Recruiter’s are skeptical about the prime minister’s pledge to provide an additional £79m to train the unemployed. Speaking from Iraq Gordon Brown told reporters the money would help give people the skills they needed to get back to work.
However, recruiters doubt the money will be affective in training the candidates they need to meet skill shortages.
TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications has acquired employment & recruitment communications firm Aia.
In 2007, the New York-based TMP Worldwide Advertising & Communications, bought employer brand consultancy People in Business (PiB), which helps companies develop and manage their employer brands.
Newly-formed executive search firm MHA Partners is in the final stages of negotiations with Soveys, Canada’s second biggest retailer, for an 18-month contract to work exclusively as the preferred search partner for Sovey’s executive appointments.
Online recruitment activity reached a 20-month low in December, according to the Monster Employment Index.
The Index decreased by 11 points in December, with demand for HR-related positions dropping to an Index low, while the financial sector fell to its lowest level since January 2007.
The media may be full of depressing tales of redundancies, closures and lay-offs, tending to make even the most optimistic recruiter feel a tad edgy, but spare a thought for the plight of the Armed Forces.
Diversification: not always the longed-for pot of gold
Recruitment in low-cost areas of travel continues to go on as holidaymakers seek the best deal, according to travel recruiters.
Ian Brooks, director at Gail Kenny Executive Search, told Recruiter, that low-cost carriers were prospering in the downturn.
PAs are being entrusted with increased responsibility as well as the handling of commercially sensitive and confidential information due to the recession, claims a new survey.
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HR recruiter Barnes Kavelle has recruited a chartered occupational psychologist to help clients improve the performance and welfare of their staff.
Clare Cook, who has worked with clients such as Linde Material Handling, Bacardi and ASDA, joins the human resources team from an occupational psychology consultancy in Manchester.