Spain – Jobless rate reaches 7-year low in July

The unemployment rate in Spain has dropped for the fifth consecutive month in July and has reached its lowest level in 7 years as the tourist sector helped cut the number of jobless by nearly 84,000.

The number of unemployed decreased by 83,993 persons to 3.68 million persons, the lowest figure since...

UK – Almost half of businesses say Brexit vote won’t impact the number of people they hire

New research from job search site Totaljobs suggests that 44% of UK businesses say that Brexit won’t affect the number of people they hire.

Figures from the Totaljobs Employment Index (TEI) in June have revealed that the number of jobs posted on the Totaljobs website is up 4% from May to June, showing...

Germany – Number of professionals who take sick leave reaches record high (personaldienstleister.de)

The number of German workers who take sick leave has increased by 0.3% in the first half of 2016 compared to the first half of 2015, reaching a record high, reports personaldienstleister.de.,with data published by statutory health insurance DAK health.

The data also shows that overall, more than...

UK – Matchtech expects profit in line with expectations, no impact from Brexit

In a trading update today, Matchtech Group PLC (MTEC:LSE), an engineering and technology recruitment agency, said profit for the year ended July 31 2016 is in line with its previous expectations.

Group Net Fee Income of £73.2 million was up 34% from the previous year (+1% on a like-for-like basis)....

UK – Interquest Group acquires boutique executive search firm

UK-based technology recruiter InterQuest Group (AIM: ITQ.L), has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in boutique executive search firm Rees Draper Wright (RDW) with the right to acquire the remaining shares in RDW.

RDW is a boutique executive search firm for blue chip clients operating out...

Netherlands – DPA Group takes majority stake in startup

Dutch Staffing firm DPA Group has taken a majority stake in data science consulting agency Quantillion.

Quantillion describes itself as a startup that helps companies capitalize on strategic and operational opportunities using data-driven methodologies. University of Amsterdam econometrics students...

UK – Salaries continue to rise in the face of post-Brexit uncertainty

Salaries in the UK rose by 3% in July compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from the UK’s job site CV-Library.

According to the figures, key areas for salary growth were seen in the retail, legal and finance sectors, where salaries increased by 8%, 7.2% and 6.9% respectively. In...

Italy – Jobyourlife reaches 1 million registered users

Italian startup job board Jobyourlife has reached 1 million registered users and more than 150,000 job interviews.

"In four years we were able to create something that I never expected,” Andrea De Spirt, 27, CEO and founder of Jobyourlife, said. “Now we have passed 150,000 job interviews and...

UK – Recruitive integrates with GreenEnergyJobs

Cloud-based recruitment software provider, Recruitive, has integrated its multi job-posting technology with UK-based environmental and renewable energy job board GreenEnergyJobs. 

Launched in 2016, GreenEnergyJobs offers a platform that specifically targets vacancies across the globe in all areas...

France – Private sector employment increase driven by temporary work

Employment in the French private sector started increasing in 2015 by creating 14,700 new job openings during the year, backed by temporary and third sector employment, according to data published on Tuesday by French social security central agency ACOSS (Central Agency for Social Security Organisations)....