Aberdeen needs 120,000 new energy sector recruits
One Scottish city is angling to become the global energy capital by attracting an additional 120,000 new recruits by 2022, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCooper.
One Scottish city is angling to become the global energy capital by attracting an additional 120,000 new recruits by 2022, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCooper.
With the alarming news spreading that public sector data breaches have increased by a factor of ten over the past five years, government departments may be in dire need of skilled cyber security IT contractors.
One resources consultancy’s managing director recently went on record by recommending umbrella company services to younger Brits as a way to access the currently moribund jobs market, it was recently revealed.
One out of every three IT professionals, both permanent and contract workers alike, have been experiencing a massive workload increase over the past 12 months.
Technology firms are largely unconcerned with wider economic issues affecting the country, with a new study finding that tech companies are eager to expand by hiring skilled contractors and freelancers.
The UK labour market has been ‘defying gravity’ thanks to the influence of umbrella service companies and the work that interim workers do each and every day, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
According to a new report, IT worker demand remained strong throughout July despite an otherwise less-than-rosy employment outlook.
Whether you’re a freelancer working on your own or a contractor working for an umbrella service company, it’s usually bad form to keep in such constant contact with your clients to the point where you’re practically stalking them.
Flexible working figures have risen at a rate of 50 per cent since June, according to the latest industry data – indicating that it’s no longer the exclusive purview of umbrella service contractors and freelancers any more.
If you’re a temporary worker, you can’t do better than looking for contract work in the Midlands and the south of England, according to last month’s figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
While the rest of the economy is reeling from the effects of the recession, the contract worker sector has actually been expanding, according to the most recent industry study.
More work may soon be on the way for contractors working in the shop-fitting, refurbishment, and construction trades, thanks to a new government plan to give the UK’s high streets a well-deserved boost, it was recently reported.
The infrastructure needed to roll out 4G broadband is coming to the UK, and one technology journalist recently said that highly skilled freelancers working with umbrella companies are likely to benefit from the increased demand for their skills.
According to one estimate, the IT and telecoms sectors will be in need of more than 129,000 new recruits by 2020 – twice that of other sector averages.
A new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that states high jobless rates are likely to continue across the eurozone doesn’t seem like good news to many – but umbrella company experts say that this could spell good news for contractors and freelancers looking to pick up extra work.
With the news that the government has announced its newest enterprise zone will be located in Cornwall, career experts say that the new initiative could lead to a surge in job offers for umbrella company contractors working within the aerospace industry.