Public sector recruiter and outsourcing firm The Capita Group has been appointed by West Sussex County Council as the authority’s IT Infrastructure partner.
The contract, worth £56m initially, sees Capita provide the council with IT services over a seven-year period.
Hospitality, retail and sales staffing specialist Xpress Recruitment has appointed Willie Wood as director of its new executive search and selection division.
US executive search firm Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson has appointed Dr Harvey W Schiller as the newly-created position of vice-chairman and president of the Sports Media and Entertainment Practice.
Dr Schiller most recently has been chairman of the board and chief executive of GlobalOptions Group, a multidisciplinary international risk management and business solutions company.
Executive search firm Kinsey Allen International has announced a strategic alliance with Australian-based Jon Michel Executive Search (JMES) to place candidates looking to move from London to Australia - and provide career opportunities for their own consultants.
Local councils across the country could be hit with multi-million-pound legal challenges following Birmingham City Council’s defeat over pay awards.
Four in 10 UK employees have criticised their workplace on social networking and micro-blogging sites like Facebook and Twitter, according to data from MyJobGroup.co.uk.
Kevin Green, REC
Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to focus on “long-term sustainable reform” of the public sector over short-term cuts by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Almost all (91%) of public sector employers in Northern Ireland believe that reducing costs and making efficiencies will be a ’very’ pressing issue in the next two years.
However, 63% of respondents believe that their organisation has plans in place to deal with cost-saving targets and potential redeployment/job cuts in their organisation.
The secret of a successful relationship with an RPO is for the RPO staff to feel part of the client company at least as much as their own, according to the head of HR at accountancy and professional services firm Deloitte.
