Executive recruiter Archer Mathieson has hired supply chain and procurement consultant James Gherardi.
Gherardi has five years’ recruitment experience, chiefly in the pharmaceutical, FMCG and medical devices sectors. He was previously at RK Supply Chain.
Recruitment firm Platinum has appointed Andy Houldsworth as area manager.
He will lead both the firm’s Newcastle and Manchester offices
IT recruiter Cititec has appointed Robert Woodford as global head of marketing.
Woodford joins from multi-sector recruiter Kellan Group and has previously worked for the Randstad, Manpower and Reed groups.
The talent you bring in to a company is equally as important as the marketing you do for your brand, according to US marketoonist Tom Fishburne.
Resourcing professionals need to take a creative approach to their brand to ensure it is placed differently on the market, according to HR consultant Richard Roberts.
Roberts was speaking at a Randstad breakfast seminar aboard the Clipper Stad Amsterdam in the heart of the City of London this morning.
Recruitment software provider Colleague Software has strengthened its team with two new appointments.
Lee Stannard joins as software developer, while Barry Thomson takes the role of desktop support analyst.
For HR communities, one of the most important skills that professionals can have is to be futurists, said Professor Lynda Gratton (pictured) at the London launch event of the Future of Work (FoW) Consortium Phase 3.
Freelance and temporary worker accountancy and payroll firm Danbro has been chosen as one of IT recruiter Marcus Donald’s approved suppliers of accounting and payroll services for its candidates.
Four in 10 headhunters think that senior executive salaries will rise by up to 5% in the next 12-18 months, with 14% predicting salaries will rise by more than 5%, according to research from InterExec.
Supermarket Sainsbury’s is to create 50,000 new jobs in the UK as part of a new £1bn sustainability plan, which sets targets between now and 2020.
The plan addresses four key areas:
· Sustainable and healthy products – including Best for British. By 2020, to double the amount of British food sold.