IT recruiter Outsource UK has acquired Omnium IT Recruitment.
Outsource UK’s founder and managing director, Paul Jameson, said that Omnium’s clientele, which includes preferred supplier agreements at a number of companies, including two leading financial services companies, was a strong factor in the decision to acquire.
The most difficult IT positions to recruit into globally are the industry’s ‘unsung heroes’, system administrators and network managers, according to firms responding to a survey carried out by IT solutions firm Ipswitch.
India’s tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai has called upon industry to work with the government to create 25m new jobs in the sector, reports India’s SME Times.
TEAM (The Employment Agents Movement) has appointed five law firms to service its membership.
Brabners Chaffe Street continue their longstanding relationship with TEAM and have been re-appointed as TEAM principal legal advisers, plus regional advisers for the Midlands, South-West and East England.
Interim executive recruiter BIE Interim Executive has appointed Charles Wilson as director.
Wilson previously spent six years in the interim management division of HR firm Penna, most recently as sector head.
Energy supplier Opus Energy has appointed Annamarie Petsis Jones as its new head of HR, learning and development.
Petsis Jones joins from dental care provider Denticare where she had been the head of HR since 2008. Before this she spent five years working in employment law.
Managerial recruitment activity across the US was down slightly in November, according to the CareerCast.com and JobSerf Employment Index, falling to 103.5 from 104.4 in October.
This level is still 29 points above November 2009 levels.
The mid-Atlantic region as a whole saw moderate gains of five points in Philadelphia, three in Washington, DC and two in Pittsburgh.
Hiring activities across all sectors surged in November, with IT, telecoms and business process outsourcing (BPO) particularly strong, reports The Hindu Business Line based on a report from jobsite Naukri.com.
Employers need to build relationships with academia if they are to secure the talent they need, according to the managing director of Asda’s fashion line, George at Asda.
HCL has refuted suggestions in the media that the board of HCL has given its support to an offer made by one group of investors in the troubled healthcare firm, and that other investors could lose out.