More than half of the largest buy-out deals in the staffing sector will be private equity based in the foreseeable future, according to a lawyer who specialises in the sector.
Kevin Barrow, partner at Osborne Clarke, told Recruiter that the staffing sector was following the trend of the buy-out market overall.
Former Modis International manager Craig Cheetham has joined new Sheffield-based IT staffing specialist P K Technology as director.
Cheetham, whose experience has seen him managing large-scale IT recruitment campaigns, is a shareholder in the business.
Recruitment in the UK will be boosted by the expansion of professional services firms in emerging markets, according to Albert Ellis, chief executive at Harvey Nash.
Accounting staffing specialist Walker Andersen, the newly launched specialist recruitment brand of Andersen Partnership, has appointed Bruce Macaulay as national manager.
Macaulay will lead Walker Andersen’s new professional services team in Sydney, Australia.
Recruitment, retention and career management consultancy Renovo has appointed Amanda Nichols as outbound sales manager.
Nichols is charged with developing and growing Renovo’s outbound sales function as well as promoting products and services and winning new clients. The firm adds that it will be recruiting four further team members over the next quarter.
The number of hospitality jobseekers in the Middle East looking to move to another role has risen year on year, according to a new survey from CatererGlobal.com.
The survey shows that 59% believe their next job will take them to another company, up from 56% last year and 53% in 2008. Only 17% thought their next move would be internal.
Decision Recruitment has implemented back office solutions provider Liquid Friday’s Liquid BPO solution.
The solution includes a web-based time-sheet system, invoicing module, back office processing tools, exporting capability for most accounts packages and a suite of critical reports.
Korn/Ferry International, a global provider of talent management solutions, has appointed Katie Lahey as managing director, Australia and New Zealand.??
The current chief executive of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), Lahey will assume her new role at Korn/Ferry in the new year, following nearly a decade as CEO at the BCA.
While less than 5% of US employers expect their employees to leave voluntarily this year, six in 10 employees intend to look for a new job if the economy improves, according to a new survey from Manpower subsidiary Right Management.
The survey also showed that 31% of employers do not have a proactive process in place to capture employees’ job knowledge.
Initio International has announced that Matthew Briand, president of Monroe Staffing, one of the multi-sector recruiter’s subsidiaries, has joined the firm’s board of directors.
Briand was elected at an Initio board meeting.