Netherlands – YoungCapital offers candidates the chance to light up a joint or take a shot to help them relax during interviews - FAKE NEWS

NOTE: Dutch staffing firm YoungCapital issued a press release and twitter post on April 1 saying this was an April’s Fool’s joke and not true.

Dutch recruitment firm YoungCapital announced it is planning to offer job candidates a marijuana cigarette or shot of an alcoholic beverage in order for them...

France – Temporary employment up in February

Temporary employment in France recorded a growth of 7.3% in February when compared to last year, according to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

Over the year, 45,000 temporary jobs were created. The biggest increases came from transport (16.5%), industry (7.5%),...

UK – MERJE reports turnover up 36% in 2017

Privately-held Manchester-based specialist recruitment consultancy MERJE reported a turnover of £7.05 million for the full year of 2017, an increase of 36% from the previous year.

The group also announced that staff numbers across both Manchester and London offices grew. MERJE also announced that a new...

UK – Executive search firm Marlin Hawke to buy Winter Circle

UK-based executive search firm Marlin Hawk announced that it is acquiring Winter Circle, an invitation-only digital network for senior executives. The two companies will create The Marlin Hawk Group.

“Driven by the passionate belief that the traditional industry model needs to change, the two companies...

Europe – Half of unemployed aged 20-34 ready to relocate for a job

Half of unemployed people aged 20-34 in the EU are ready to transfer to another city or to another country, to secure a job, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical body of the EU.

Eurostat’s data further broke down the 50% who are ready to relocate. It showed that 21% are ready to move for...

UK – Stories behind the Best Staffing Firms to Work For now live

The Best Staffing Firms to Work For website is now online. The grand prize winners of the contest are firms from the UK as well as firms from across the US and operate in several industry verticals.

For the full list and stories behind the firms, click here.

Each year Staffing Industry Analysts produces...

UK – Delivery firm offers couriers the right to be classified as employees after driver’s death

British parcel delivery firm DPD is offering its 6,000 drivers the right to be classified as workers in the wake of a courier’s death.

The courier, Don Lane, had previously been fined by DPD for attending a medical appointment to treat his diabetes. According to The Guardian, Lane subsequently missed...

Germany – Labour market forecasted to improve due to increase in employment

Germany’s labour market is predicted to see an improvement this year along with a rise in employment as well as record labour force numbers, according to the latest forecast from the Institute of Employment Research (IAB).

The IAB stated that this year, the number of people in employment will rise to...

World – Gig work becoming ‘new normal,’ Kelly research finds

Gig work is becoming the new normal, according to the 2017 Gig Economy Talent Manager Research report released today by Kelly Services.

The report showed that 65% of talent and hiring managers who were surveyed stated the gig economy is rapidly becoming the new normal for how businesses organise work....

Netherlands – Working from home on the rise, driven by women

In the five years to 2017, the number of Dutch employees who work from home increased by more than 300,000 with the greatest increase coming from working women, according to figures from Statistics Netherlands.

In 2017, more than 3 million Dutch worked from home on a full-time or part-time basis,...