Succession planning and attrition are the key concerns in the accountancy sector, according to Chris McCarthy, director at Hays Senior Finance.
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More than a fifth of employers are planning to recruit migrant workers in Q1, according to research from a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/KPMG labour market survey.
Executives would be prepared to accept a pay cut of 50% to land their dream job, according to new research by PwC in conjunction with the London School of Economics and Political Science.
The research also shows a quarter of respondents prepared to take a 70% cut, while only 5% of respondents would not take any cut for their ideal job.
Online recruitment agency Recruitment Genius has acquired multi-sector online recruiter iEmploy.net for an undisclosed sum.
Recruitment Genius says it is determined to achieve and maintain an even greater market share and has set itself some challenging growth targets, which will be achieved by the addition of some carefully selected strategic acquisitions.
Robert Walters will continue to invest in regions with “strongest” opportunities for growth as revenues rise in its results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
Recruitment specialist pfj network has rebranded as Aspire Global Network.
The firm says its former name was synonymous with the pfj brand, so has decided to rebrand using a name that combines its branded career development programme ‘Aspire’ with its vision of ‘developing a global network of specialist recruiters’.
Public sector recruiter Capita Group has bought Talis Information (TIL) for £18.5m, with a further £2.5m dependent on profit performance in the year to 31 March 2012.
TIL provides management software and managed services.
Transport & logistics and hospitality recruiter right4staff has appointed Emma Buchanan as commercial temporary consultant.
Meanwhile, Laura Sheratt joins as onsite account manager for Reckitt Benckiser.
Maxxim Consulting has appointed Tim Ringo as partner.
The former vice president and global leader of IBM’s human capital management consulting practice, also spent 16 years at Accenture where he was executive partner in Accenture’s human performance service line.
One in three firms are to introduce flexible working so staff can watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, according tobusiness advisory firm Deloitte.
The research also shows 44% of companies will encourage staff to attend Olympic and Paralympic Games, while 42% plan to install screens for staff to watch live events.