The latest job index from recruiter Reed shows the number of online job postings rose by 9% in Q1 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. This follows the news, reported earlier this week by recruiter.co.uk, that the number of new roles in the UK showed a slight month-on-month decline in February. The ‘Reed Job [...]
Engineering skills are increasingly in demand as infrastructure investments rise to record levels. Research from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) show the engineering sector to be experiencing a level of skill shortages despite the general lack of demand for skilled workers in other areas of the economy. Vacancies for highly skilled staff saw [...]
Car maker Nissan has revealed a new hatchback concept car, INVITATION, which will be produced at Nissan’s Sunderland plant, creating 400 new jobs at the plant and a further 1,600 elsewhere at Nissan in the UK and amongst its UK supplier base. This brings the workforce at the Sunderland Plant to around 6,000 – its [...]
UK Salaries are on the up While Job Opportunities Reach Two Year High Reports reed.co.uk Job opportunities across the country rose more sharply in February than in January, up 17 Index points month-on-month, while salaries are back to the level of 23 months ago. The report, which examines trends from over 8,000 UK recruiters, gives [...]
The REC’s February JobsOutlook shows the temp to perm score rising two points in January to its highest level yet. This underlines the crucial stepping role that temporary placements can provide for workers. The ability to take staff on tried and tested staff is also one of the many benefits the agency work provides for [...]
The physicist and television presenter Professor Brian Cox has called on more people to become engineers so the UK can continue to compete on the world stage. He said it was a “good career choice” as two million more people will have to join the sector over the next decade if the country is to [...]
Jobs market defies expectations with stronger start to 2012 than anticipatedThe number of job vacancies advertised so far this year suggests that the job market is bouncing back, says Adecco, one of the UK’s leading recruiters. Falling numbers of vacancies in the second half of 2011 suggested that growth would be slow going into the [...]
Employer confidence held up last month despite continuing economic uncertainty, according to February’s ‘JobsOutlook’ report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). The survey also revealed that the short-term outlook for agency staff is now stronger than a year ago, reinforcing that the Agency Workers Regulations have not dampened employers’ plans for building flexibility into [...]
An extra £1bn has been made available to the Regional Growth Fund (RGF), taking the total amount available to firms looking to create new jobs to £2.4bn. The manufacturing industry is a particular target of the fund, as evidenced by previous awards and resultant job creation, as reported on recruiter.co.uk. As well as providing a boost for [...]
Grant funding totalling £2.5million is being made available to twenty two innovative British companies to help them develop commercial products and services using space technologyThe funding – from the UK Space Agency, the Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency– will support twenty eight fast track research and development projects, each lasting [...]
