Searching among the ranks of ex-offenders and prisoners for talent is serious business, as two major employers tell Recruiter.
Dr Mary Harris works for the National Grid as the director of the Young Offender Programme across the scheme, which works with 80 different companies (including the National Grid itself) in 22 prisons.
Workforce solutions giant ManpowerGroup has acquired REACH HR, a human resources provider in Guangdong Province in China.
Longbridge Sales & Marketing has strengthened its team with new hires.
Teri Godly joins as head of digital, while James Watkins joins as a research consultant.
Senior travel recruitment specialist Gail Kenny Group has appointed Louise O’ Grady as account manager.
O’ Grady joins from Whitbread where she managed corporate and leisure accounts for the company’s flagship brand Premier Inn. Previously she worked in digital media sales at Cheapflights.
A drive among European firms for greater efficiency is behind business transformation staffing specialist Venquis expansion into Central Europe, according to managing director Steve Garner.
Venquis has announced that it has opened a new division in Central Europe, focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Global professional recruiter Morgan McKinley has promoted William Hepworth to manager of its in-house taxation team.
Hepworth, who joined Morgan McKinley in 2005 and has been promoted from consultant to senior consultant, will now take on a more strategic role and will also start the company’s MM1 Leadership programme, developed in partnership with Deloitte.
Upstream oil & gas recruitment specialist Infinity Resources International has appointed Carol Smith as managing consultant.
Smith will focus on developing Infinity’s services for the firm’s new drilling division.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has agreed to acquire AIBJerseytrust for a cash consideration of £12.5m, on a cash free, debt free basis.
The announcement follows the acquisition of AIB international financial services, which has offices in Ireland and mainland Europe earlier this week.
Poundland will be seeking store managers, assistant managers, senior sales supervisors and store colleagues to fill 180 new jobs in Ireland, according to a spokesperson for the retailer.
