UK online recruitment activity bounced back after January’s seasonal blip to reach its highest levels since December 2008, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.
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Assessment company FindingPotential has launched a free psychometric questionnaire aimed at helping firms recruit only those candidates who will be highly engaged in their job.
Engage, the 10-minute online questionnaire, provides a feedback report on the importance to the individual of 14 aspects of work that underpin employee engagement and commitment.
The public sector pay increase cap, announced by the Chancellor yesterday, is likely to stall recruitment into the sector, according to Kieran Ryan, managing director of The Synergy Group.
Online skills assessment provider Skillsarena has launched a suite of online psychometric evaluation tools aimed at helping employers identify traits such as attention skills, personality characteristics and cognitive aptitude for an individual role.
The government’s plans to legislate to curb excessive pay and bonuses to bankers as outlined in the Queen’s Speech could be good news for recruiters.
Recruiters will be required to advertise some jobs in Jobcentre Plus for four weeks following changes to the Resident Labour Market Test announced yesterday.
Neutral vendor and workforce management company the Albany Group has apologised for any inconvenience or financial hardship to staffing companies and contractors after admitting that a £3m factoring facility for three of its UK companies has been withdrawn.
Financial recruiter WH Marks Sattin, a division of the FiveTen Group, has appointed Scott Stacey as managing director of its Australian operation.
Stacey is a former Hudson executive general manager for Victoria where he also led the company’s overall accountancy business across Australia.
Travel recruiter New Frontiers Recruitment has appointed Sean Jeddaoui as business development manager.
Jeddaoui, who previously worked in corporate travel for American Express, moved into travel recruitment in 2003 with C&M Recruitment, eventually progressing to lead consultant.
Following the launch of its permanent older persons & mental health division last year Geneva Health has entered the temporary market.