Engineering and technical recruiter Morson has announced the appointment of Sophie Shriram who will lead the new Aberdeen office alongside Sarah Hutcheon.
Hutcheon says: “The North Sea market remains particularly buoyant with many industry commentators predicting 2012 will be even busier in the city.”
The new Aberdeen office could create up to 20 new jobs, the company says.
South African unemployment dropped by nearly 1% in Q2 2011, reports newspaper Business Day.
There was a net increase in jobs of 193,000 over the period, an increase of 1.5% compared to the previous quarter.
Recruitment process outsourcing firm cph has appointed four new members of staff.
Tom Couldwell takes the role of senior recruiter and will work onsite with an IT client in London.
Amanda Law and Matthew Norval have joined as resourcing consultants in the North-West, and Alexis Ward as a recruitment co-ordinator.
Bidding wars have increased salaries and bonuses for senior IT staff working at hedge by 30% and 60% respectively compared to last year, according to business and technology recruiters ReThink Recruitment.
Bournemouth multi-sector recruiter Bond Williams has appointed Kate Allen and Robin Brian as senior recruitment consultants.
Allen has seven years’ recruitment experience in office-based and finance roles. She joins the commercial permanent recruitment desk.
East Anglian generalist recruiter Cooper Lomaz has recently appointed Dan Benson and Chris Beech as consultants.
Benson’s previous experience has been in both the specialist and commercial recruitment sectors. He is responsible for oil & gas and renewable energy placements.
Beech brings with him four years’ experience in the specialist and technical recruitment sector.
Accountancy firm KPMG Europe has appointed Tim Payne as head of people.
Payne succeeds Rachel Campbell who recently took on the global head of people, performance and culture role for KPMG International.
Employment in the nation’s mining industry is at a 14-year high, reports the Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail.
According to data from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration, the number of coal jobs across the country is at its highest level since 1996, with 90,354 jobs in 2011.
Law firm Linklaters has appointed Chris Lynch as the firm’s new global HR director.
Lynch will join the firm in February, having held the position of global head of HR at law firm Herbert Smith since 2008.
Lynch will be based in London. She replaces Jill King, who retired from Linklaters in October.
HR solutions provider Kenexa has partnered with LinkedIn, as part of an initiative whose major aim is to reduce the number of applications abandoned due to long and complicated application processes.