Two years is too long to wait to assess the impact of AWR, according to recruitment giant Hays.
Earlier this week Edward Davey MP, minister for employment relations confirmed to Recruiter.co.uk that the government was looking ahead to a two-year review of the legislation’s impact.
Search and selection firm Square Mile Connections has appointed Tina Goodhart as a business consultant.
Goodhart will assist with the expansion plans of the business and will be based in London.
David Bagley has been appointed as chairman of the board of graduate recruiter Graduates Yorkshire.
Bagley, a chartered accountant, has worked for many years at board-level with a wide range of plcs, mutuals and SMEs in the financial services, manufacturing and service sectors.
Retailers are ramping up recruitment of security staff after three nights of rioting in London and other parts of the UK, according to Peter French, director at security staffing specialist SSR.
Creating compelling content should lie at the heart of constructing apps to engage with candidates, according to Matthew Jeffery,Autodesk’s head of EMEA talent acquisition and global talent brand.
Peterborough-based mobile applications firm All The Top Bananas built the app with a brief from Jeffery.
The chairman of Healthcare Locums (HCL) has refused to rule out the possibility of bringing in the police following the discovery of a number of “serious accounting irregularities” and other financial issues at the firm.
Legal recruiter Apple Personnel has appointed Sharran Bennett as sales consultant in its legal services department.
Bennett will focus on working with law firms and in-house legal teams in Yorkshire & North-east areas.
Lynne Hardman, new managing director of accountancy and finance recruiter RK Accountancy, is to take charge of sister Kellan group firm Quantica Search & Selection.
The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) is in advanced talks with recruitment process outsourcers (RPOs) to create a new charter for RPOs and MSPs.
The new charter follows 18 months of discussions between APSCo, RPOs, recruiters and members of ABFA (Asset Based Finance Association), which represents invoice finance providers.
Responding to Guy Hayward’s article “Experience Beats Value”, 17 August, the purpose of values is to clearly state what a firm believes is important. Each value will then have a desired set of behaviours.
It is crucial when rolling out your values that everyone experiences the values, they are not merely read in posters or handbooks.