A drive among European firms for greater efficiency is behind business transformation staffing specialist Venquis expansion into Central Europe, according to managing director Steve Garner.
Venquis has announced that it has opened a new division in Central Europe, focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Global professional recruiter Morgan McKinley has promoted William Hepworth to manager of its in-house taxation team.
Hepworth, who joined Morgan McKinley in 2005 and has been promoted from consultant to senior consultant, will now take on a more strategic role and will also start the company’s MM1 Leadership programme, developed in partnership with Deloitte.
Upstream oil & gas recruitment specialist Infinity Resources International has appointed Carol Smith as managing consultant.
Smith will focus on developing Infinity’s services for the firm’s new drilling division.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has agreed to acquire AIBJerseytrust for a cash consideration of £12.5m, on a cash free, debt free basis.
The announcement follows the acquisition of AIB international financial services, which has offices in Ireland and mainland Europe earlier this week.
Poundland will be seeking store managers, assistant managers, senior sales supervisors and store colleagues to fill 180 new jobs in Ireland, according to a spokesperson for the retailer.
IT recruiter RDL Corporation has appointed Justin Carpenter as sales and marketing director.
Four in 10 workers over the age of 30 wish they had followed their childhood career dreams, according to research from Monster.co.uk.
The poll finds surgeons and vets were the most popular career choice (9%), followed by sports (6%), nursing (6%) and acting (6%).
As for Recruiter’s team, we’re sure Lion-o, Lord of the Thundercats’ job is safe.
Multi-sector recruiter Syntax Consultancy Group has expanded into new offices in Pride Park, Derby.
The firm, which has offices in College Place in the Cathedral Quarter, has acquired premises in Brunel Parkway, which is now the base for Syntax IT Services division, providing IT solutions to a wide range of clients throughout the Midlands.
Views on whether analogous measures to Barack Obama’s proposed $450bn (£283bn) ‘American Jobs Act’ could be implemented in the UK are mixed, Recruiter has found.
From 1 November, customers at Starbucks in the US will see $5 (£3.20) wristbands for sale, with proceeds going towards the new ‘Jobs for USA’.
Starbucks will match every $5 donation with $30 that will go towards the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), an association of around 180 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).