Financial services recruiter S&H Consulting has appointed Andy Barnes as a director and board member.
S&H manging director Alan Summer says: “Andy’s appointment as a director is well deserved. His enthusiasm, passion and astute leadership will be a welcome addition to the boardroom.”
Multi-sector recruiter Talent Works International has opened a new office in Tel Aviv, Israel.
The move is part of the firm’s continued global expansion, which has seen Talent Works open offices across Europe and Asia Pacific to build a global platform to deliver its talent pooling and market mapping solutions to its clients.
Almost a third (32%) of UK family businesses do not have succession plans in place for key senior roles, according to research from professional services firm PwC.
However, the research shows that the UK is ahead of many of its international counterparts with 39% of US firms, 51% of Canadian ones, and around 60% of those in Italy and France, failing to make any succession plans.
Welfare to work provider FourstaR Employment & Skills has launched a new Retail Vocational Centre within its Employment Training Centre (ETC) in Garretts Green, Birmingham.
The centre offers a course aimed at helping candidates secure retail jobs through training in line with employer needs.
City-based banking technology recruiter, Nicoll Curtin Technology, has appointed Graham Hale as sales director.
Hale joins Nicoll Curtin Technology this week after a 10-year stint at Venn Group, where he rose quickly through the ranks to director, and was responsible for managing recruitment teams across a number of industries and vertical markets.
Most jobseekers do not think employers should judge candidates on their personal social media profile, according to research from MyJobGroup.
A recommendation made by the Migration Advisory Committee would make it more difficult for global organisations to recruit, according to the global head of resourcing at Unilever.
Social media is set to increase in importance to the recruitment sector in 2011, according to Greg Allen, head of recruitment EMEA at Nokia.
Steve Leeson, Morgan McKinley
Multi-sector recruiter Austin Banks has appointed Mick Hobson as head of its new Games & FMCG division.
Hobson will be handling roles within sales, marketing, PR and online/digital space.