V.Ships brings Kukadia on board for global recruitment

Kal Kukadia joins ships management company V.Ships as London-based global recruitment director.

LinkedIn buys Canadian Careerify

Online professional networking platform LinkedIn has acquired Canadian recruitment software provider Careerify.

Singapore jobseekers struggle with career hopes

Singaporean jobseekers have trouble explaining their career ambitions, according to a study by Singaporean job board JobStreet.com.

Stafforce Recruitment restructure needed to ‘beef up’ growth

Stafforce Recruitment’s management team restructure, as reported last week, was about more than just delivering on its growth strategy, director Tony Boorman has told Recruiter.

FINANCIALS: SThree Q1 results show worldwide growth

First quarter results for international specialist staffing business SThree reveal that the company has increased its sales headcount in the Americas by 36% year-on-year, mirroring the company’s rising performance there.

ClearStar revenues up more than a third

ClearStar has seen year-on-year revenues jump 37% to $10.92m (£7.37m), according to the international technology and service provider’s unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2014.

Dering in court yesterday on fraud charges

Stephen Dering, former chief executive of a recruitment agency for deaf people, appeared in Croydon Crown Court in South-East London yesterday [16 March].