Sir Chris Woodhead, former chief inspector of schools in England, told The Times yesterday that he would sanction children leaving school at 14 to learn a trade.
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Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed Paul Schmidt as managing director in its consumer and industrial practices.
Schmidt’s role in Boyden Chicago will be to increase C-suite recruitment with Midwest-based companies, using his experience to work with manufacturing clients as they continue international expansion.
Job board Oil and Gas Job Search has appointed Troy Quteifan as business development manager.
Quteifan, an Arabic speaker, joins the firm’s business development team to develop its Middle East client base further by sourcing, developing and account managing clients from the region.
US Space agency NASA is due to begin active recruitment for between eight and 12 new pilots, according to FoxNews.com
Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in “engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics”, be between 5’2” and 6’3” (157.5-190.5cm) in height and have 20/20 vision.
Executive search firm Howgate Sable has been appointed as the UK arm of the global search network, InterSearch.
Howgate Sable is the first representative in the UK for InterSearch, a worldwide partnership of independent executive search firms, which has 90 offices in 45 countries.
In future UAE visas will only be issued when an ID number and accompany card linked to an individual’s biometric data has been obtained, Emirates247.com reports.
UAE nationals and foreigners alike are to receive unique ID numbers that will not change throughout their lifetime, even for those leaving the country for extended periods and then returning.
A study by recruitment process outsourcing and talent management consultancy Ochre House has shown that 90% of organisations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have no talent pipelining activity.
Legal recruiter BCL Legal continues its expansion with the appointment of two consultants based mainly in its Leeds office.
Angharad Jones will be working across the private practice sector in Yorkshire and the North-East. She comes to BCL Legal after six years as a solicitor in private practice.
The same day that unemployment rose to its highest level in nearly two decades, recruitment consultancy Reed reports, somewhat incongruously, that October saw the largest month-on-month growth in job opportunities since 2009.