Information security and risk management recruiter Acumin Consulting has launched its services in the US market.
The move comes on the back of demand from US-based vendors that Acumin has previously serviced within Europe and Acumin’s desire to build a global Information Security recruitment practice.
John Lewis is on the hunt for store managers and store level staff to fill 3,000 new jobs at 10 new small department stores, according to a spokesperson for John Lewis.
June saw a 22% increase in construction vacancies, according to the latest data from totaljobs.com.
The research the electronics and engineering industries saw a 20% increase in jobs posted but some sectors such as social services (-41%) and education (-20%) as well as the third sector (-22%).
A quarter of the UK’s unemployed are currently involved in volunteering projects, according to a survey carried out by volunteering platform OrangeRockCorps.
Global talent assessment organisation Pearson TalentLens has launched Sosie, a new values-based assessment tool.
Sosie measures personal motivations, interpersonal values and personality traits within a single assessment tool.
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Permanent staff placements rose in August at an identical rate to July, according to the latest ‘Report on Jobs’.
The report by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and professional services firm KPMG also shows that temporary staff billings remained broadly steady since July.
A complaint made against a New Career Skills advertisement for plumbing and electrician courses that appeared on the company’s website has been upheld.
Technology recruiter ReThink Group has seen “good progress” across all divisions as it has seen profits rise in its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011.
The group’s results reveal:
Home improvement retailer Kingfisher is on the hunt for 1,200 new colleagues.
The group says it will create 230 jobs at its B&Q stores with additional jobs created at 29 former Focus stores acquired earlier this year, in addition to 570 jobs saved at the time of the purchase with a further 1,000 new jobs at its Screwfix stores.