HR recruiter Astralis Group has promoted Matt Wallis and Kris McMahon to associate directors.
Wallis and McMahon will take increased responsibility for guiding the future direction and growth of permanent and interim recruitment within the UK and internationally. They will also each retain their focus on delivering senior level search and selection assignments within the HR practice.
One in four public sector workers think it is likely they will lose their jobs, according to the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD’s) quarterly Employee Outlook survey.
Meanwhile, 63% of these workers say stress has increased as a result of the economic downturn, compared to 54% last quarter.
Healthcare recruiter MedicsPro, part of the Urban Group of companies, has won preferred supplier status to supply medical staffing across all disciplines to independent provider of health and social care services Care UK.
Recruitment giant Manpower has agreed a two-year contract to deliver global permanent recruitment services to help mining and mineral resources firm Rio Tinto achieve its growth targets.
Accreate Executive Search & Interim has appointed three new associates.
The Premier Group-owned firm welcomes Jeannette Naughton, previously at Spengler Fox, Killian O’Sullivan, the former managing director of marketing services company The Merchandise Factory, and David Burke who moves from Morgan McKinley’s technical recruitment division.
The Court of Appeal has dealt a blow to agency workers seeking to secure employment rights with their end-user client, says Richard Brown, partner at Osborne Clarke.
A bonus would be the best gift companies could give their staff this Christmas, according to new research published by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).
More than half (56%) of design and digital employees intend to change job, up from 38% in 2009, according to research from Fairley & Associates, Gabriele Skelton and On Pointe Marketing.
Malcolm Chew has been appointed executive director of HR and organisational development at disability charity Scope.
Chew, who joins from Serco where he was divisional HR director, will be responsible for the charity’s approach to managing and developing its 3,500 staff and more than 7,000 volunteers, working across service delivery, retail, fundraising and support functions.
Some elite London law firms are passing over well-qualified, white working-class job applicants in favour of middle-class graduates from elite universities who they think would be better for their image, new research says.