Randstad Managed Services, the managed service provider and recruitment process outsourcing arm of Randstad, has appointed Niall Hallahan as financial director.
Hallahan most recently held financial directorship positions at Hays IT, Hays Accountancy & Finance and Robert Walters. His remit also extends to Randstad Financial & Professional.
Executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has opened a new office in Mumbai, less than a year after opening a New Delhi office.
Suvra Sen has been appointed as head of the Mumbai office. Sen has specialised in C-level searches and has successfully completed assignments in the real estate and technology sectors, among others.
Most UK graduates believe big corporations are bigger payers and offer more security than SMEs, according to a survey of 200 UK graduates, commissioned by specialist SME graduate recruiter, Give A Grad A Go.
Of those polled, 91% think corporations pay better, 79% think they offer better job security and 74% believe they offer better career progression than SMEs.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed Stephen Moir as executive director of workforce and strategy.
Moir was previously corporate director: strategy and democracy at Cambridgeshire County Council.
He starts his new role on 1 June.
Employees should have a clear “unambiguous” policy with regards to social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, according to Wanda Goldwag, non-executive chair of human capital management consultancy True North Human Capital.
Global executive search firm Korn/Ferry International has joined forces with IBB Management Executive Search, headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco.
Through the alliance, Korn/Ferry is able to expand its reach into the Moroccan market, while IBB Management can gain access to Korn/Ferry’s global executive search network.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has been appointed as preferred supplier by a NHS North Mersey collaboration to deliver HR, payroll and recruitment services for up to 12 NHS trusts in Mersey.
The seven-year contract, worth up to £27m, with an option to extend for a further three years, will begin roll out by the end of the year.
An HR think tank has arrived at what it considers to be the most important factors when assessing quality of hire.
The Ochre House Network think-tank, made up of more than 650 major employers including GE, Kimberley-Clark, Lilly, Microsoft and United Biscuits, reveals possible measures of quality of hire as:
“Further malaise” in the trading of UK recruitment stock is expected in the near term, according to David O’Brien, recruitment and general smaller companies analyst at stock brokers Shore Capital Research.
Any immigration cap would be an “empty political gesture” if intra-company transfers are excluded from the cap, according to Marilyn Davidson (left), director of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).