Admiral Group is to use its own website to recruit the “majority” of new hires to fill 200 new roles, according to a spokesperson for the insurance provider.
The BBC reports thatAdmiral will expand its operations through the opening of a third base in Swansea with the aim of creating 200 new jobs.
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Visa has appointed Andrew Wilson as HR & resourcing business partner.
He was previously talent manager at Jaguar Land Rover.
While nine in 10 of life sciences executives identify talent management as a key priority, more than three quarters of their employers are not delivering this in practice.
According to research from executive search organisation RSA, these employers are operating without an active talent management strategy in place.
Maritime Assurance and Consulting (MAC) has launched MAC Resourcing, a new recruitment division of the company.
MAC’s managing director, Graeme Reid, along with director Damian Skelly, who will lead the division, have launched the business which will focus on a specialised, niche market, placing senior personnel such as naval architects and marine engineers.
EU research body the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) has released research showing that female workers “fared better on the labour market than men during the [2008-9] recession”.
Executive search firm Vadarmoss has integrated Bond Adapt software.
Through the integration Vadarmoss aims to ensure consultants have more time to concentrate on sourcing and interviewing candidates, as well as speed up its credit control processes by locating and processing individual invoices more quickly.
EOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of commercial and industrial staffing company Staffline, has won two European Social Fund contracts to help the unemployed find work.
The contracts will involve working alongside local authorities in the West Midlands and in Yorkshire & Humberside to support members of long-term unemployed families overcome multiple barriers to securing employment.
Executive search firm DS Wolf Group International has appointed Chi-Hang ‘Benny’ Kwong to its IT team.
Kwong joins as IT manager in his new position with the US-based firm, which also provides hiring strategy and market intelligence for the global financial services industry.
Finance and accountancy recruiter Sheridan Maine has appointed Robyn Jacquest as senior consultant, working at the company’s newly-opened Portsmouth office.
Jacquest has four years’ experience working in financial recruitment in the Portsmouth area.