Executive search and selection firm O’Neill Consulting Group has expanded its global presence with the opening of an office in Shanghai, China.
The new office, located in one of the most important cultural, commercial and communications centres of China, will better enable O’Neill Consulting Group to offer retained executive search and selection services to clients throughout Asia.
The prospect of being grilled at interview tops the list of the worst things associated with job interviews, according to research by Home Learning College.
The research shows 55% of British adults fear being grilled by prospective employers, while 49% worry about finding suitable vacancies.
Venture Finance has launched a new FastTrack invoice discounting service.
Professional services recruiter SEC Recruitment is running an assessment day to find four new recruits for its apprenticeship academy on 11 May.
The assessment day will focus on competency areas including communication skills, enthusiasm and the ability to multi-task.
Online job board developer Job Affair has launched jobsite www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk.
The site, which links to social media channels, is currently listing around 9,000 live vacancies.
The notion that recruiters are “systematically” encouraging agency workers to declare themselves self-employed is a fallacy, according to Tom Hadley, director of policy and professional services at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.
Online recruitment activity rose in April, according to the latest Monster Employment Index (MEI).
The index reveals a monthly increase of 1%, and 14% on the same period last year.
The number of new ‘time to pay’ arrangements agreed by HMRC fell by 43% over the last year, according to new figures.
The new ‘time to pay’ arrangements agreed by HMRC fell from 57,800 in Q1 2010 to just 32,900 in Q1 2011. The combined value of the tax payments deferred dropped by 40% from £890m in Q1 2010 to just £530m in Q1 2011.
International engineering and construction group Costain has appointed Christina Wade as director of human resources.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has responded to a new report from the Prince’s Trust, which highlights a growing ‘aspiration gap’ among Britain’s poorest families.