A survey on behalf of IT security experts SecurEnvoy of 1,000 London workers revealed just 11% were affected by the teachers strike in June, yet 55% believe that the threat of future strikes would encourage their employers to introduce IT measures to allow them to work from home.
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Recruitment technology provider Kamanchi has launched new business division i-Learn, which aims to help recruiters maximise profitability from investment in IT infrastructure.
The team will be headed up by Mike Jewsbury, who has held senior roles at Spring Group, Adecco and Randstad. Mike is joined by Samra Ali who joins Kamanchi from Hays.
Students are increasingly keen to engage with future employers early, according to Richard Irwin, student recruitment manager at professional services firm PwC. Irwin told Recruiter that research conducted by PwC found a “real demand from students which many employers are not exploiting in terms of identifying students early and engaging with them and their development”.
RPO provider Alexander Mann Solutions has launched a new sourcing engine – source cloud.
The solution implements candidate relationship management software as well as a sourcing intelligence tool to create a bank of international active and passive candidates. The system can also be integrated with the client’s applicant tracking systems.
International recruiter CDI Corp has seen revenues rise 20% in Q2 on the same period last year, according to its results for the for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011
The group posted revenue of $262.7m, representing growth of 20% compared to the previous year’s second quarter and sequential quarterly growth of 2.4%.
Financial staffing specialist Bruin Financial is moving to bigger premises in the City.
The firm’s new address will be 1st Floor, 5 Old Bailey London EC4M 7BA.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation reports that it has today received confirmation from Government that, despite media reports of a high-level review, the Agency Work Regulations (AWR) will come into force as planned.
Professional services recruiter one2one is to expand into larger offices in Northampton.
Director and co-owner Kirk Knowles says: “These are exciting times for our business as despite what can only be described as difficult trading conditions; we have seen not only an increase in revenues, we are now offering a much wider range of recruitment-based solutions to our clients.”
As Greece continues to reel from the impact of its debt crisis, the country’s executives are increasingly looking abroad for opportunities.
Iraklis Papadopolous, principal and country manager, Greece at Pedersen & Partners, told Recruiter that with many senior executives in Greece being made redundant, there was “a lot of interest in relocating into other markets”.
An interim management statement from recruiter Michale Page has seen gross profit rates fall to 26.5% in Q3 2011.
A trading statement says: “As markets weaken and become more unpredictable, our short-term visibility reduces, particularly in respect of permanent placements.