Capita’s contract extension contract with Zurich has been labelled “a disappointment” by a specialist RPO analyst.
Yesterday, Capita announced it was extending its service provision to this important client in financial services and insurance out to 2026 in the UK and now incorporating Zurich’s continental European operations from July 2011.
Korn/Ferry International, global provider of talent management solutions, has appointed Jonathan R Holmes as managing director, Middle East.
Holmes’s executive search career with Korn/Ferry spans over 18 years and five countries, where he has undertaken general management searches across a range of geographies and industries, including industrial, consumer and healthcare.
Global executive search consulting firm, Spencer Stuart, has promoted Simon Fenton to chairman of its Greater China operations.
Fenton was head of Spencer Stuart’s business in the growth markets of Brazil, India and China, as well as its global industry and functional practices, and has relocated to Hong Kong. He was previously based in the UK.
Technical and engineering recruitment specialist Scantec Personnel has appointed two new account managers.
Shereese Doyle joins within the firm’s technical engineering contract team, while Chris Stanley strengthens the firm’s electrical and instrumentation team.
Meanwhile, Leanne Stewart has been promoted to payroll supervisor.
Career service cuts in England are risking the futures of young people, according a report entitled ‘Uncertain futures’ by the Institute of Career Guidance.
The survey shows almost one in six respondents said that the entire careers service in their area was due to close or had already closed, while half say their employer had already made redundancies or issued “at risk” notices.
Executive search firm Pacific International has implemented Colleague Recruitment Software to help support its international growth.
Allan Smith, managing director at Pacific International, says: “We needed one complete software solution in place that can support distributed international offices and also our mobile workforce, which travels extensively throughout the world.”
IT job site, CWJobs.co.uk, has entered into partnership with technology trade websites, ComputerWeekly.com, Computing.co.uk, TheInquirer.net and V3.co.uk, to provide jobs related content and services nationwide.
Recruiters can advertise their positions on any of the sites through CWJobs.co.uk, which will then automatically be searchable across all sites.
As undergraduate fears about successfully landing a new job following graduation increase, employers should engage with undergraduates at an earlier stage during their first year of study, according to Richard Irwin, student recruitment manager at professional services firm PwC.
Almost a third of IT contractors think the financial services sector will create the most IT jobs over the next year, compared to 27.5% this time last year, according to research from contractor services provider giant group.
3D software design company Autodesk will this month launch a new mobile application that promises to be a game changer in the recruitment arena.
Peterborough-based mobile applications firm All The Top Bananas built the app with a brief from Autodesk’s head of EMEA talent acquisition and global talent brand, Matthew Jeffery.