Berry Recruitment is placing on assignment over 1,000 more workers a day than it did when Covid struck. Since September, demand for temporary staff has rocketed and there remains a shortage of candidates in some areas. A change in buying habits has had a major impact on the trend, which shows no sign of...

Wild Recruitment headquartered in Portsmouth, Hampshire, has promoted Jennie Hallsworth to a new Director of Sales role after she brought in some major new accounts. Jennie, who has worked with Wild Recruitment managing director Michelle Stewart for 15 years, has previously run the three major desks at the business. When lockdown happened last March...

Due to the number of people returning Christmas presents, temporary workers will remain in demand throughout January, a leading recruiter has said. Typically around 25-30 percent of items bought online are sent back, and this is likely to rise in the new year. Berry Recruitment, which works from nearly 40 branches across England and...

Furloughed workers could boost their incomes by taking driving jobs in the run-up to Christmas, a leading recruitment group has said. The demand for drivers is far out-stripping supply and Christmas presents could go undelivered unless more drivers are found, according to Berry Recruitment. It is an ideal opportunity for those on furlough to...

Berry Recruitment has appointed a former Royal Marine as its new Regional Manager for the Midlands. Jeff Williams has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and oversees branches in Birmingham, Loughborough and Stafford. Jeff was formerly a Sergeant Major and says the skills he learned in the military have prepared him well...

Christmas presents might go undelivered this year due to a driver shortage that is already acute. Berry Recruitment, one of the biggest temporary worker suppliers in the country, has said the situation is worsening. It estimates that demand is running at 30 per cent above supply and that figure could well increase in the...

The lockdown has polarised the jobs market with some sectors lacking candidates and others having too many, a leading recruiter has said. Wild Recruitment, which focuses much of its efforts on temporary workers, said employers were increasingly using its services because the landscape has changed. The agency, based in the south of England, said...

Berry Recruitment has expanded its operations into Wellingborough in a strategic move to widen its East Midlands’ catchment area. With demand for its services expected to rise as lockdown eases, the team wanted to be ready to take advantage. It was previously based in Northampton, which it still serves, but now has improved. The...

As the country emerges slowly from the coronavirus lockdown a new type of job has emerged – the ‘Covid chaperone’. Berry Recruitment says the number of clients looking for people to manage queues, gatherings and other assemblies has rocketed. The work is somewhere between security and ‘front of house’ and those with the skills...

A leading recruitment agency is advising companies to plan what staff they’ll need when they re-open – as the best workers are already being snapped up. Wild Recruitment in Portsmouth said those businesses looking at their recruitment needs now will be far better placed when restrictions are lifted. The agency provides thousands of mainly...