The New Level Recruitment blog

Construction industry salary survey released

A 2011 salary survey for construction industry professionals has just been released by Career Structure - if you're a health & safety professional or a civil engineer it is well worth a look. 

Aussie H&S and EHO Update:

Good news for Occupational Health and Safety Advisors and Environmental Health Officers hoping to emigrate to Australia… both occupations were added to the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) with effect from 1 July 2011! H&S Advisors and EHOs were two of thirteen occupations which have been added to the list to meet the changing needs of the Australian labour market.

The age cut-off for skilled migrants has also increased from 45 to 49 years, to recognise the potential of experienced skilled workers in their mid to late 40s.

New Level Recruitment is currently working on a number of roles in Sydney, Brisbane and the Queensland Gold Coast so if you’re interested in working in Australia please get in touch. We currently have vacancies in Australia for Civil and Geotechnical Engineers with Highways, Rail and Infrastructure experience, Occupational Hygienists with Asbestos and Air Monitoring experience and we hope to have some H&S jobs shortly, so please register your interest now! Contact Helen@newlevelrecruitment.com

RIP – Announcing the Death of the Corporate Careers Website

RIP – Announcing the Death of the Corporate Careers Website.

We're currently experiencing unprecedented demand for Occupational Hygienists and Asbestos Surveyors for a number of roles on the East Coast of Australia, so if anybody is interested, please let me know asap! Our client is a world leader in their field, growing rapidly, with lots of ongoing contracts, which translates into job security for you, and they need people with experience in Asbestos and hazardous materials surveying, air sampling and monitoring. Great packages, fast decisions, visa support and flights paid. Must have relevant BOHS qualifications. Email me today - jo@newlevelrecruitment.com

H&S Director - great opportunity

We've just got a fantastic opportunity in, for an experienced H&S consultant with great management skills to join a well established H&S consultancy based in the South East and with clients throughout the UK and overseas. To see the full ad, visit our website - www.newlevelrecruitment.com and look for job ref 1021.

In the meantime, have a great weekend!!

IR35 to be retained, according to today's budget

A newsflash from Recruiter.co.uk states the following:

IR35 is to be retained with the government committing to improving the way it is administered, according to Budget documents.

 

The documents say that following the publication of the OTS review of small business tax, the government will commit to setting up a dedicated helpline staffed by specialists.

 

The body will publish guidance on those types of cases HMRC view as outside the scope of IR35, will target compliance activity by restricting reviews to high risk cases and will set up an IR35 Forum, which will monitor HMRC's new approach.

 

The Budget documents add that the government has decided to retain IR35, as abolition would put "substantial revenue at risk".

 

IR35 was proposed in the 1999 Budget of the then Chancellor Gordon Brown to target 'disguised employment' workers who receive payments from a client via their own company.

 

These payments are not subject to NICs [National Insurance Contributions] as they can be treated as dividends, and workers can also save tax by splitting ownership of the company with family members to place income in lower tax bands.

 

Martin Brookson, managing director at contractor services and accountancy firm Brookson, told Recruiter: "We feel that if it had been abolished now it would have left a space without any regulation and there would have been an increase in non-compliance that would have produced a worse answer than IR35 is now."

 

Latest job index shows continued growth - great news for all job seekers!

The latest Reed Job Index report came out today, and shows continued growth in both the number of new jobs being advertised in February and in the salaries on offer. Great news for everybody! Click here to read the full report. Here at NLR we're certainly noticing a big increase in the number of new jobs we're being retained to work on, and also in enquiries for our Health & Safety training courses from our new Safety training division. Visit our website for further details or just call us! 0845 270 1640.

Good news for job seekers!

A report published this week by the REC claims that overall demand for permanent staff in the UK rose last month at the highest rate since June 2010. Good news for job seekers! To read the whole report click here.

Survey predicts rise in private sector jobs | News | Recruiter

Survey predicts rise in private sector jobs | News | Recruiter.

Employer’s Charter gives employers more confidence to recruit, says Cameron | News | Recruiter

Employer’s Charter gives employers more confidence to recruit, says Cameron | News | Recruiter.