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Switzerland – Lands on top of Global Talent Competitiveness Index

20 April 2017

INSEAD, the France-based business school for the world, released the 2017 Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2015-16, an annual study based on research in partnership with the Adecco Group and the Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore.

One again, Switzerland again ranked No. 1 on the list.

High...


UK – Employers to increase temp agency headcount as candidate shortage looms

20 April 2017

One fifth of employers, 19%, plan to increase temporary agency headcount in the medium term — the next four to 12 months — and 12% plan to do so in the next three months, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey of employers released by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation. Engineering/technical,...


UK – Analysis highlights concerns over skills development

20 April 2017

Underinvestment and failed policy on skills in the UK has contributed to the country lagging behind European competitors and most of the OECD in four key measures, according to a new analysis by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a nonprofit professional body for HR and people development....


Global – Number of data scientist jobs jumps 57%

20 April 2017

Data scientist job openings are rising. A survey of 280 international data scientists found a 57% increase in positions allocated. The survey was done by the Big Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Observatory run by the Politecnico di Milano School of Management in Italy.

“As big data analytics...


Europe – German-speakers in demand (The Local)

20 April 2017

Demand for German-speaking candidates is sky high, wrote British expat Matt Mills in The Local. “Working for a job board which specializes in multilingual candidates, I experience firsthand the struggle that companies have in acquiring German speaking candidates, and the sky-high demand for the language...


UK – Don’t forget labour market during election, recruitment industry says

19 April 2017

Don’t forget the labour market was the message from recruitment industry representatives in response to UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s announcement Tuesday of an early general election on 8 June. May called the election citing the need to strengthen her political hand as she enters Brexit negotiations...


Switzerland – Staff Finder rebrands to Coople

19 April 2017

Swiss Just-in-Time staffing firm, Staff Finder, has rebranded as Coople and launched a new version of its platform. The six-year-old company said the name is short, simple and concise and embodies the simplest link between employee and employer. Rebranding is also a result of the global expansion course...


UK – Union files appeal in effort to stop independent contractor misclassification

19 April 2017

Labour union Unite announced last week a legal appeal to the Employment Appeals Tribunal in a construction industry independent contractor misclassification case. The union said the appeal is part of a larger effort to combat independent contractor misclassification.

“The case is the first appeal launched...


UK – Recruitment CIO focuses on innovation, efficiency and security (CIO)

19 April 2017

Innovation, increasing efficiency and security are the top areas of focus for recruiter SThree (STHR: LSE) CEO Lance Fisher, according to an article in CIO. “Everyone’s predicting the end of the recruitment consultant so we're constantly looking at what’s out there that can disintermediate us,”...


Netherlands – Randstad pension fund will not introduce defined contribution option (Investment & Pensions Europe)

19 April 2017

Randstad’s €1.2 billion pension fund will not introduce the option of a voluntary transfer of the low-cost defined contribution vehicle of ABN-AMRO, Investment & Pensions Europe reported. The deal could come at the expense of participants who remained in the current closed plan.