More than half of IT professionals would not do an IT-related degree today if they were paying increased fees, according to research from IT recruitment website CWJobs.
The research shows 45% feel a degree in computing is no longer valuable for securing a career in IT and 71% stated that self-taught developers are as skilled as those with formal training or education.
RPO provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has appointed Lisa Thompson as account director.
Online recruitment site Jobsite is to use social targeting service RadiumOne to support its digital advertising campaigns.
Legal staffing specialist The Recruiter has appointed Jack Partridge as legal consultant.
Partridge will be based in Chelmsford, Essex.
Private sector employment in Scotland fell for the second month in a row in September, according to the latest data from the Bank of Scotland.
The index posted a reading of 49.6, up from 49.4 in August, though figures under 50 represent contraction.
The government should consider delaying job cuts in the public sector, according to Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) chief economic adviser, Dr John Philpott.
Multi-sector recruitment agency Search Consultancy has announced the appointment of Izabella Edwards to the post of divisional manager for call centre and office services.
Previously commercial manager at generalist recruiter Thorn Baker for the East Midlands and Yorkshire regions, Edwards will be based in Sheffield.
Direct candidate sourcing consultancy cph has signed a deal to work with online tag management and tracking service TagMan.
TagMan is looking for candidates with a passion for digital marketing as it looks to double its size over the next 12 months.
The arrangement means a cph consultant will be working onsite with TagMan overseeing the whole recruitment and selection process.
City IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Chris Witts as account delivery consultant and Jamie Reynolds as senior consultant to the permanent team.
Reynolds will focus on software development and quantitative analytics positions. He previously worked for financial services recruiter James Associates and generalist Real Staffing.
The Institute of Interim Management (IIM) has published the ‘Interim Managers’ Guide to Service Providers 2011’.
Available as a free download from the IIM’s website, the guide profiles the top 40 interim management service providers, giving details of the sector and role specialisation of each firm along with contact details.