Professional staffing specialist Robert Walters has seen “sustained” recruitment activity within Ireland’s financial sector, according to its Q2 market update.
The update reveals sustained recruitment activity during the second quarter in the financial sector, with positions recruited predominantly in risk and compliance within banking and insurance organisations.
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Global retail giant Walmart’s proposed acquisition of Massmart could create thousands of food retail jobs, according to a spokesperson for the South African retailer.
French company Edenred, inventor of prepaid business services Ticket Restaurant, is to implement talent management provider Lumesse’s Talent Acquisition.
International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Tim Forster as head of resourcing.
Forster previously led the employer branding communications team and more recently the experienced recruitment team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Last year, he worked on a project with Lloyds Banking Group, integrating their resourcing teams.
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.