IT staffing solutions specialists Redrock Consulting has agreed a partnership with an overseas US and India-based ecommerce platform Advanced Technology Group (ATG) consultancy McFadyen.
In partnership with McFadyen, Redrock will give UK e-tailers access to an unrivalled talent pool of cost-effective and highly experienced onshore, offshore and nearshore ATG services and resources.
Recruitment giant Adecco has agreed a joint venture (JV) with Chinese HR service company FESCO.
Stephen Pearce, a director of KennedyPearce Consulting, told Recruiter that the firm was probably placing double the number of financial sector candidates than a year ago.
“The market is booming at the moment and the biggest challenge is finding candidates,” says Kennedy.
Germany is the second largest market in Europe for fixed-term contracts after the UK. The current German government regards fixed-term contracting as a vital element in a flexible labour market and actively promotes the use of temporary labour (in spite of the fact that it is not popular with the trade union movement).
A scattergun approach from candidates is ensuring finding good customer services people is becoming more labour intensive, according to Paul Harper, recruitment consultant – commercial division at ASC Connections.
Business and enterprise minister Mark Prisk has outlined reforms to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme to support micro-lending to small business.
Just four in 10 European employees are firmly committed to remaining in their organisation over the next 12 months, according to a survey from Krauthammer Observatory.
Independent executive search firm Warren Partners has joined forces with London-based boutique executive search consultancy Atticus Partnership.
The newly-merged company will trade under the Warren Partners name.
The move is the next step in delivering Warren Partners’ ambitious growth strategy. The Cheshire-based consultancy is led by founder and chairman Joëlle Warren.
Chinese restaurant group Yum! Brands China division, a subsidiary of US-based Yum! Brands, is to implement global provider of HR business solutions Kenexa’s 2x BrassRing and Kenexa’s related consulting services.
The firm’s brands include KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Long John Silver’s and A&W All-American Food Restaurants, with nearly $11bn (£7bn) in revenue in 2009.
International consultancy WYG is providing technical assistance on an employment project to promote registered employment in Turkey.