Executive search consultants are optimistic for the year ahead, according to a new survey by the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
The 2011 Search Industry Outlook Report reveals that 68% of search consultants are positive and 30% neutral for 2011, denoting a peak in industry confidence since its low point at the end of 2008.
Indian executive search firm 3P consultants has successfully placedSagar Joshi asdirector corporate communications at integrated manufacturer of worsted fabric, Raymond.
Josihi was previously vice president – corporate communications at Siemens, responsible for corporate communications for Siemens and its group companies within South Asia.
The ‘Chief Executive Twitterer’ is among a number of strange and unusual job titles being thrown up by the world of social media, according to a review of job titles used for adverts by online job board JobServe.com
Unusual job titles have included ‘ ‘Web 2.0 Wonk’, a ‘Facebook Fashionista’, a ‘Manager of Deep Web Research’ and a ‘Twitterer-in-Chief’.
Australian rec-to-rec, HR and internal recruiter recruitment firm Hamilton Professional is looking to form an alliance with a couple of rec-to-rec firms in the UK.
Executive search and selection firm Teale Consulting has appointed Tim Teale as partner.
Teale joins his father David’s firm from Penna, where he was a project manager.
Refuse collectors may have an additional reason to fear for their jobs other than swingeing cuts to public sector budgets.
The Daily Mail reports that rather than wait around for council dump trucks to do their rounds, 91-year-old Alan Cresswell attaches a bin to the back of his mobility buggy and drives the contents to the nearest tip.
Executive search firm TRANSEARCH International has opened a new office in Brussels, Belgium.
Richard Lewis, Tanguy van Reeth and Yves Storez are the managing partners in the office, forming global alliances with their own firms by joining TRANSEARCH International.
Education recruiter School Staffing has opened a Leeds branch.
Jason Robinson, director at School Staffing, says: “Despite the current economic climate, School Staffing is looking to continue with its rollout of regional offices. This is our fourth since we started trading less than two years ago and we are looking to open at least two more this year.”
Fern Global has secured a £250,000 factoring facility from Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.
The Sheffield-based firm provides permanent and temporary staff for firms in the construction, engineering, industrial and clerical sectors.
The number of professional jobs increased by 39% in January on December, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
The monitor also reveals a 37% increase year-on-year from January last year and was the highest number of new jobs recorded since October 2008.