The Aspire Global Network of recruitment firms, comprising six specialist recruitment brands: pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, rpcushing, Persicope, ICUR and Aspire Global Network Asia has opened a new office in Singapore, the headquarters for its Asian operations.
Following seven years working for pfj in London, Emma Osborne heads the new office.
Post-Gaddafi Libya is on the mend, albeit presenting differing opportunities to migrant workers and recruiters in the country.
Permanent vacancies in the property sector were down by 0.3% month-on-month and contractor openings by 0.8%, as pay on both sides went up marginally, according to property recruiter Judd Farris.
The gap between male and female unemployment stands at 1.5 percentage points as unemployment of both males and females increased by similar levels in 2011, but for different reasons according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
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.
