Technical and engineering recruiter CBSbutler has established a base in Cologne and is planning to create three further German offices within the next 12 months.
A spokesperson for the firm tells Recruiter the company will be targeting blue collar manufacturing and engineering jobs with foreign nationals being sourced at a low cost from Eastern European countries.
Itris Software and CV solution website Innovate CV have finalised an integration of the two services.
The integration will allow clients to use CVs created on the Innovate website in job applications which use Itris’s software.
The European Commission (EC) believes job creation remains a major challenge for Hungary, with much of the demand due to be met by the public sector, reports online finance journal Portfolio.hu.
Hungary’s unemployment rate is likely to reach 11.2% this year.
While the recruitment industry is all about margins and metrics, recruiters could be well advised to sit back and think about how happy their client and colleagues are.
Marketing, media and communications recruiter Xchangeteam has been acquired by the Pertemps Network.
Businesses must tighten procedures to prevent corruption among external business partners or see directors ending up in prison, warns accountancy firm Ernst & Young.
Australia’s Gold Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, creating more than 30,000 jobs in the region, reports Queensland’s Sunday Mail.
Aspire Global Network (AGN) has announced strong growth for the half year ending 31 October 2011.
The group, comprising six specialist recruitment firms – pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, rpcushing, Persicope, ICUR and Aspire Global Network Asia, saw turnover rise 19% to £6.77m from £5.68m in the same period last year, while net profit was up by 15%.
Contractor services provider giant group has launched a benefits and rewards scheme for clients.
The scheme, giant advantage, which can be offered to temporary, freelance and contract workers, includes a healthcare plan, a pension scheme provided by Scottish Widows and a variety of online and high-street retail discounts and cash-back offers.
Government plans to speed up the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) registration process outlined yesterday have been welcomed by nursing recruitment agency Ambition 24hours.
In a speech yesterday on reforms to employment legislation, business secretary Vince Cable outlined measures that would deal with the bureaucracy associated with a CRB check.