Nearly 35,000 people visited the recent GradU8 virtual careers fair, staged by TotalJobs’ Graduate Zone, and registrations were 41% up on 2009.
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Too many employers and recruitment agencies are ignorant about the cost, legal and practical implications of the Agency Workers Regulations, which will come into force next year, an HR director has warned.
German executive search firm Kienbaum Executive Consultants International has opened an office in Bucharest, Romania.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has acquired provider of financial accounting and purchasing software McKeown Software, trading as iSoft Business Solutions, for £23m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Global recruitment process outsourcing services provider Hudson RPO has appointed Darren Lancaster as managing director for Europe and the Middle East.
Lancaster, was previously managing director of Resource Solutions, the RPO services division of Robert Walters Group.
People Unlimited has returned to its original name Charity People (www.charitypeople.com).
The move sees People Unlimited become the group brand overseeing the recruitment specialist’s four lines of business: Charity People, People Unlimited Care, PURE Careers and forum3.
Up to 75 school leavers will get a major boost for their future careers this year with accountancy firm KPMG’s launch on Thursday [13 Jan 2011] of a ‘work and learn’ approach to bringing in new talent earlier into the organisation.
Executive search firm Norman Broadbent has appointed two new managing directors.
Joining the firm’s board practice business in London, David Chancellor has been appointed to build the firm’s FD [financial director] practice, while Adam Turner joins to head the private equity practice and manage the firm’s professional services and pharmaceutical teams.
Engineering recruiter Roevin Engineering has appointed Mark Tully as head of Roevin.
Tully returns to Roevin after more than 16 years at NES, the engineering recruitment agency, most recently as managing director from 2004-2009.
Prior to NES, Tully worked in engineering recruitment at Hitec Engineering.
Supermarket Tesco has announced that 510 apprentices will begin the new Bakery and Delicatessen Skills Apprenticeship scheme on 31 January.
Delicatessen apprentices will work towards gaining a City and Guilds Level 2 Diploma in Retail Skills for the vocational aspect of the programme, and can also attain Key Skills for Maths and English, delivered instore by YMCA Training.