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UK – Women working for free from today until 2017

10 November 2016

Women in the UK will work for free from today, referred to as Equal Pay Day, for the rest of the year due to the gender pay gap according to Equal Pay campaigners June Sarpong MBE and Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society.

The average female worker in the UK gets paid 13.9% less than her...


UK – Digital recruiting could be damaging to brand reputation

10 November 2016

Companies in the UK are risking their employer brand by becoming less emotional in the hiring processes due to the ease of digital communication, according to research by global talent acquisition and management firm, Alexander Mann Solutions.

The firm’s research revealed that while digital channels...


France – Most young jobseekers use online tools in their job search

10 November 2016

According to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies, jobseekers aged 18-25 years of age use the internet in their job search.

The data showed that 54% use the employment centre’s online site, while 50% use job boards and 49% use the websites of free classifieds. Moreover,...


Portugal – Unemployment rate falls in Q3 however rate of young unemployed increases

10 November 2016

The unemployment rate in Portugal decreased in the third quarter ended September to 10.5% from 11.9% last year according to figures from Statistics Portugal.

The number of unemployed people decreased to 549,500 in the September quarter from 618,800 a year ago.

At the same time, the employed population...


Sweden – NGS Group reports increase in revenue for Q3

9 November 2016

NGS Group (NGS: SS), the Swedish healthcare and education staffing firm, reported revenue for the third quarter ending 30 September 2016 of SEK 149.8 million (€14.9 million), an increase of 10.3% compared with SEK 126.7 million (€13.5 million) during the same period last year. 

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UK – Symphony Technology Group acquires Bond International Software

9 November 2016

US-based private equity firm Symphony Technology Group has acquired Bond International Software, a UK-based staffing and recruitment software provider, effective 4 November 2016.

Bond International Software plc reported it sold its recruitment software subsidiaries for the cash consideration of £24.1...


UK – Prime People reports revenue and net fee income up

9 November 2016

UK-based recruiter Prime People (PRP: AIM) reported group revenue increased by 12.5% to £11.48 million for the six months ending 30 September 2016. The company also reported net fee income growth of 1.87% to £6.33 million compared to last year.

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France – Labour market confidence improves in Q3

9 November 2016

Confidence in the labour market in France has improved in the 3rd quarter of 2016 as 44% of jobseekers say they are confident in the labour market’s improvement, an increase of 3% compared to last year according to data from PageGroup.

PageGroup stated that the increase in confidence in the labour market...


Russia – Excelion Partners joins AltoPartners

9 November 2016

AltoPartners, an international alliance of independent executive search firms and leadership consultants, has added Russian executive search and leadership consulting firm Excelion Partners International as its newest member firm.

Yevgeny Merkel, Excelion’s senior partner with more than 15 years of...


Switzerland – Adecco Q3 revenue up boosted by European growth

8 November 2016

Adecco (ADEN:VTX), the  largest staffing firm in the world, saw revenues in Q3 2016 of €5.8 billion, up 3% organically compared to €5.7 million for the same period last year. Gross profit totaled €1.1 billion, up 1% on an organic basis.

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