Taking breakdown and motoring organisation AA’s recruitment process online and streamlining it has seen the number of completed applications roughly double to more than 30,000 in two years.
Since fully adopting StepStone Solutions’ iGRasp offering, the AA has also halved its time to hire from 77 days in 2006-07 to 37 now, according to Lorraine Lopez, HR resourcing manager.
Search Consultancy is opening new premises in Dundee.
The firm, which has had a presence in Dundee for more than 10 years, is moving to a new city centre location at City Quay.
Two-thirds of the 350,000 new jobs created in the UK this year have gone to young people aged under-35, with the remainder filled by people aged over 50.
One in five workers claim they will change jobs within a year due to dissatisfaction over pay, according to the ‘2010 Employee Attitudes to Pay’ survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
The survey also reveals 57% would continue working as usual, while 7% say that they would work less hard and 2% plan to take industrial action.
US-based Instant Technology, a provider of technology staffing solutions, has launched Instant: Executive Search, a new division dedicated to finding the best full-time technology talent ranging from executive to entry-level.
This marks the merger of two Chicago-based technology staffing firms, Instant Technology and LionSearch.
Base salaries in the banking sector are at a four-year high, according to research from recruitment specialist Poolia.
The analysis shows that during 2010, the average salary for a banking employee in the City was 17% higher than in 2009, 25% higher than in 2008, at the height of the credit crunch, and 17% higher than in 2007.
Argyll Scott International, the middle management recruitment brand of the Redgrave Group, has strengthened its team with a number of appointments.
Stephanie Baker and Jeremy Wertheimer join the firm’s C&I (commerce and industry) perm team as consultants.
HR and recruitment consultancy Independent has won recruitment contracts with McLaren Automotive, Rolls-Royce Civil Nuclear and EDF energy.
Meanwhile, the firm has also moved into bigger new offices in The Old School, Holly Walk in Leamington town centre.
Encore Personnel Services has seen turnover rise by 62% in 2010 on the previous year, according to its year-end 2010 financial results.
With turnover rising to £22.6m, the firm has also announced the opening of a new office in Birmingham, its 17th divisional location.
Life science interim recruitment specialist PiR Interims has promoted Sally Hope to managing director.
Meanwhile, Carolyn Douthwaite moves into the executive chair role.