IT and financial services recruiter Empiric Solutions has promoted Steve Brown to director.
Brown joined Empiric in 2007 as a senior consultant.
Sam Kamyar, managing director of Empiric Solutions, says: “Over the next five years, we have some very exciting growth plans and we are delighted to be making this appointment.”
Ahead of the Spending Review announcement, RPO provider Alexander Mann Solutions has urged government to transform the public sector through greater collaboration – making public bodies smarter and more efficient, not just cheaper.
Office support workers prize career progression over pay when looking for a new job, according to a survey by commercial recruiter Crone Corkill.
More than half of the respondents said career progression is the most important factor, followed closely by 35% whose most important factor is money, while just 3% say the job title is key.
Four in 10 employees plan to work past the default retirement age, set to be phased out in October next year, according to a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The survey also reveals that 29% do not plan on working past the state retirement age and 25% don’t know either way.
The government has committed to extending gangmaster licensing legislation to the construction industry, provided that evidence supports this as the best way to protect employment rights, in the Labour Party’s manifesto out today.
UK business requires further support expand globally to help sustain the economic recovery, according to campaign group Keep Britain Working.
The widely anticipated cuts in public spending over the next few years will provide an opportunity for recruiters, according to the managing director of Morgan Hunt.
It is too early say whether recruitment will be one of the corporate functions combined following the merger of British Airways and Iberia.
Last week, the two airlines signed a merger pact, while the new company will be called International Airlines Group, and both the BA and Iberia brands will continue to operate as normal.
Intercontinental Hotels Group is to create 3,500 jobs in the UK as part of major expansion plans.
The Daily Mail reports that it aims to open 1,400 hotels around the world over the next three to four years, which it says will create more than 100,000 jobs globally.
