UK – Castlerock Recruitment Group acquires Healthcare Locums

Castlerock Recruitment Group (‘CRG’), a healthcare recruitment agency based in Merseyside, UK, announced that it has acquired London-based recruitment firm Healthcare Locums.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed but CRG stated that it is set to achieve revenue in excess of £130 million per...

Italy – Number of temp agency workers up 30% in January

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy for January 2018 increased by 30% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

Ebitemp figures also showed that the total payroll of...

UK – CV-Library acquires job board Education-Jobs.co.uk

Independent job board CV-Library announced that it has acquired Education-Jobs.co.uk, a job board in the education sector.

CV-Library said that the acquisition of the site will ensure that CV-Library continues to drive applications to its clients’ vacancies across the sector. The site will be rolled...

World – Most employers optimistic about hiring in Q2 2018, finds ManpowerGroup

Employers around the world reported optimistic hiring outlooks in Q2 2018, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey which showed that employers in 43 of 44 countries plan to add staff.

They survey showed that hiring confidence is strongest in Croatia, Taiwan, Japan, Hungary and...

Spain – Over 1,000 Amazon workers plan to strike over wages and rights (Reuters)

More than 1,000 Amazon workers in Spain plan to stage their first strike with a two-day walkout to protest what unions claim are efforts to reduce employees’ rights, reports Reuters. The strike was called by Comisiones Obreras (CCOO), Spain’s largest union, as well as other unions. The union claims...

Italy – Openjobmetis full year revenue up 27.6%, growth boosted by contract work

Italian recruitment firm, Openjobmetis SpA (OJM:MIL) reported its consolidated results for the year ended 31 December 2017 with a total revenue of €583.9 million, an increase of 27.6% compared with last year.

Openjobmetis is an Italy-based company engaged in employment services and focuses on the provision...

UK – February sees decrease in jobs available and professionals seeking jobs

February saw a 14% decrease in jobs available, year-on-year in the UK while the number of professionals seeking jobs also fell by 35% during the same period, according to data from Morgan McKinley.

Hakan Enver, Managing Director, Morgan McKinley Financial Services, commented on the figures and highlighted...

Netherlands – Healthcare sector jobs expected to rise, but employers still face staff shortages

The number of jobs in the healthcare sector in the Netherlands is expected to rise to approximately 1.1 million this year, an increase of 1.5% from last year, according to UWV, the employment insurance agency.

With the increase in the number of healthcare jobs, staff shortages are also increasing. According...

UAE – Online recruitment down 39% in January, Monster finds

The Monster Employment Index for the UAE showed online hiring fell by 39% in January 2018 when compared to the previous year.

The index is a monthly gauge of online job hiring activity by Monster.com, which records the industries and occupations that show the highest and lowest growth.

Contributing to...

Nigeria – Nokia workers strike over casual staff and anti-labour practices (CommunicationsWeek)

Workers in Nokia Solutions Networks in Nigeria are on a three-day strike to protest against anti-labour practices by the management of the company, reports CommunicationsWeek. The workers are members of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. Okonu Abdullahi,...