Aspire People has launched a new division specialising in the healthcare and support sector.
Aspire Care & Support will be led Tracy Archer, and Natalie Williams will be heading the division.
Both Archer and Williams join from recruiter Healthcare Direct.
Recruitment software provider Bond International Software’s Bond Payroll Services is to be adopted by South Hampstead and Kilburn (SHAK) Community Partnership.
SHAK has adopted Bond Payroll Services to speed up payroll processing. The charity (www.shakonline.co.uk) works with local communities and aims to develop education and youth services in response to local needs.
Almost nine in 10 (88%) of recruiters see mistakes on IT jobseekers’ CVs, according to research from IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk.
The research shows 74% of IT jobseekers are confident they represent themselves better in person than on paper, while 23% of IT jobseekers admit to getting someone else to write their CV for them.
The energy sector is benefiting from an influx of ex-forces personnel, according to multi-sector recruiter Carlton Resource Solutions.
According to the firm, with RAF Kinloss earmarked for closure and RAF Lossiemouth under threat, ex-HM Forces personnel with highly developed leadership and motivational skills are currently assessing their options and looking at alternative careers.
Professional recruiter Michael Page International’s profitability has improved “significantly”, according to its full-year results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The group’s results show:
Award entrants for this year’s Recruiter Awards should find out what makes them different, according to John Rose, chief executive of FiveTen Group.
At Recruiter’s judging day for this year’s Awards for Excellence, supported by Innovate CV, Rose told Recruiterthat entrants should find what makes them special and stand out when filling in their entry forms.
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Search and match specialist Actonomy has launched a new empowered search feature on its xMP platform.
Mobile marketing solutions provider Upstream has appointed Robyn Collins as global director of human resources and administration.
Global executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Sam Stylianou as partner in its financial services practice.
Stylianou, who joins CTPartners from Armstrong International, serves primarily capital markets and asset & wealth management clients.
Brightpool, sister company to interim management provider Interim Partners, has appointed Guy Emmerson as managing director.
Emmerson previously led the financial services business unit at Badenoch & Clark, London, where he was an associate director and a UK board member.