IT and sales recruiter Connections Recruitment has appointed Ross Williams as head of its new training academy.
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Proposed legislation to cut the redundancy terms for civil servants could cause long-term damage to the sector, according to Andy Robling, public services director at Hays.
According to reports, the coalition government is preparing emergency legislation to cut redundancy terms for 500,000 civil servants.
Developing key “employability” skills is integral to winning the war for talent in the engineering sector, according to Nigel Whitehead, group managing director at BAE Systems.
The chairman of ASWEB (Association Social Work Employment Businesses) has called on the government to allow more flexibility after media reports that a temporary cap on immigration is exacerbating social worker shortages.
An interim limit of 24,100 non-EU skilled workers entering the UK was imposed in July, ahead of a permanent immigration cap.
More than four in 10 creative and media professionals say their lifestyle has been unaffected by the recession, according to research form creative staffing firm Major Players.
The research shows that 44% felt that their career and lifestyle was unaffected by the downturn, although 26% had been hit by redundancy.
Tory efficiency adviser Sir Peter Gershon has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) public sector summit in June.
Recruitment and training firm Omega Resource has appointed John O’Sullivan as non-executive director.
Manufacturing output has grown at its fastest rate since 1994, according to April’s Markit/CIPS manufacturing Index.
The index rose to a 15-and-a-half year peak of 58.0 (57.3 in March).
Employment in the sector hit a three-year high as order book backlogs rose for first time in survey history.
Consultancy firm Kroll has announced the appointment of a new senior manager in its background screening division. Jim Foley has been named Managing Director of the division’s EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.
Just over 30% of employers in the private sector say the greatest motivation for using temporary, contract or interim workers is to avoid increasing permanent headcount, whereas the greatest motivation for public sector employers is to access specific skill sets, according to new research from Hays.