Highams’ chief executive is changing the company in innovative ways, reports Sarah Coles
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Creative recruiter MajorPlayers, has appointed Greg Orme as chief executive officer, with a brief to steer the company through its next stage of development, and to raise the profile of the UK’s creative industries.
Specialist market research, marketing discipline and creative industries recruiter, RPCushing Recruitment, has appointed Nicola Bails as manager of its recruitment marketing and design/creative services divisions.
Recent financial results from some major UK recruitment companies show they are increasingly reliant on international markets for their growth and profits.Hays' latest quarterly results showed that its international business now accounts from 42% of net fee income, compared to 33% a year ago.
Testing a candidate's skills is nothing new. TRecruitment agencies have been using skills testing since the original Qwiz product came on the market in the 1980s. What is relatively new and not so widely used, however, is the 'build your own' skills test. Resource process outsourcing (RPO) provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has appointed Jeremy Tipper as its new global client relationship director, responsible for sales and marketing, client relationship development and channel management.
Technology-savvy recruiters are already harnessing mobile technology to contact potential new recruits. But as mobile internet use increases the practice looks set to become the norm rather than a marketing extra Ross Wigham reports
Society is changing rapidly and recruiters need to change with it. The latest trends in online social networking are not a fad, they are here to stay — but it’s important your forays onto the net are carefully thought through if you are to avoid embarrassment. Sue Weekes reports
Does the current spate of mergers in the recruitment market spell the beginning of a period of domination for a few recruiter giants or will opportunities be opened up for the competition? Sarah Coles investigates
The mega-mergers currently shaking the recruitment market have ambitious aims.
The mega-mergers currently shaking the recruitment market have ambitious aims.
The charity Heyday’s legal challenge on the right to work past the age of 65 has reignited the debate among recruiters about the worth of age discrimination legislation in the UK.