Multi-sector recruiter GPW Recruitment is launching a new division - Rugby League Recruitment.
This new division places current players into day release work placements with local firms to help them gain experience and work out what they want to do after their Rugby League careers.
Global executive search firm Spencer Stuart has successfully carried out several top media placements, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants.
Pub operator JD Wetherspoon is to create 1,000 new jobs for 16 and 17-year-olds in the next year.
School leavers will be offered positions working front-of-house serving customers, as well as in the pubs’ kitchens.
Specialist market research recruiter Hasson Associates has moved into larger premises in NOHO, the area to the North of Oxford Street in London.
The firm’s new address is Kenilworth House, 79/80 Margaret Street, London W1W.
Job board Totaljobs.com has launched a television ad campaign today featuring the tag line ‘It’s not luck, it’s Totaljobs.com’.
Eight in 10 construction firms have maintained or increased headcount, according to research from construction recruiter One Way Resourcing.
The research also shows that almost 30% of organisations have increased their permanent headcount and over half (51.9%) have maintained their workforce.
More than 70% of organisations have no plans to cut headcount during the next quarter.
Job board reed.co.uk has started a national outdoor advertising campaign this week.
The campaign features a 200ft (61m) long and 15ft (4.5m) high ad in Clapham Junction supporting reed.co.uk’s latest Love Mondays advertising, along with similar sites including the M6 Towers in Birmingham and the Two Towers on the A4 in Hammersmith.
Growth of jobs in the UK’s manufacturing sector is set to ease, according to economists the Centre for Economics and Business Research (cebr).
Networkers International has reported a decline in pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 June from £2.1m, compared with £2.2m a year earlier.
The chief executive of specialist PR and communication recruiter VMA Group, Julia Meighan, who has been appointed chair of the Prince’s Trust Enterprise Programme, said that her experience in recruitment will prove invaluable in inspiring young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.