Jobseekers in the UAE report haven been ‘conned’ by fake recruitment agents and ‘bullied’ by bouncers employed by them, according to Emirates247.com.
A fake recruitment racket originating in Sharjah, the emirate directly North of Dubai, has now spread North to Ajman emirate, with offices re-opening or re-locating after being shut down following police complaints.
US owner of leading middle market businesses, Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), has agreed the $295m (£186m) sale of its subsidiary, multi-sector staffing agency Staffmark, to Japanese recruitment and HR services firm Recruit Co.
International executive search firm TRANSEARCH International has opened a new office in Lagos, Nigeria.
The new office is being headed up by managing partner Enife Atobiloye, who brings more than over 19 years’ international experience in executive search and HR consulting to the role.
Healthcare Locums (HCL) has signed a commercial agreement with Skillstream, a supplier of contingent workforce management software.
Ikram Rabbani has been appointed country manager for the Middle East region at international infrastructure projects talent supplier Resourcing International, a subsidiary of Resourcing Solutions Group (RSG).
Rabbani will be based at the company’s UK headquarters initially.
More than half of Finnish companies with turnover in the region of €100-300m (£86-258m) have no women serving on the board, compared to less than 20% of comparable Swedish companies, research from executive search firm Friisberg and Partners International shows.
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Oceanic Resources International, specialist recruiter for the freight, shipping and logistics industries, has appointed new directors for the company.
Former regional client manager, Russell Quinton, becomes sales director based at the UK head office in Ware, Hertfordshire. He is tasked with increasing headcount and marketshare within the supply chain sector.
Employers have been urged to make definite efforts to avoid being biased against ethnic minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, in a report from graduate and diversity recruitment specialist Rare.
Engineering firms should turn to the non-graduate market to ensure they attract talent, the ’Recruiter Requirements Report’ carried out by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) reveals.
While 66% of engineering jobs require a degree, just 1% mention apprenticeships among specifications, the research from the IET shows.