Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Charity & Not For Profit

  • Reed: Jobs in January up 9% on previous year

    Wed, 1 Feb 2012

    New jobs in January were 9% higher than the previous year, despite decline in demand in a number of sectors from banking to energy, reports the Reed Job Index.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Chase joins Diversified Search in LA

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    US executive search firm Diversified Search has appointed Kevin Chase to the firm’s Los Angeles office as managing director in the not-for-profit practice.

  • National Autistic Society pilots new employment programme

    Thu, 19 Jan 2012

    The National Autistic Society (NAS) is to pilot a new 28-week course designed to get adults with autism into employment, called Preparation for Employment (PfE).

  • Be more open to end mental health discrimination, says Campbell

    Tue, 17 Jan 2012

    Job adverts should spell out employers’ openness toward recruiting people with mental health conditions, according to Alastair Campbell.

  • Charity trusteeship can benefit unemployed

    Wed, 4 Jan 2012

    With roughly 40,000 charitable organisations in the UK likely to have a trustee vacancy and 22% of young people unemployed, there are opportunities for both parties in 2012.

  • Appointments: Bannerjee is new chair at Working Links

    Tue, 15 Nov 2011

    Millie Banerjee CBE has been appointed chair of Working Links, an organisation which provides services to help get disadvantaged people into sustainable employment.

  • Appointments: Axon recruits Tavender

    Mon, 14 Nov 2011

    Commerce, professional services and public/not-for-profit recruiter Axon Resourcing has hired Lucy Tavender as senior consultant, concentrating on the permanent industry and commerce market across the North of the UK.Lucy was previously regional manager at Michael Page, where she spent eight years, having spent the previous five years in professional practice, including several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  • Trustees Unlimited helps charities in challenging times

    Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    Charities and social enterprises need to have the best people on their boards to ensure they can face the challenges ahead, according to Ian Joseph, director of Trustees Unlimited.

  • Reed Index gives good news for most

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

  • Voluntary sector grows

    Wed, 26 Oct 2011

    The number of people working in the UK voluntary sector has increased by nearly 40% since 2001, and stood at 765,000 in 2010, says research jointly carried out by the Third Sector Research Centre and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.

  • Assistance required for wounded serviceman

    Tue, 23 Aug 2011

  • Charity seeks new posts for ex-service personnel

    17 August 2011

  • The Poppy Factory builds on employment support

    29 June 2011

    A charity that works with disabled, wounded and sick ex-servicemen and women aims to get 500 veterans into work within the next five years. The Poppy Factory intends to build on its supported employment scheme to target mainstream employers.

  • Don't hire former military out of pity for their injuries

    4 May 2011

    Soldier On!: The official Recruiter Awards charity for 20

  • Highfield places staff in Kenya - for free

    20 April 2011

    International construction staffing specialist The Highfield Company has turned the idea of a recruitment agency taking a fee for a placement on its head by paying to sponsor two healthcare professionals placed at a medical centre in rural Western Kenya.

  • ERSA raises welfare-to-work worries

    20 April 2011

    The chief executive of the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) a trade body for organisations in the welfare-to-work sector has raised concerns about the risks involved in delivering the government’s new Work Programme.

  • Soldiering on find former military personnel work

    20 April 2011

    An ex-headhunter, who has set up a charity to help injured service personnel into work, is inviting recruiters to use their professional expertise to help.

  • Third sector needs more funding for Big Society dream

    Tue, 15 Feb 2011

    Charities require further funding to recruit volunteers in order to realise the Big Society, according to Olga Johnson, managing director at Harris Hill Executive Search.

  • People Unlimited reverts back to Charity People

    Tue, 11 Jan 2011

    People Unlimited has returned to its original name Charity People (www.charitypeople.com).

  • Humanitarian sector seeks professionalism, claims study

    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    The humanitarian response sector is eager for its best staff to join the ranks of the professionals, according to a new study which says 90% of aid workers would support the creation of an internationally recognised profession.  The study was produced by  ELRHA – a network of aid agencies and UK universities - to explore how the humanitarian community could raise standards within aid work through training and certification.

  • Placing trust in charity

    12 May 2010

    Not-for-profit recruiter People Unlimited is working with financial services provider Legal & General to place 10 senior management leaders in charity trusteeships.

  • Trustees Unlimited’s new not-for-profit service

    Thu, 25 Mar 2010

    Trustees Unlimited has launched a new trustee recruitment service to help small not-for-profit organisations recruit a more diverse pool of talented trustees.

  • Prospectus promotes disfigurement awareness

    Mon, 30 Nov 2009

    Not-for-profit recruiter Prospectus has signed up to Changing Faces’ Face Equality at Work membership scheme, which aims to raise awareness, challenge perceptions and target discrimination against people with facial disfigurements in the workplace.

  • Trustee search

    11-November-2009

    Trustees Unlimited, a new recruitment service for not-forprofit organisations, launched last week to enable charities and voluntary groups to recruit vetted and experienced trustees cost effectively.

  • Trustees Unlimited recruits new band of trustees

    Wed, 4 Nov 2009

    Trustees Unlimited, a new recruitment service for not-for-profit organisations, launched in London yesterday to enable charities and voluntary groups to recruit vetted and experienced trustees cost effectively.

  • Charities get candidate commitment

    30-September 2009

    Recruiters in the charity sector are taking measures to ensure that candidates from industries hard hit by the recession are truly committed and won’t return to their old sectors when jobs prospects there improve.Charity organisations say they are inundated with applications from people who have been made redundant from other sectors, particularly finance, with junior roles receiving up to 300 applications.Ian Hammond, human resources director at the Salvation ...

  • Flow Caritas awarded DWP contract

    Thu, 2 Jul 2009

    Charity staffing firm Flow Caritas has won a contract by the Department of Work and Pensions to help unemployed professionals get jobs in charities.

  • Harris Hill buys CR Search & Selection

    Thu, 2 Jul 2009

    Charity and non-profit sector recruiter Harris Hill has acquired executive search firm CR Search & Selection.

  • Talent ‘tough’ for charities

    24-June 2009

    Attracting professionals with skills who will work for salaries that UK charities can afford is one of the most critical issues facing the socalled Third Sector, according to charity executives.

  • Charity recruitment: The Kage Partnership: Fundraising salaries up on 2007

    Thu, 8 Jan 2009

    Fundraising salaries grew by an average of 2.8% last year, according to fundraising recruiter The Kage Partnership.

  • Opportunities for charity jobs in 2009 despite the downturn

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    According to analysis by charity recruitment site CharityJOB, the total number of advertised charity vacancies increased by 4.4% since 2007, despite the economic slowdown.

  • 'Recession-moves' not always simple

    12-Nov-2008

    Recruiters are concerned about the growing number of candidates entering so called “rewarding” sectors for the wrong reasons.Following the collapse of major financial institutions and the number of unemployed people growing by the day, John Dunn, director at Arete, Verb Group’s senior placement arm, told Recruiter he had witnessed a 20% increase in teaching registrations over the last three ...

  • Third sector profits from career moves

    1-Oct-2008

    Candidates from financial and professional services are targeting the third sector seeking a career change, according to recruiters.Stephen Perrett, managing director of third sector recruiter Execucare, told Recruiter he had seen a 200-300% increase in applications from these candidates.Deborah Hockham, director of third sector recruiter forum3, told Recruiter applications were up 30% on last year. “With more people becoming disillusioned with ...