Global executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Milan Matis as regional consultant in its Prague office in the Czech Republic.
Matis will focus on serving clients within the pharma, healthcare and biotech practice in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland.
Executive search firm Executive Headhunters has reported a 75% increase in demand for non-executive directors (NEDs) from its SME clients since September 2009.
A growing number of recruiters are entering into a split-fee arrangements following independent recruiters’ network The Employment Agencies Movement’s (TEAM’s) strategic partnership with NPA, the Worldwide Recruiting Network.
Michael Page International has appointed Reg Sindall as independent non-executive director.
Sindall is executive vice-president, corporate resources, at Burberry Group, the international fashion and retail group.
The former group director, HR, at GUS has also held HR and customer service positions at Bass, Grand Metropolitan and Whitbread.
A £300m recruitment group has lost its bid to continue deducting travel expenses from minimum wage payments to workers under a High Court decision issued last week.
Executive search firm TRANSEARCH International has appointed Charles Martin as a new consultant in its London office.
Martin has more than 10 years’ recruitment experience.
Global executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Morten Nielsen as partner in its Cleveland, Ohio office in the US.
Nielsen joins the firm in the life sciences & healthcare practice, which will include specialising in assignments for chief medical officers and senior medical and clinical positions.
Executive search and advisory firm Allemby Hunt has appointed Daniel Gerard Knought as managing consultant in its Middle East office.
Knought previously managed international senior executive search assignments across wealth management, private equity and corporate & investment banking in the MENA [Middle East, North Africa] region.
A third of UK firms think improved access to highly skilled workers is “critical” to driving business performance, according to research from Virgin Media Business.
Eight in 10 students do not find social media useful when looking for a job, according to a report from online job board Freelancestudents.co.uk.
The survey shows most respondents (63%) found online job boards to be the most effective when job hunting, while more traditional forms of job hunting, such as networking and referrals, came in second place at 32%.