Rumours of the demise of the Irish economy have been greatly exaggerated, according to Jason Kennedy, global CEO of Irish-owned Grafton Employment Group.
The Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor for November shows that compared to 2010, 46% of managers across the finance, technical, office support and IT functions in Ireland feel more positive about the economic outlook for 2011.
The Insolvency Service has warned companies involved in tax umbrella schemes that those companies that adopt unscrupulous business practices will be investigated and closed down.
Recruiters have a key role to play in helping public sector clients share knowledge to develop labour strategies, according to David Morgan, partner at Morgan Law.
The UK’s London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is to implement StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition programme.
The solution will handle recruitment and process 120,000 applications for the 600 vacancies the council advertises each year.
BIE Interim Executive has appointed Graham Jones and Alastair Lechler as directors.
Jones was most recently HR director of Acenden, a former subsidiary of Lehman Brothers. Lechler has seven years of public sector management recruitment experience with Badenoch & Clark.
Advertising agency McCann Interactive Birmingham has won a contract to overhaul recruitment specialist Reed’s website reedglobal.com.
The work, undertaken this summer, will see McCann redevelop the design and functionality of the website, as well as install and extend an open source content management system for Reed.
Restauranteur McDonalds has agreed a partnership with specialist ex-service recruiter ForceSelect, to create new job opportunities for people leaving the armed forces.
US executive search firm Lucas Group has formed a global recruiting partnership with J Friisberg & Partners Italy, an executive recruiting firm in Milan, Italy, and a member of Friisberg & Partners International.
IT and financial services recruiter Bright Purple Resourcing has strengthened its teams in Edinburgh and London with a number of new appointments.
Senior consultant Jason Milanesi and resourcer Kevin Watters join Bright Purple’s Tesco bank team in Edinburgh.
January’s increase in the standard rate of VAT could represent a “commercial nightmare” for third-sector employers not registered for VAT, according to David Thornhill, managing director of Cash Simply.