Professional recruitment firms reported that the number of candidates securing permanent roles in September 2018 increased by 9% year-on-year, according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
New research from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library, has found that while over half (59%) of Brits worry about information from their CV being stolen, many are making simple mistakes which could leave them vulnerable to hackers.
New data shows that employers’ confidence in the prospects for the UK economy plummeted this month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook report. The net balance of those seeing a positive outlook as opposed to a negative one hit -14, a fall of 9 percentage points from last month (September 2018), and the lowest level witnessed since February 2018.
Much of the corporate world tends to be driven by a desire for instantaneous results which produce favourable financial returns. Consequently, the principles of ethics in a range of actions and decisions can often end up taking a back seat.
2018 looks set to be a record year for new recruitment agency start-ups, according to the latest industry statistics published by Clearly PR, the specialist public relations and content marketing agency for the Recruitment industry.
Today’s labour market statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the number of vacancies at 832,000 for July to September 2018, 35,000 more than for a year earlier, with little change compared with April to June 2018.
