Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed Betty Thayer to the board of the firm’s UK office as a non-executive director.
Thayer founded and served as deputy chair and chief executive of executive jobs site Exec-Appointments and non-execs.com, a site for non-executive directors. Both businesses were bought by the Financial Times in 2007.
Networkers International will look to capitalise on growth within various sectors in emerging markets this year, according to Jon Plassard, chief financial officer of the IT and technology staffing specialist.
Sectors include telecommunications, IT, energy and financial markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Recruiters need to review their compliance practices after reports that a recruitment agency and its director are facing a £10m Transfer of Debt notice from HMRC under Managed Service Company legislation, according to The Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA).
Anne Lim O’Brien has rejoined executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles as partner in the consumer markets and the CEO & Board practices in New York.
O’Brien, previously head of the consumer markets practice within the Americas, joins from Russell Reynolds, where she was partner and co-leader of the consumer products and services practice for North America.
Downward pressure on salaries in the US’s manufacturing sector will result in less offshoring of jobs to China, according to David Leyshon, managing director of technical recruiter CBSbutler.
Fears that the use of experienced supply teachers would be reduced due to being priced out of the market have been allayed.
There were fears that experienced teachers could have been priced out of the general supply market because they would have to be paid at a higher rate than those they were replacing.
More than four in 10 IT professionals are carrying sensitive information on mobile devices unprotected, according to a study by secure storage specialist Origin Storage.
Business execution software firm SuccessFactors is joining forces with McKinney Rogers, a global company of business execution professionals, in a strategic global partnership.
The government has launched a report aiming to break the cycle of reoffending, by developing a stronger link between learning in prisons and the vocational and employability skills that employers require.
Global foods company Nestlé UK has launched an iPhone and Android careers app.
With the app, candidates can search for jobs, be notified of any jobs that fit their criteria, as well as having insight into working at Nestlé — the people, culture and values.