Recruitment giant Adecco’s purchase of technical recruiter Spring has been given the formal go-ahead at meetings of Spring shareholders today.
At a court meeting and general meeting, the resolution to approve the purchase was passed by Spring’s shareholders.
Employers in the US are more optimistic about the jobs market with most employers planning to maintain headcount for the rest of the year, according to CareerBuilder and USA Today’s Q4 2009 Jobs Forecast.
Work trials and work experience are to be made mandatory for the long-term unemployed as part of a major expansion of employment support and welfare reform to get people back to work, the secretary of state for work and pensions Yvette Cooper has announced.
The expansion of welfare reform and employment support include:
Digital media recruiter www.ecomrecruitment.com has launched its site specifically for mobile platforms.
The new site has been specifically designed and optimised for mobile platforms. The specialist digital recruiter will supply professionals in creative and design roles technical and programmers, project managers and information architects.
Newton’s analytics aim to give recruiters real-time and accurate data
Cherie Blair, speaking at the launch of Women 1st
Global telecoms recruiter RP International has launched technology recruitment firm RPI Technology.
Belgium-based international search firm, Borderless Executive Search, has appointed Omar Shamma to lead its executive search activities in the Middle East.
Located in Dubai, Shamma has held senior management roles in several multinational companies in the chemicals and construction products industries.
The introduction of IR35 has caused contractors to come together over the controversial legislation, according to a special report by ContractorCalculator.
Talent management solutions provider StepStone and online recruitment research and strategy company Enhance Media are to help HR professionals attract higher levels of talented staff to their corporate jobsites using search engine optimisation (SEO) and other social media techniques.