The Australian state of Queensland needs 40,000 skilled workers to fill positions at 66 planned mining projects between now and 2020, according to Australia’s ABC News.
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Mike Rutkowski has been appointed director at SAP software recruiter Red Commerce’s new US headquarters in New York.
Rutkowski was previously director of SAP services at consultancy Bayforce and before this worked at recruiter Starpoint Solutions, and founded Trinity Software Systems.
Multi-sector recruiter Paddington Partners has appointed Adam Briscoe to its Hong Kong office.
Joining from Midas Rec2Rec, Briscoe will look to manage and grow Paddington’s Hong Kong rec-to-rec business.
Oceanic Resources International, specialist recruiter for the freight, shipping and logistics industries, is to open an office in Florida in the US.
Employers were urged to ensure they used the right tone and remain authentic when creating content for social media, at a conference held in London yesterday.
The recruitment service of the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA Appointments, has used First Choice Software’s RDB ProNet software to amalgamate its websites.
RIBA Appointments is both a jobsite and recruitment agency, and these services are now integrated into one single website.
Job opportunities in the City fell 19% in May, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
The monitor registered a month-on-month decrease in the number of available jobs in financial services in May, from 6,426 to 5,229. This was also a decline on May 2010 when 5,733 vacancies were registered.
Competency-based interviews may not be the best approach when recruiting senior managers, according to Alan MacKinnon, recruitment delivery manager, Transport for London (TfL).
Fines of £19m overall have been issued to employers and recruiters in the past year for failing to carry out adequate checks to verify candidates’ right to work in the UK.
Randstad group recruiters Joslin Rowe, Martin Ward Anderson, Hughes Castell and Pro Law have officially rebranded as Randstad Financial & Professional.