Road transport and logistics recruiter Driver Hire has appointed Peter Lawford as national sales director.
He will be responsible for the ongoing development of Driver Hire’s core national accounts business.
Meanwhile, Graham Duckworth has been appointed divisional director responsible for senior management recruiter dh Logistics Appointments.
Scottish financial services recruiter Change Recruitment Group is to grow its 100-strong workforce by 30% across its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices by next April.
The move comes as the firm records a turnover of £14.7m for the 2010/11 financial year, up 51% in annual turnover on the 2009/10 figure of £9.8m.
Promoting more women to the top jobs in business would help make the planet a better place, according to leadership expert Niamh O’Keeffe (right).
Almost one in three UK workers are prepared to sacrifice pay for more holiday, according to research by multi-sector recruiter hyphen.
The poll of more than 1,000 workers found 31.4% are prepared to sacrifice salary for more time off.
Recruitment giant Adecco Group has acquired US-based career transition and talent development services provider Drake Beam Morin.
Adecco has bought the firm for £132m with the transaction financed with Adecco’s existing financing resources.
Executive recruiter Archer Mathieson has hired supply chain and procurement consultant James Gherardi.
Gherardi has five years’ recruitment experience, chiefly in the pharmaceutical, FMCG and medical devices sectors. He was previously at RK Supply Chain.
Recruitment firm Platinum has appointed Andy Houldsworth as area manager.
He will lead both the firm’s Newcastle and Manchester offices
IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Robert Woodford as global head of marketing.
Woodford joins from multi-sector recruiter Kellan Group and has previously worked for the Randstad, Manpower and Reed groups.
The talent you bring in to a company is equally as important as the marketing you do for your brand, according to US marketoonist Tom Fishburne.
Resourcing professionals need to take a creative approach to their brand to ensure it is placed differently on the market, according to HR consultant Richard Roberts.
Roberts was speaking at a Randstad breakfast seminar aboard the Clipper Stad Amsterdam in the heart of the City of London this morning.