The age of the smart watch looks certain to have implications for the world of recruitment – in time – as yesterday saw the highly-anticipated first move into the market from Samsung, with its Android-powered Gear device.
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International staffing group Empresaria saw a global revenue decline of 2% in the first half of 2013, but adjusted operating profit rose as its Rest of the World (RoW) region was the strongest performer globally.
Engineering firm Dyson says it is looking to take on around 650 engineers of various level of seniority globally, although the firm’s founder has again expressed concern at the industry’s standing and long-time talent pipeline.
Like Russia in the 1920s and 1930s, there has been an outbreak of five-year plans in the recruitment sector this month, which hopefully will prove to be more successful than seven decades of the Soviet planned economy.
Sunderland Council has granted car maker Nissan permission to start construction on a project that will bring £250m investment and 1,000 jobs to the UK.
A raft of data released this week further suggests that the UK jobs market is picking up as the economy recovers, with manufacturing, construction and property showing particular strength.
Having been relatively quiet in recent months, international executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has this month acquired Prague-based TalentOn Executive Search.
International HR and finance software supplier Talentia Software has launched in the UK following its formation out of a merger in February this year.
The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has named technical recruiter NES Global Talent as its approved global recruitment partner in an exclusive three-year deal.
Workforce solutions and services firm System One, based in Pennsylvania, has acquired New Jersey-based multi-sector staffing firm Joulé.