Global recruiter Hays has opened a new flagship office in the heart of the City.
The new office at 107 Cheapside officially launched yesterday at a client event, where TV chef John Torode entertained guests with cookery demonstrations throughout the evening.
Click on the video below to hear from divisional managing director James Lloyd-Townshend about the move:
The number of vacancies across the permanent IT job market dropped from 15,492 in July to 13,973 in August (down 9.81%), according data from IT recruiter Computer People.
The data also reveals contractor positions were down 0.18% from 6,033 to 6,022.
Industrial recruiter Pebble People is to open in Northampton.
Pebble People, the third Jark Joint Venture in the UK, will be led by recruitment specialist Harry Bowden.
The firm will focus on supplying staff to the industrial sector, then open up into the commercial and technical sectors towards the end of the year and join the social care market in the early part of next year.
Organisations have increased the number of IT personnel at board level (up 16.5% compared to 2010), according to data from IT recruiter Modis International.
The research shows 24% of senior IT decision-makers say IT now has a higher executive profile.
Almost half (46%) say IT now plays a major part in defining business strategy — up from 26% last year.
The number of people working in the UK voluntary sector has increased by nearly 40% since 2001, and stood at 765,000 in 2010, says research jointly carried out by the Third Sector Research Centre and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Technology sales staffing specialist Robson Taylor has relocated to larger premises.
The firm is now located in a purpose built suite in the Cheadle Royal Business Park, near Manchester Airport.
Kevin Buller, Robson Taylor’s chief executive, says: “We have recently moved to a much larger office suite to facilitate our plans for further expansion of the business.”
Technical recruiter NRL has opened an office in London.
The office is located in Bressenden Place, London SW1, and will be headed up by David Redmayne, who is responsible for business development as well as looking after existing NRL projects in the South-East.
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has attracted some open, public criticism lately from existing, very experienced recruiters regarding some management decisions that have been seen as unprofessional.
A survey of attitudes to career progression worldwide finds that most of the workforce puts a premium on experience over formal education
At the risk of sounding like Mike Myers’ creation Austin Powers, we’re having to increasingly ’be-have’ in the public sector.