Multi-sector recruiter Timothy James Consulting is opening an office in London.
The firm, set up by directors Chris O Connell and Peter Bennett, will open the new office in in Glasshouse Street in London’s West End, and will recruit for project/programme management, change/transformation and strategic roles for NHS, finance, software houses, e-commerce and retail clients.
Technical and engineering recruiters Scantec, NRL and GPW recruitment have formed the Hertel Research Alliance to serve industrial services firm Hertel.
Canada’s jobs market will experience a modest recovery in 2010, according to a report from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
The report predicts that while GDP growth will be 3.1%, a stabilising automotive sector will support a gradual improvement in the labour market, with unemployment rates predicted to average 8.4% in 2010 before falling to 7.7% in 2011.
Singapore’s Manpower Ministry (MOM) is to crack down on unlicensed recruitment agencies hiring foreign workers.
MOM says that last year it received 1,280 complaints from employers, foreign workers and members of the public concerning employment agency malpractices - up 80% on the year before.
With the Jobcentre Plus website set to close on Wednesday, jobseekers will be able to access thousands of job vacancies previously found on the Jobcentre Plus by logging onto Directgov from Thursday (1 April).
Specialist insurance, financial and professional services recruitment solutions provider Eames Consulting Group has recorded a “positive” start to the year with Q1 profits over £2m.
International recruiter Morgan Hunt has agreed a two-year partnership with the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust to support young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs) to find employment.
Hays and CDI Corp, the parent company of AndersElite, have issued statements in response to yesterday’s fines by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Six recruitment firms were fined £39.27m by the OFT for price-fixing and the collective boycott of another company in supplying candidates to the construction industry.
Recruitment services provider Graduates Yorkshire has won the contract to run and relaunch the graduate recruitment scheme GradsEast in East Anglia on behalf of the Association of Universities in the East of England (AUEE).
British fathers fear asking to work flexibly will damage their careers, according to a new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.