HR business solutions provider Kenexa has launched a next-generation online strengths assessment tool from Marcus Buckingham, author and business consultant best known for promoting strengths as an assessment measure.
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International rec-to-rec firm McCall has opened an office in Sydney, Australia.
Talent management systems are failing deliver the desired results for UK HR departments due to a lack of communication on how to make the best use of them, according to the Ochre House Network think-tank.
Recruiters should adopt basic marketing principles when choosing which social media tools to use, according to David Mason, international talent acquisition director at engineering firm CH2M Hill.
Financial services specialist recruiter Eximius Group has launched a private banking recruitment business to add its five existing teams.
Eximius Private Banking is headed by James Morton, along with recently appointed Ayse Ozturk, and will focus on placing private bankers and wealth managers in London, Switzerland and Asia.
Executive search professionals are optimistic for the second half of the year, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants’ (AESC) latest Outlook Report.
Results revealed a 66% positive prediction for the executive search industry, with the greatest optimism coming from consultants in Asia Pacific and the Americas.
Legal staffing firm BCL Legal has appointed Louisa Hill as senior recruitment consultant.
Hill, previously a solicitor for Addleshaw Goddard and Hill Dickinson, will recruit for professional indemnity and commercial litigation to property litigation and regulatory/health & safety professionals.
The oil & gas sector faces a technical skills shortage, which will mean skills development rises to prominence in the sector, according to Mark Guest, managing director at international oil & gas job board OilCareers.com.
Business-to-business multi-platform media group Emap has launched public sector job boards HSJjobs.com and LGCjobs.com.
The sites are powered by Emap’s titles Health Services Journal (HSJ) and Local Government Chronicle (LGC).
Hospitality recruiter Berkeley Scott has appointed Sam Parkin as head of senior appointments for its hospitality and leisure division.
Parkin joins from Cherry Red recruitment.