Government plans to speed up the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) registration process outlined yesterday have been welcomed by nursing recruitment agency Ambition 24hours.
In a speech yesterday on reforms to employment legislation, business secretary Vince Cable outlined measures that would deal with the bureaucracy associated with a CRB check.
Payroll services firm Pulse Umbrella Group has acquired Umbrella Staff, forming a company that will work with over 300 recruitment consultancies in the UK.
Umbrella Staff works primarily across the IT and healthcare market.
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has funding to last two years, according to its founder.
The Capita Group, UK provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, has extended its existing outsourcing arrangement with Zurich Financial Services Group.
IT recruitment specialist Venturi Group has adopted the Cloud-based Cirrus Prism CRM solution to build on its customer service level performance.
Managing director Brad Lamb says: “Our aggressive growth and reinvestment plans have been supported by the adoption of the Prism solution, provided by the team at Cirrus Nova.”
If faced with today’s spiralling university fees just 40% of accountancy and finance professionals would have gone to university, according to research from accountancy and finance recruiter Marks Sattin.
Almost nine in 10 people who have entered an environmental practitioner role deem it a desirable career change of choice, according to research from Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).
Almost 45% said they made a career change because they wanted to either make an environmental difference or said they have a personal and positive interest in the environment.
A new study by online HR consultancy www.Reabur.com has revealed that three quarters of employers feel regretful about having hired certain members of staff.
As part of ongoing research into employers’ decisions to hire new members of staff, www.Reabur.com asked 1,091 business owners to investigate.
International executive service search TRANSEARCH has appointed Alejandro Franco as senior client partner for the renewable energy industry in its Miami office.
Before joining TRANSEARCH Latin America, Franco co-founded renewable energy consulting firm Omnigenus Energy, which focuses on promoting viable and proven renewable green technologies for energy production.
International operational consultancy Celerant Consulting has signed an in-sourced recruitment services agreement with cph.
RPO provider cph is developing and managing a direct sourcing model for recruiting new management consultants and business development specialists across Europe.