tech skills and development.

The trade associations signed the memorandum during the first meeting of the UK-India...