Browsing: Labour market trends

Court fines on-hire company and client for sham contracting.... Senior recruiters join Edge Personnel, Batchelor Recruitment.... New hire for Talent2.... WA council labour hire contract returns to market.... Jobs.co.nz closes its job board.... REC questions new UK temp recruitment body.... Heidrick & Struggles to acquire culture consulting firm.. read more

Full time jobs fall: ABS.... SEEK job ads slide again in December.... ANZ job ads continue to decline.... Employers remain cautious on hiring plans: Hudson.... SEEK increases Zhaopin stake.... Rubicor plans debt repurchase.... Bluestone launches new training initiative. read more

Falling activity levels in the Australian mining and resources sector have again impacted the performance of several global recruitment companies. read more

The recruitment sector has just survived one of the toughest years on record, but industry bosses say they are seeing few signs that conditions will improve in the New Year. read more

Skilled vacancies decline for seventh month: DEEWR.... SEEK mobile traffic doubles in 2012.... Prentice Partners recruiter opens new business.... Comensura, Medacs parent company foreshadows profit fall.... Busy At Work introduces staffing service for not-for-profits. read more

Can Fairfax finally present a challenge to SEEK?.... ACT the hotspot for ICT contractors: ITCRA.... ITCRA, WorkPro launch screening tool.... Jigsaw Search makes senior hire.... Woolworths, Bunnings score highly on employee satisfaction poll.... Small lift in SEEK NZ job ads. read more

Agency heads in the sand about structural shift towards internal recruitment: Bill Boorman.... Gemteq boss joins InfoPeople.... Fairfax to sell Trade Me stake.... Randstad secures Japanese debt facility.... New chair for Harvey Nash. read more

The soft labour market constrained salary growth for new graduates in 2012, according to figures from market research firm Graduate Careers Australia. read more

As employers foreshadow another quarter of weak hiring confidence, ManpowerGroup says it doesn't expect Australia's soft labour market to improve anytime soon. read more

Aon Hewitt forecasts average pay rise of 4.2% in 2013.... Candle data sheds light on contractor vs perm wages.... New leadership at RecruitAdvantage.... Senior recruiter joins Accountancy Connect.... Korn/Ferry Australia restricted from distributing PDI products for now.... ExpatJob.net rebrands.... 2Discover MD joins Australian Network on Disability board. read more