Print and packaging recruiter Mercury Search and Selection has launched Mercury Resourcing to focus on the temporary market in the creative, graphics and print sectors.
The firm will be based at new offices in new offices on Cheapside in the City of London.
Former Apprentice winner Lee McQueen, and founder of training, development and mentoring organisation, Raw Talent Academy, says that high youth unemployment is increasing the appetite for a career in recruitment.
Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International has promoted 16 employees to partner in all areas of the world and covering a diverse span of practices.
Newly-promoted partners include:
Chad Astmann, financial services practice in New York City
Michael Sarnoff, financial services practice in New York City
Pharmacist Lloydspharmacy has launched a smartphone trailer and presentation to help pharmacy graduates find out what it’s like to work at the pharmacy chain.
Recruitment agencies are generally conscious of the fact that they are taking on certain commercial risks when placing contractors overseas. It is rarely the case that agencies actually define the nature of those risks and the consequences of breaching any category of compliance in any country in which they are doing business.
The government’s Red Tape challenge website has been hailed as a “great boost” for SMEs to recruit more efficiently, according to according to Liz Longman, managing director of the independent recruiters’ network, The Employment Agents Movement (TEAM).
Bids are open for the second round of the government’s £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund to encourage enterprise, growth and jobs in the private sector and support areas and communities that are dependent on the public sector.
Multi-sector recruiter CareerMoves Group has appointed Olivia Woodhead as resourcer in its admin, secretarial and support recruitment division.
Woodhead will support senior account managers Kelly Howe and Sarah Savage.
Employment and skills specialist the Employability and Skills Group (esg.) has appointed Diane Herft as its group director for HR.
