More than four in 10 employers are planning significant changes as a result of Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Jobs Outlook.
The outlook reveals 42% of employers are not planning to make any significant changes, compares with 46% in July due to the regulations which come into force from October.
Tailored Solutions Legal Recruitment (TSR) has appointed Sara Lewis as divisional manager, responsible for TSR’s qualified solicitor recruitment division.
The appointment is an expansion of the firm’s qualified legal division.
Lewis has 18 years’ experience of recruiting solicitors from newly qualified to equity partner level.
North-West based recruitment-to-recruitment firm Qui Recruitment has entered into a joint collaboration with rec-to-rec firm Scott Recruitment Services in Melbourne, Australia.
The partnership sees Qui Recruitment sourcing and referring UK-based consultants who are interested in working in Australia.
Twenty-two law firms have come together to launch PRIME, an initiative aimed at providing fair access to quality work experience for young people from less privileged backgrounds.
US retained executive search firm, Cook Associates Executive Search, has appointed Harry Wilson as managing director.
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Wilson will support Cook’s financial services & insurance practice, working with practice managing director Kevin Parker.
Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica has appointed Randstad Managed Services for its managerial and professional contractor hiring across its European Region.
The focus will be on its key markets of the UK, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Executive recruiter Assured Recruitment Solutions has been appointed by insurance provider Fusion to recruit staff for its offices in Coventry and Peterborough.
Following a pilot scheme in which Assured filled 25 vacancies for contact centre agents at Fusion’s Coventry office, the executive recruiter has now become Fusion’s primary recruitment agency.
Arrogance and over-confidence is the trait most likely to lead to a senior executive’s undoing at interview, according to research from InterExec.
The research also listed inadequate preparation and poor communication skills – or the inability to listen – as traits likely to put interviewers off.
More than half (57%) of individuals made redundant, due to the government transition to the new look Work Programme, have been put off ever working in the sector again, according to research from Alderwood Welfare to Work.
Almost seven in 10 (68%) of Singaporean businesses expect to hire more staff in the next two years, according to a survey by professional solutions firm Regus, reports Singapore-based AsiaOne.com.
This is despite only 56% of companies expecting revenue growth in the coming months, a 13% decrease from last six months ago.