Browsing: Labour market trends

Italian company acquires majority stake in Sydney recruiter.... CML flags top and bottom line increase in December half.... 457-visa intake declines.... SEEK NZ reports strongest January job ad levels in three years. read more

Australian recruiter joins FiveTen Singapore.... Job ad volumes almost back to pre-Christmas levels.... Slowing demand for engineers affecting skills development.... 457-visa labour agreement for Dynamo Recruitment. read more

Derwent Executive makes four senior hires in Australia, two in Asia.... Rob Davidson to share consultant development tips.... PageGroup opens property, construction arm in Perth.... OneShift expands into New Zealand.... Another quarter of employment growth for NZ.... E-signing provider launches bulk recruitment feature. read more

More employers plan staff cuts than increases in 2014.... Australia a tough market for recruiters right now: SThree.... Strong January for Charterhouse Partnership.... Health and safety salaries suffer in resources states: Safesearch.... Spot Jobs opens in Sydney.... New Heidrick & Struggles CEO.... First recruitment company enters compliance partnership with FWO. read more

Ambition co-founder returns.... Job ads down marginally, but read January numbers with caution: ANZ.... Sales decline at Bluestone.... State health department running on-hire tender.... Insurance, recreation industries experience top salary growth in 2013. read more

Average time-to-fill rates in the ICT space leapt in the three months to December, in a quarter where conditions in the niche slipped below the general employment market for the first time since ITCRA has been monitoring them. read more

Perigon Group to launch new practice.... Listings for skilled roles fall in December.... One in four Australian employers expecting 2014 revenue increase.... More than half of employers facing recruitment approval pressure.... Executive recruiter opens in Qatar.... Australian executive jobs outlook gloomy, but increase in global confidence: BlueSteps. read more

SEEK retains lead in online employment marketplace, despite overall softening.... UK recruiters facing claims of misleading temps over insurance.... Demand surges for oil and gas workers.... Contractor management company expands into Queensland.... Ethos hires senior finance and accounting recruiter.... Industry leaders assemble for RCSA consultant event. read more

HR teams need to be more adaptive than ever to help businesses respond to an increasingly uncertain environment, and this has led to a surge in demand for HR professionals in the change management space, according to specialist recruiters. read more

The economic slowdown has misled many employers into thinking Australia's talent mismatch has disappeared, however as conditions improve companies that fail to prepare will soon find themselves facing this problem again, which presents an opportunity for recruitment companies, says ManpowerGroup Australia and New Zealand managing director Lincoln Crawley. read more