Firms must develop talent now to prevent a longer-term management skills crisis across the UK, according to Samantha O’Byrne head of resourcing at accountancy firm Grant Thornton UK.
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International provider of candidate sourcing technology Broadbean Technology has completed the integration of healthcare jobs board StaffNurse.com.
The planet needs a global joined up solution to take on a looming threat of rising global unemployment, according to a report from international recruiter Hays.
The report, compiled in partnership with economic forecaster, Oxford Economics, reveals:
· World’s working age population will rise by 1bn in next 20 years
Recruiters’ feedback will help to produce the best possible guidance on new Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), according to an official from the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS).
The official was speaking at an event hosted by the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) and key representatives from BIS on draft guidance on AWR issued on 4 April.
The movement of financial services between the UK and Switzerland has significantly increased, according to Rupert Morley, chief executive of Sterling Relocation.
Morley’s comments follow the firm’s opening of a new office in Geneva, its ninth in Europe due to the doubling in the number of corporate moves to Switzerland from the UK.
Multi-sector recruiter Meridian Business Support has launched a new, intuitive information website.
Students want universities to elaborate on employability skills and to give more support to help them develop these important competencies, according to a CBI / National Union of Students survey.
Provider of support services to the recruitment industry Recruitment Support Services has purchased certain assets from the administrator of Skills Market Ltd, best known for its iProfile and Skills Passport products.
Skills Market had recently seen the withdrawal of a long-term investor in the company and was therefore unable to continue trading in its current form.
Indian education solutions provider CORE Projects & Technologies has acquired UK education recruiter ITN Mark Education for around $25m (£15.4m), through its subsidiary Core Education and Consulting Solutions (UK).
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Pure Recruitment Training have entered into a partnership to offer REC members exclusive access to Pure’s interactive online recruitment learning courses.
Learners using the course are taught to use more innovative ways of recruiting, which avoid the over-reliance on job boards and out-of-date candidate databases.