Has the placement or hiring of a particular individual made you feel proud recently?
For example, you may have placed someone who faced significant hurdles in getting a job, or you hired someone who others ignored. If so, we would love to hear from you.
Please tell us in no more than 100 words why you are particularly proud of this placement or hire, and how you managed it.
Employers have been urged to apply for work visas, despite fears that the new immigration cap has made it more difficult to bring in talent from outside the EU.
Chemicals, coatings, pharma, polymer and scientific industry staffing specialist Whitehall Recruitment has appointed Louise Hewett as office manager/operations manager.
Hewett joins following the retirement of Lillian KirbyComber.
With 50 million users in the UK, mobile represents a massive engagement opportunity for recruiters. According to a Teletext Survey, 17% of people searching for a job online used mobile internet and 4% used apps
Multi-sector recruiter Letterbox Recruiting has promoted Cath Harrison to commercial director.
Meanwhile, Natalie Hughes has been promoted to senior recruitment consultant.
The UK manufacturing sector is likely to turn to temporary recruitment due to poor visibility on how the sector is likely to fare, according to Chris Williamson, director and chief economist at Markit.
Employment in Scotland’s private sector continued to grow in June, albeit at a slower pace, according to a report from the Bank of Scotland/Markit.
The data shows that while private sector employment rose for a fifth successive month, the latest rise in headcounts was only fractional, down from 51.4 in May to 50.5 in June.
The opening up of the public sector presents an opportunity to recruiters, according to Dean Shoesmith, executive head of HR at the London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton.
Specialist PR and communication recruiter VMA Group has appointed Julia Meighan to the newly created role of executive chair.
Meighan will be responsible for leading the group’s international expansion, as well as special projects in talent management within the corporate communications sector.
