Logistics recruitment firm Transline Resource Group has appointed Jason Richards as operations director.
Richards, a former Blue Arrow corporate account director, takes up his role with immediate effect, operating from the firm’s operational office in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester where ultimately the remainder of the national sales team will be based.
Growth in the number of new professional jobs was stable in June, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
Welfare-to-work provider Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) has won a two-and-a-half year contract by the Skills Funding Agency to work with up to 500 school leavers.
The contract runs until December 2013 where the team will work with school leavers to ensure they are prepared for the journey into work or education, have an appropriate CV and an action plan to secure a position.
International executive search firm Boyden has appointed Trina Gordon (right) as its new president and chief executive.
Half of British IT workers received a salary increase in the last year, compared with Germany (73%) and the Netherlands (69%), according to findings from the IT Job Board’s most recent Job Market Survey.
While the UK’s beleaguered construction sector continues to struggle, the challenge for construction firms is to recruit passive talent.
So says Christina Thom, employer brand & resourcing manager at housebuilder Barratt Homes.
The sector’s Glenigan Index for June fell by 24% on a year ago, as weakness across many sectors continued.
Although a third (33%) of retailers are considering recruiting school leavers for graduate roles, most (61%) do not have specific programmes in place to recruit this demographic.
This is according to research carried out by talent management provider SHL.
Saga Group has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire health and social care recruiter, Allied Healthcare International.
The deal is for $3.90 (£2.37) per share, representing a premium of 59% to Allied’s closing price on 28 July, 2011 of $2.45. The aggregate purchase price for all outstanding shares of Allied common stock, including outstanding options, will be roughly $175m.
IT and pharmaceutical recruiter Levy Associates has appointed Gerard Fransen as managing director.
Fransen joins from Rabobank, where he was responsible for the product development & product management activities in the private banking division. He was previously a non-executive director of Levy’s advising on strategy, organisational structure and business process re-engineering.
More than four in 10 UK workers remain glued to their smart phones during face-to-face meetings, according to new research from social email provider harmon.ie.