IT services firm FDM Group is to recruit 100 new candidates to join its graduate training programme in Manchester.
FDM chief operating officer, Sheila Flavell, says: “We are proud to be offering a further 100 placements within our Manchester branch. The city is a fantastic place to live and one that is always popular with trainees and FDM employees alike.”
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The deadline is 23 November to participate in a survey by international law firm Osborne Clarke and Recruiter to gauge future recruitment merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Q1 2011.
A discrimination law expert advised a London audience earlier this month that whether ’positive action’ will be allowed as a tie-break when considering the hire or promotion of two equally qualified candidates will be “one to watch” over the coming months.
Betting firm Paddy Power is seeking e-commerce, IT, online, marketing and in-store staff to fill 1,440 new positions in Ireland, UK and Australia, according to Paddy Power, head of communications at the bookmaker. The Irish firm will create 1,440 new positions in Ireland, UK and Australia
by 2013 with 500 new jobs created in Ireland, 810 new jobs in the UK and 130 jobs in Australia.
Multi-sector recruiter HR GO Recruitment has announced the opening of its second, third and fourth branches of the five planned for this year, as well as the launch of a new recruitment division – HR GO Healthcare.
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Recruitment portal www.psrecruit.org.uk has launched.
The new site provides information about linked recruitment portals, which are being funded by the department for Communities and Local Government and managed by the North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (NEIEP) in partnership with regional local authority employers’ organisations throughout England.
Robert Walters is “confident” over prospects for 2011 as the international recruiter posts increased profits in a trading update for Q4.
The update reveals:
· Group Q4 gross profit (net fee income) up 42% (37%*) to £40.6m (2009: £28.6m).
· Asia Pacific Q4 gross profit up 54% (39%*) to £19.7m (2009: £12.8m).
· UK Q4 gross profit up 37% (37%*) to £11.6m (2009: £8.5m).