News & business intelligence for recruiters

Singleton to head Locum health divisions

Medical recruiter Locum Placement Group has appointed Michael Singleton as business development manager responsible for leading the firm’s allied health and health science divisions.

Watts join de Poel operations dept

Temporary labour procurer de Poel has appointed Ellie Watts as contracts and performance assistant within its operations department.

Smith appointed principal at Chartwell Partners

Executive search firm Chartwell Partners has appointed Stuart Smith as principal.

Parity Group appoints Aspinall FD in board restructure

Talent management business Parity Group has appointed Michael Aspinall as its new finance director as part of a board restructure.

Krooter pilot comes to an end

Krooter, a two-year pilot project run by recruitment giant Hays in the self-service recruitment market, is no longer accepting any “new business” as the project has come to an end, according to a spokesperson.

African e-recruitment start-ups to keep an eye on

A growing number of African start-ups are entering the recruitment space against a background of rife unemployment, reports Disrupt Africa, a news and commentary site for African start-ups.

Manpower’s Experis to acquire Veritaaq

IT, finance and engineering recruiter Experis, part of ManpowerGroup, is to acquire the majority ownership of Canadian IT consulting firm Veritaaq.