Australian recruiter Ambition has announced that James Ash has joined its UK subsidiary, Witan Jardine as managing director of its finance & accountancy business.
Ash is responsible for the development of the UK finance and accountancy business, while growing strong existing relationships within the accountancy, legal, property and media sectors.
At last someone from a recruitment background comes out and says what a lot of people have been saying for a long time but the recruitment agency sector has failed to take notice of (Recruiter, Bloggers with Bite, 14 October). Roger [Philby] is spot on and I speak as someone who has worked on both sides of the fence.
I really enjoyed Roger Philby’s recent comment piece (Recruiter, Bloggers with Bite, 14 October) and it has set me to thinking on a range of issues.
Sholto Douglas-Home
More than four out of 10 (42%) of recruiters have made redundancies and 39% currently operate a headcount freeze, according to the 2009 Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Annual Salary & Benefits survey.
Charlotte Fraser
The website aims to attract more women into the games industry
Hugo Tucker and Olivia Stone, formerly of HR recruiter Bullet Search, have left the business to set up on their own.
The new firm - Tucker Stone - recruits across all HR and change disciplines on a permanent and interim basis.
Tucker told Recruiter: “Last year was very tough but as we come out of recession, clients will require HR and change people.
Thirty-eight teaching and childcare recruiters have been hit with warnings from the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate for failing to comply with the law. Eleven agencies were found to be not following correct processes when carrying out identity and qualification checks on people they planned to supply for work.
