JCW Search, a niche supplier of risk management, regulatory compliance and audit professionals to the financial services and consulting sectors, has appointed Dan King to head up business operations.
King has around five years of recruitment experience in diverse settings from high street to specialist, as well as RPO implementation with Korn/Ferry and Futurestep in Asia Pacific.
Provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, The Capita Group, has bought Ventura, a customer contact specialist for £65m on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Recruitment technology specialist Kamanchi has appointed Mike Jewsbury as recruitment technology learning manager.
Meanwhile, Samra Ali joins as recruitment technology learning consultant.
Indian executive search firm 3P Consultants has placed Manjit Singh as director HR at global life sciences and material sciences company DSM.
Before joining DSM, Singh was HR director for India Subcontinent at Covidien Healthcare. He has more than 15 years of experience in the HR function with multinational companies like Covidien, Baxter Healthcare, GENPACT, ALSTOM & ABB.
Tokyo-based multi-sector recruiter Wahl & Case has successfully placed Kenji Yamamoto as chief revenue officer and Japan president of startup translation technology company myGengo.
Yamamoto was previously vice president of channel sales for Apple and director of Apple Japan. He has held board and executive level roles with Oracle, EMC, Cadence and IBM.
Half of headhunters think more than half of senior executives will work past the ages of 65-69, according to research from InterExec, executive search firm for professionals earning more than £150k.
The research also shows 4% of senior executives often lie about their age on their CV, with almost two-thirds (63%) admitting that they lie but ‘not often’ about their age on their CV.
Talent management, human capital management technology and professional services provider Pilat HR Solutions has announced a number new investors.
Almost eight in 10 HR director do not believe men have an advantage over women in the workplace, according to research from international recruiter Robert Half.
Demand for hotel workers within London is increasing as overseas visitors flock to the UK, according to hospitality recruiter Towngate Personnel.
FDM Group is to recruit 1,000 graduates by the end of this year.
The IT graduate employer has just reached its target for the second quarter of 2011 by recruiting 618 graduates in the past seven months.