HR services provider Independent has appointed seven new starters to the team.
Lindsey Barnes and Sabrina Malor have joined as resourcers for the international arm of the business, while Matt Corcoran, Sophie Kavia and Kerry-Anne Wykes are supporting recruitment for Independent’s UK clients.
CK Science and CK Clinical have merged to form the CK Group.
Newly appointed managing director, Jonathan Hart-Smith, says: “This merger creates a powerful leader in the niche recruitment industry sector, with greatly expanded areas of recruitment and a wider client and candidate base.
The UK’s Employment Outlook is the most positive it has been in three years, according to Manpower, the global leader in contingent and permanent recruitment workforce solutions.
The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey is based on responses from over 2,100 UK employers about hiring intentions in the coming economic quarter.
More than six out of 10 workers overstate their financial worth in the workplace, according to new research.
The survey by HR consultancy Reabur.com found that 61% of respondents thought they were underpaid and that on average they thought they should be paid an extra £5,000 a year.
Thiollier: disappointed with response
International jobsite Alpha Financial Jobs says it has seen a “significant” increase in the number of UK recruiters in accountancy and finance advertising their job vacancies on its site.
Engineering recruiter ATA Recruitment has renewed its contract with job posting and candidate management service Logic Melon for a second consecutive year.
ATA recruitment has been using Logic Melon’s MyTracking product to help improve its workflow for the consultants while supplying analytics on the performance of its advertising network.
Sheffield-based Reset Training has launched the Reset Certification Scheme (RCS), an online proof of competence system.
Community retailer the Co-operative Group says it has seen applications soar by 65% compared to this time last year.
In the six weeks since the applications opened, almost 1,000 graduates have applied for 19 posts at the firm’s head office in Manchester.
UK manufacturing is set for “steady” growth into 2011, according to Dean Ball, regional managing director, whose remit includes manufacturing at Michael Page International.
Ball’s comments follow release of the CIPS/Markit purchasing managers index which rose to 58.0, the highest point since September of 1994.