Numbers of new professional jobs fell slightly in July within the Republic of Ireland, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
The Monitor recorded a 4% month-on-month decrease in the number of new professional jobs in the Irish market in July 2011 with jobs registered falling from 8.250 in June to 7,900 in July. Job numbers were however 50% up on July 2010.
Insolvency practitioner SFP has overseen the sale of London-based Target Appointments after the firm went into administration, saving six jobs.
Target Appointments operated within the office, retail, horticulture, manual and accountancy recruitment markets and had an annual turnover of about £900,000.
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton is creating a dedicated in-house recruitment team.
The 14-strong unit will cover graduate, school leaver and summer intern recruitment, a total of 300 hires a year.
These were previously the responsibility of the firm’s HR function, with only two of the 20-strong team engaged in graduate recruitment full time.
The government’s migrant cap is hindering Dyson’s recruitment drive at its Malmesbury plant, according to a company spokesperson.
Communicate Recruitment Solutions has established a new IT division.
Kathryn Haralabidis, who brings with her seven years experience in IT recruitment, most recently from Gravitas Recruitment Group, joins the business to establish and grow the IT team, which will offer both permanent and interim IT recruitment to blue chip firms.
Midas Rec2Rec has appointed Rob Muirhead as senior consultant for finance.
Meanwhile, Chris James has been promoted to senior consultant for IT recruitment to recruitment.
Industrial recruiter Jark has appointed Jamie Wingrave as area manager.
Wingrave will help attract new business and provide management support to five Jark Industrial branches.
IT services provider FDM Group is to recruit 150 graduates in Hong Kong within the next year.
FDM offers its graduate Hong Kong IT consultants with a monthly salary of around HK$27k (£2k).
Multi-service recruiter Arbita has launched Arbita RPO.
The new service will manage the entire recruiting and hiring process, from profiling candidates to onboarding new hires.
The firm has also rebranded with a new logo and launched a new website.
Employers and the government have still got work to do around the treatment of young people working for them on internships, according to Alex Try, founder of Interns Anonymous, an online forum for interns.
Try was speaking to Recruiter at The Employers Forum on Age (EFA) roundtable discussions last week in the City of London, chaired by Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke.