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.
Provider of e-recruitment software solutions, Candidate Manager, has agreed a deal with UK bicycle retailer Evans Cycles.
The contract was agreed as Evans Cycles saw an increase in the number of overall applications to its growing business. With 43 stores and 860 staff, Evans Cycles typically posts up to 250 job advertisements per year.
Morgan Stanley Private Equity has acquired US provider of outsourced HR and speciality-branded temporary staffing services EmployBridge.
Morgan Stanley Private Equity partnered with the current management team who will remain in place and hold a significant minority stake in the firm.
Ex-military staffing specialist ForceSelect is to develop a national network of independent schools offering bursary places to families of all three Armed Forces based on the success of a pilot scheme.
It is critical that governments across the world open themselves up to the movement of talent as part of the solution to meet skills shortages.
So says Jeffrey A Joerres, chairman and chief executive of international recruitment giant ManpowerGroup.
Insolvency, inflation and instability will dominate the global environment for some time to come - conditions that will affect organisations’ ability to effectively handle their talent issues, the chief economist of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) warned a London audience on Thursday.
Pensions, investment and insurance company Prudential has signed a deal with Microdec to implement its Profile RPM recruitment software.
China is set to be a “global hotspot for business opportunity”, according to a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Access China service.
The report identifies the top 20 fastest growing large cities, represented by ‘CHAMPS’ — Chongqing, Hefei, Anshan, Maanshan, Pingdingshan and Shenyang.