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US professional talent and solutions providers Manpower Professional, COMSYS and Jefferson Wells are to rebrand as Experis.

Experis, part of ManpowerGroup, operates within the IT, finance and engineering sectors, recruiting hard-to-fill and highly-skilled positions.

The government should cut spending on teaching assistants, according to Randstad Education’s UK managing director Patrick Maloney.

According to the Audit Commission, spend on teaching assistants has more than doubled in less than a decade to £2.2bn a year.

IT staffing specialists are the most popular recruitment tool for senior IT decision makers, according to research from IT recruiter Modis International.

The research shows specialist IT recruiters were the tool of choice for 54% of respondents, while 13% prefer to rely on referral schemes and 7% prefer company websites. Social media is the preferred tool for 5% of respondents.

Soldier On!: The official Recruiter Awards charity for 20

Soldier On!: The official Recruiter Awards charity for 20

Financial, legal and consultancy recruiter Definitive Consulting has appointed Andrew Williams as principal consultant.

Williams, who joins Definitive Consulting from Twenty Recruitment, where he was head of audit recruitment, will be based at Definitive’s head office in the City of London and will take on a nationwide remit.

Helping ex-military professionals into “all sorts” of opportunities and second careers has helped ForceSelect land the Best Newcomer Agency award at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, supported by Innovate CV.

Universities should introduce modules in contemporary technology to increase the employability of graduates, according to cloud recruitment firm Resource on Demand (ROD).

From September next year, universities in England will be allowed to raise tuition fees up to £9k per year. ROD says this represents a great opportunity for universities to invest in emerging technology markets.

Options Group, a global executive search and strategic consulting firm, has appointed John Carreras as executive director, head of Options Group’s new office in Miami.

Recruitment specialist Resource Solutions Group has enlisted former Apprentice winner Lee McQueen (right) and his company Raw Talent Academy to help find new sales talent.

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