Female interim managers need to develop their professional skills to stand the best chance of winning business this year, according to a survey of 700 women interim managers from InterimWomen, the UK business forum for female interims set up by Interim recruiter, Russam GMS.
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Hundreds of thousands of debt-ridden workers will call in sick due to the January wage stretch, according to the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP).
As the third week of January is the most financially difficult time of the year, the IPP says many employees will be absent from work as they unable to afford to travel to the office.
The jobs market in the UAE grew by 8.3% last year and will continue growing in 2010, according to figures from online recruitment portal Careertunity.com.
A complaint against a radio advert from Reed.co.uk, which was criticised as offensive to Germans, has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The advert featured a man speaking to his boss who responded angrily and loudly in German. The voice-over said: “Boss a bit of a tyrant? Find your perfect boss on the UK’s biggest job site …”.
IT recruiter Concept Information Technology has managed to safeguard against bad debt using a debtor protection policy from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
The decline in the hiring of interims appears to be over, says UK interim provider, Russam GMS.
According to Russam’s latest six month snapshot of 11,000 interim managers, the interim management market increased slightly by 0.9% from June to December last year, in stark contrast to the 15% drop in market activity recorded in the 12 months from June 2008 – June 2009.
Multi-sector recruiter Hudson has appointed Tim Drake as head of its talent management division in the UK.
Drake joins from brewer AB InBev, owners of Budweiser and Stella Artois, where he was director of people continuity, leading the talent management and succession strategy for Western Europe for the last five years.
Financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe and accountancy & finance staffing firm Martin Ward Anderson are joining to create one professional recruitment company.
US recruiter Stateside Solutions has hired Jennifer Scanlon as the vice president for business development, based in the New York office.
Scanlon joins from Enterprise Ireland, the trade and technology board of the government of Ireland where she helped Irish companies with their US market entry strategy and generating business opportunities in the North American market.
Online recruitment marketplace gatszu.com has agreed a deal with Direct Law for Personnel Professionals (DLPP) to offer gatszu.com’s members free legal advice.
DLPP will provide gatszu.com’s members, both employers and recruiters, with a free employment law telephone advice service.