Multi-sector recruiter Renard Resources has moved to new offices in Covent Garden in London.
The move has seen the firm upgrade its candidate training and interviewing facilities while also adding further space for expansion into new sectors.
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Financial recruiter Allemby Hunt has seen a 29% increase in turnover for the year ending August 31 2011.
Permanent placements rose 24% along with gross profit, up 16% to £936k.
Forget the terminology, concentrate on the outsourcing, advises Simon Ward, head of UK recruitment at insurance giant Legal & General (L&G).
Speaking at the KellyOCG-sponsored RPO & e-Recruitment Forum in London last week, Ward told delegates the “jungle of phraseology” surrounding recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) could be overwhelming.
Nearly two-thirds of UK IT jobs are now with software houses and outsourcing firms, according to a report by specialist IT websites CWJobs and JobsAdsWatch.
The survey also shows an increase of 19% in IT vacancies advertised over the last 12 months, although growth in the last quarter has slowed with just a 1% rise in permanent roles.
TriSys Business Software has released the latest version of its recruitment software designed for use with cloud computing services.
Amazon, Microsoft and Google cloud services are supported, and the software works with a number of social networks including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
TriSys Version 10 is available from the company’s website in trial mode.
Recruiters have more work to do before they can accurately measure the return on investment of social media, according to the resourcing director of Centrica.
Matt Berry told Recruiter that because Centrica employed one resourcer whose job was to fill “very senior, niche or specialist niche roles”, it was easy to demonstrate the value of LinkedIn in this instance.
A 30-year-old Indian man has been arrested in Kent on suspicion of supplying workers without a valid GLA licence, following a multi-agency operation led by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs Specialist Investigations.
The UK’s financial services sector has been recruiting new staff at its fastest pace since 2007, according to a survey from the CBI/PwC.
The survey shows firms added 11,000 jobs in Q2, while hiring expectations indicate a further 10,000 people will be recruited in the next quarter.
The interim management sector is recovering with typical daily rates increasing from around £600 in 2010 to £638 in 2011, according to the Institute of Interim Management (IIM) Interim Management Survey 2011.
The survey also shows the number of new projects has increased with 60% of respondents reporting that they were currently “on assignment”, compared with just 51% in 2010.
Learning and development professionals are in increased demand, according to the latest professional talent spotlight from Badenoch & Clark.