Archive for December 2011
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United kingdom: Demand for highly-skilled contractors will remain strong over the coming year, it has been claimed.
Posted by Deb in Accounting and Finance, HR, IT, Law, Marketing and Communications, UK, UK News
Highly-skilled limited company contractors can expect strong demand for their services over the coming 12 months.
That is according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), which said that while the UK’s jobs market will vary from region to region in 2012, demand for workers in “high-end sectors” will be high.
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Small businesses will be more likely to hire new staff in the first half of 2012 than any other, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
Making his predictions for the year ahead, Kevin Green, chief executive of the REC, suggested that while employers are cautious about permanent hiring, “a significant number will consider bringing in new staff over the coming year”.
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Global Office Hours During Holiday Break
Posted by Bernadette in Accounting and Finance, Asia & Middle East News, Global Insights, HR, Ireland, IT, Law, Marketing and Communications, NZ, NZ, NZ Inspiration, NZ News, NZ Research, OZ, OZ, OZ Inspiration, OZ News, OZ Research, UK, UK, UK Inspiration, UK News, UK Research
23 December 2011 – Normal hours
24 December 2011 –2 January 2012 - All Offices Closed
3 January 2012 – London Office reopens
4 January 2012 – Auckland & Wellington (Incl Australia) Offices reopen
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Australia: Record number of New Zealanders migrating
Posted by Deb in Accounting and Finance, Global Insights, HR, IT, Law, Marketing and Communications, UK, UK, UK Inspiration, UK News, UK Research
The number of New Zealand citizens crossing the Tasman Sea to live in Australia has hit 1,000 a week, reports news.com.au.
For the first time ever, the number of New Zealanders heading to Australia exceeded 50,000 for a calendar year – and that came only at the end of November.
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Recruitment firms are upbeat about the prospects for the IT jobs market in the UK next year, a new report has revealed.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) Technology Sector Group said feedback from its members has indicated that demand for staff with IT skills will grow in 2012.
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The decision to separate retail and investment banking operations in the UK is expected to create many new jobs for the IT industry.
Chancellor George Osborne has said the government is set to implement several recommendations from the Vickers report, which suggested retail banking should be protected from riskier investment activities.
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There could be more IT project management jobs in 2012 after a group of IT recruiters showed their confidence about the jobs market.
A Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)Technology Sector Group meeting held this week spoke of high demand for specific IT roles next year, both in permanent and temporary positions.
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Accountants are as in demand now as they have been but it is the type of specialist roles that are bringing attraction challenges to the sector
The accountancy profession has been hit by economic uncertainty, but as a whole it enjoys a privileged position that means roles are still opening, and recruiters continue to do good business.
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There was an increase in permanent placements in Scotland in November, but at the slowest rate in 14 months, according to the Bank of Scotland’s ’Report on Jobs’.
The report also showed that the total number of temporary staff billings fell over the month, the first fall in 27 months.
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Unlike believing in Father Christmas, believing too firmly that the recruitment industry, and the job market itself, will have a festive slowdown can harm a recruiter’s business and candidates’ prospects.
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