Technical engineering human resource recruiter Morson International has appointed Mark Smith as account manager.
Smith, who previously worked in-house at Transport for London for two years and the Thales Group will serve established Morson clients, while creating new business opportunities within the transportation and aerospace sectors.
Jobcentre Plus has emerged as the most popular jobsite for jobseekers, according to the new National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS).
The most popular jobs boards among jobseekers for searches are:
Margins are easing in the IT and telecoms sector but competition for talent remains, according to Linda Kennedy, vice president of people, Orange UK.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the most pressing concern of workers calling the government’s Pay and Work Rights helpline.
Launched in September, the helpline has received more 50,000 calls with 68% of calls related to the NMW, while other common enquiries relate to Employment Agency Standards, working hour limits and the agricultural minimum wage.
GE has announced that it aims to create 2,000 jobs by 2020 with a€110m (£99.1m) investment in the UK offshore wind sector.
What should a new recruit be able to achieve in a particular role at three, six and nine months on the job?
The number of permanent hires rose again in March, growing at their fastest pace since October 1997, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s Report on Jobs.
The data shows thatshort-term staff appointments rose at their strongest rate for 34 months in March.
Recruiters Brook Street, Prospectus, Sammons Group, Eurobase, Hays, Step Ahead and Spring Group have all won places on a new framework agreement for the supply of temporary staff, exclusively for London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) members.
US temporary worker demand is set to fall by 13.7% in 2009, according to the Palmer Forecast.
The industry consulting firm’s findings indicated a 22.2% decline in temporary help for Q3 2009, which actually came in at a 24.5 % decline more than predicted due to higher than expected unemployment figures.
Scottish banks and financial services firms are encountering difficulties in recruiting new staff to vital business areas, with some teams operating lean to take advantage of any recovery, according to banking and finance recruiter Joslin Rowe.