Military service leaver recruiter ForceSelect has signed an agreement designer brand Ted Baker to provide a collection of clothing for military service leavers so candidates are suitably attired when job interviews as they enter civvy street.
Under the terms of the ‘Suited & Booted’ agreement, candidate will be offered 20% off of the full retail price.
The impact of the Henley Business School MBA programme for the recruitment industry that begins in September will take five to seven years to filter through, according to the deputy chair of APSCo (Association of Professional Staffing Companies).
Applications are now open for the City of London Business Traineeship scheme, which places City-fringe school leavers in summer internships at top City firms.
The paid internships offer students the average wage for a graduate role and school leavers from all backgrounds can apply.
The chief executive of Meridian Business Support is urging the Chancellor George Osborne to prevent director and shareholders of companies from benefiting from pre-packs.
International job board group JobServe has entered the South African recruitment market through a joint venture with Intergate Immigration Service.
The collaboration creates a job board run under the JobNet brand, with both domestic South African job adverts and international job adverts.
More than three-quarters (78%) of jobseekers do not think private sector job creation will offset public sector job losses, according to a survey from senior executive career site TheLadders.co.uk.
The research shows just 22% are more confident on landing a new job following the Budget.
Jobs board DiversityInc.com has extended its partnership with advertising software solutions provider Adicio Inc careers platform.
Luke Visconti, chief executive of DiversityInc, says: “We’ve been with Adicio since 2003 and remain confident that we have the right partner to help us continue to grow our online recruitment business.”
UK employees are failing to make to most of social networks to further their careers, according to the latest Kelly Global Workforce Index.
The index reveals only one in five people in the UK search for jobs on social media networks leaving the UK near the bottom of the global rankings in 25th place.
Heidrick & Struggles International, the global executive search and leadership consulting services firm, has appointed Curt Lucas as partner.
Lucas will be part of the life sciences practice, specialising in health services and based out of Chicago in the US.
Global recruitment consultancy FiveTen has appointed Sharron Marsh to head the group’s new internal resourcing division across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.