Switzerland – Adecco Swiss Job Market Index shows growth in Q4

The latest Swiss Job Market Index by Adecco shows an increase of 12% for the fourth quarter of 2016 when compared to the same period last year.

The quarterly Job Index, which is run in partnership with the University of Zurich, also shows that when compared to the previous quarter, the Job Index fell...

Spain – Jobless rate falls to 7-year low

The unemployment rate in Spain fell to 18.6% for the fourth quarter of 2016, the lowest level since 2009, according to employment data from the National Statistics Institute. 

The number of people out of work fell by 83,000 in the October-December period, to 4.2 million. Over the year, the unemployment...

Ireland – CPL Resources reports half year revenue up 6%

Irish recruitment firm Cpl Resources (CPL: ID), reported revenue for the half year ended 31 December 2016 of €228.7 million, an increase of 5.7% compared to the previous year.

France – Randstad closes on Ausy deal

Randstad France has gained control of French consulting and engineering firm Ausy through a successful cash tender offer, holding nearly 93% of outstanding Ausy shares.

The French stock market authority, Autorité des marchés financiers, published the results of the initial offer period of Randstad France's...

UK – GMB Union set to launch legal proceedings against Hermes

The GMB trade union, is set to launch legal proceedings against courier company Hermes, arguing that the drivers are not self-employed and should have the same rights as employees.

The delivery company said that it has 14,500 couriers in Britain which they consider as self-employed. The legal proceedings...

Germany – Private sector growth slows to four-month low (RTT News)

Germany's private sector growth slowed to a four-month low in January, reports RTT News with data from IHS Markit. The composite output index fell to 54.7 in January from 55.2 in December. However, any reading above 50 indicates expansion in the sector. The slowdown in private sector growth comes despite...

UK – Staffline Group reports annual revenue up 26%

Staffline Group (STAF: LSE), the UK-based staffing and employability organization reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2016 of £882.4 million, an increase of 26% compared to last year’s revenue of £702.2 million.

UK – Businesses optimistic despite harsher conditions in 2017

Employers in the UK remain optimistic despite 76% of them expecting economic conditions to be more challenging in 2017 compared to 2016, according to research from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

The research, which polled 601 employers, also showed that a softening in short-term hiring...

Switzerland – Large increase in job offers in 2017

The latest Michael Page Swiss Job Index showed an increase of 33.6% for job offers for the month of January 2017 when compared to the same period last year. This is the highest recorded increase since the first publication of the index in 2012 and nearly three times higher than the average for the period....

Netherlands – Number of job vacancies up in 2016

The number of job vacancies in the Netherlands for the year 2016 showed an increase of 26.5% compared to 2015, according to a report from Jobfeed, a Big Data tool for vacancies for recruitment technology firm Textkernel.

The report, ‘The online job market in the Netherlands in 2016’, showed that the...