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Hays and The Times Name Louisa James as PA of the Year 2011

Hays and The Times have announced that Louisa James, of Wandsworth, London, has triumphed in the Hays and The Times PA of the Year Award 2011, being named the country's top PA. Her energy and enthusiasm have seen her expand her role, embracing significant project management and organisational leadership such ...

Hays Reveals Over Half Of Employers Welcome Flexible Working Legislation Despite Extra Cost

Hays, the leading recruiting expert, has revealed the results of new research that shows over half of employers (55 per cent) welcome plans by the Government to introduce legislation requiring them to offer flexible working to all employees. Seventy per cent expect an increase in requests for flexible working and ...

Hays Reveals The UK’s Jobs Offering The Best Opportunities

Hays, the leading recruiting expert, has revealed the top ten job areas, which are currently exhibiting the strongest demand for candidates in the UK. As a result of long development cycles the pharmaceutical industry came out on top of the new “most wanted” list. Areas such as regulatory affairs, health economics ...

Recession Has Created Demand For Generation R Employees

Joslin Rowe has revealed that the recession has created demand among companies for a new class of employee known as Generation R, with 68% of City employers recognising Generation R as an emerging labour market force. Generation R is a term coined to describe those professionals who were retained during the ...

Joslin Rowe Reveals Annual Scottish Financial Services Prospect Survey Results

Joslin Rowe has revealed the results of its annual survey covering employment prospects for the financial services sector in Scotland. These latest figures show that more than half (52%) of Scotland's financial service firms which responded to the labour market survey intended to increase their headcount in 2010 by up ...

Steady Growth In Demand For Retail Banking Roles

Hays, the world's leading recruitment experts in qualified, professional and skilled people, has reported that despite difficult trading conditions, there has been a steady growth in demand for retail banking roles. Signs are emerging that the market is starting to pick up, with organisations starting to prioritise recruitment. Tessa Hollingworth, Operations ...

Joslin Rowe Questions Whether The Lowest Point For HR Recruitment In London Has Passed

Joslin Rowe, the specialist recruitment company, has reported a recent noticeable upturn in HR recruitment following a year long slide in City HR job volumes. While most of 2009 has been characterised by a continuing slump in HR recruitment, job volumes reached their nadir during mid June 2009, with a ...

Demand For Experienced Invoice Finance Professionals

Hays Banking, specialist recruitment company, reports the need for companies to seek a financing facility and generate cash during the recession has helped to maintain demand for experienced invoice finance professionals. Despite the problems encountered by the banking industry as a whole, invoice finance has remained fairly resilient, "Many providers are ...

Women Equal Men In Hunt For Financial Service Jobs Reveals Joslin Rowe

Joslin Rowe has revealed that women working within investment banking and investment management jobs are closer to reaching parity in terms of the percentage of job offers they're receiving versus men, thanks to the longer and more rigorous interview processes put in place by City firms as a consequence of ...

Nicoll Curtin research reveals current perceptions within the IT industry

IT recruitment agency Nicoll Curtin has conducted a study into the current perceptions, expectations and experiences of hiring managers and jobseekers, with some surprising results. Around 70 per cent of those involved in the study had never worked with Nicoll Curtin, which allowed the results to represent the general industry. One of ...

Edenred joins with Partech International to promote innovation

In line with its Invent 2016 strategy to prepare its expansion into new territories, Edenred recently announced a partnership with venture capital firm Partech International. The Group is investing €15 million in the Partech International VI fund, which is raising an initial €100 million. The fund will invest in young, fast-growing ...

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