Education recruitment specialist ITN Mark has appointed Su Kinney as senior operations manager for the North-West region.
Kinney has 11 years’ experience in education recruitment.
ITN also welcomes Adi Brown as operations manager for the Leeds branch.
Business process outsourcer Talent2 has appointed Mary Sue Rogers as global managing director of its HR business.
Rogers joins from IBM’s global process services business, where she worked for nine years, being the global leader for the HR, learning and recruiting outsourcing business since 2007.
IT recruitment company Verticality has reduced operating costs by 30% by using SugarCRM’s customer relationship management software Sugar Professional.
Verticality found its previous software lacked the flexibility to customise its solution without incurring excessive additional costs.
From 2012 part-time students will be eligible to borrow the full cost of university tuition fees for the first time ever.
Universities and science minister David Willetts says: “Employers particularly value graduates who already have experience of the workplace, which is why making part-time study more accessible is so important.”
The growing pressure on recruiters to ensure their minds and shortlists are open to disabled candidates was ratcheted up yet another notch last month with the Employers’ Forum on Disability’s (EFD) launch of a 10-point protocol aimed at providing barrier-free recruitment.
A rise in unemployment levels in the UK has left more people seeking seasonal jobs at ski resorts, as the Evening Standard reported yesterday.
Reports in national newspapers this week of a rise in targeted recruitment of ex-armed forces personnel should not be over-exaggerated, a recruiter specialising in the market tells Recruiter.
American educational testing and assessment provider Prometric will create up to 150 new jobs in Dundalk over the next three years, according to the website of state broadcaster RTÉ.
The company already employs around 74 staff in Ireland and is due to start recruiting immediately.
Prometric’s investment is supported by Ireland’s Industrial Development Agency (IDA).
