Standard Chartered Bank is recruit 1,800 new staff into its financial markets unit over the next three years, according to news agency Bloomberg.
Bloomberg says that the firm is to double the headcount in the unit from 1,700 to 3,500, with most new hires occurring in businesses operating in Asia-Pac/emerging markets.
BECTU, Equity and the National Association of Supporting Artistes Agents have launched a petition urging the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) to examine the case for the licensing of agents in the entertainment industry.
Twitter is reportedly testing a new analytics product. The online social and digital media resource Mashable says a “select” group of users has been chosen for the test and the product will provide information such as most successful Tweets and those which cause people to “unfollow”.
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Scottish services companies saw an overall fall in headcounts in November for the first time since January, according to the latest data from Bank of Scotland.
As Samsung ramps up its recruitment, the global war for mobile software engineers talent is set to intensify, according to Mark Beard, managing director at technical and IT staffing specialist Vertex Solutions.
Beard’s comments come in a week in which electronics giant Samsung announced that it will create 25,000 new roles this year.
More than half of jobseekers (57%) think the jobs market has worsened in the last month with no suitable roles available, according to research from online re-employment assistance provider MyWorkSearch.
The research also finds just under a quarter of respondents have now been unemployed for more than 12 months.
SJD Accountancy has witnessed a 70% rise in the number of contractors coming into the market and going limited.
SJD, which manages the tax affairs of more than 10,000 limited companies, attributes the increase to factors including ongoing pressure to cut costs and remove permanent headcount in the private sector.
Global retained executive search firm, CTPartners, has appointed Leslie Stern as a partner and will be based in Chicago, US.
With more than 30 years’ experience in executive search, Stern will focus on recruiting new partners and global business development opportunities.
Executive search firm Coleman Lew & Associates has successfully completed a search for United Family Services (UFS) with the appointment of president and chief executive officer Phil Kline.