Multi-sector recruiter Aberdeen Appointments Agency (AAA) has appointed Gus Porter as managing director.
Having initially joined as a recruitment consultant in 1977, Porter was promoted to senior level posts before buying the business with director Stuart McWilliam in 2007.
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has appointed Nigel Lewis as IOR’s director of member services.
Lewis will work closely with the entire team to fully understand the benefits currently on offer and the scope of existing partnerships, and will also be responsible for working with potential partners to negotiate deals for IOR members.
University may not be the right career option for A-level students, according to Gaenor Bagley, head of people at professional services firm PwC.
PwC has received 1,600 applications for 100 roles this year for its school leaver programme, a 56% increase year-on-year, as students look for alternatives to university.
Cloud technology provider Saba has agreed a global partnership with BT Global Services, a division of BT Group.
The partnership will enable BT Global Services to provide a fully-managed people management solution as part of BT Learning Solutions including Saba’s learning management, talent management, online collaboration and enterprise social networking applications.
New budget airline Jetstar Japan is to create around 800 jobs, according to a company spokesperson.
Recruitment solutions company Voyager Software has posted increased revenues up 18.5% in the 12 months to June 2011 and a doubling of pre-tax profits, according to its preliminary results.
The company believes that its positive results are due to the improvement in the fortunes of recruiters.
Following demands from Healthcare Locums (HCL) that minority shareholder Arundel show evidence for their claims that they have substantial backing from other shareholders to block HCL’s refinancing plan, Arundel has stated that they are not obliged to produce such evidence.
Recruitment giant Randstad has successfully completed the acquisition of US recruiter SFN Group.
The total value of the transaction amounts to around $771m (£475m).
Last month, Randstad announced its intention to acquire SFN Group through a cash tender offer at $14 per share, which would make it the third-largest HR services provider in North America.??
Rail, engineering construction and transport infrastructure recruiter Resourcing Solutions is to launch Resourcing International.
The firm will act as an advisory consultancy in talent management strategy, developing strategic policies in skills gap identification, analysis, talent management including employment brand, candidate attraction programmes, onboarding and retention.
Executive search firm Glasford International has appointed Miguel Swaen as director, finance & legal.
Swaen, who established Glasford International Netherlands more than 14 years ago, started his career at IBM and held sales management and executive appointments with technology leaders such as Tandem and Hewlett Packard (formerly Synstar Computer Services).