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.
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.