North American retained executive search firm Caldwell Partners has appointed Stamford-based partner Peter Reed to lead its insurance practice.
Before joining Caldwell Partners in May, Reed was a partner and member of the financial services practice at CTPartners. He also spent 10 years as a key member of Korn/Ferry International’s global insurance practice.
Crem Recruitment has hired Chloe Garrett as consultant covering West Suffolk, North Essex and South Cambridgeshire.
Garrett has previous previous experience in both the temporary and permanent recruitment in and around Cambridge.
Recruitment is key a driver of innovation of change, according to a report from RPO provider Alexander Mann Solutions.
The survey of senior global HR decision makers shows 34% see recruitment as a driver of innovation and change, while 53% view it as an enabler.
Just 6% see recruitment as a potential barrier to innovation.
Sustained M&A activity is improving job prospects for financial services workers, according to Dave Way, managing director at accountancy & finance recruiter Marks Sattin.
Job opportunities fell in December, according the latest Reed Job Index.
The index fell seven index points in the month but was up 4% on the same period last year.
The findings also show salaries for new jobs rose last month by three points, to give a Reed Salary Index reading of 99, 1% down year-on-year and nearly back to their level of 12 months ago.
CTPartners has been chosen by Dialogic Inc to lead its search for a new chief financial officer.
Current CFO Al Wood has announced his departure but will continue to serve up until March.
Dialogic and its subsidiaries supply communications platforms and technology to enterprise and service provider markets.
Construction union UCATT is calling for an urgent investigation into the actions of certain payroll companies which, it says, are costing the Inland Revenue millions in lost National Insurance contributions and denying workers even the most basic employment rights.
Ed Percival, business coach
There is a pattern emerging. People are asking me to show them how to make more money and how to improve their relationships.
University leavers will increasingly require “employability” skills, according to Elizabeth Ewen, head of talent at Michael Page International.
Ewen was speaking at a Graduate Recruitment Roundtable in London last week, supported by Michael Page, Recruiter magazine and the Employers Forum on Age.
Dr Elisabeth Marx, a former partner at Heidrick and Struggles, has joined the executive search and advisory firm Stonehaven.
Marx joins the board practice to work with founder Simon Hall and Stonehaven’s chairman, Bob Wigley, the former chairman of Merrill Lynch EMEA.