Recruiters should perform credit checks before providing credit to clients, according to credit management and debt collection specialist Daniels Silverman.
The firm’s warning comes it reports a 313% increase in enquiries from the recruitment sector in the last year.
Other recommendations include:
Technical recruiter Matchtech’s Mark Edwards has been elected to the management committee of the Marine Trade Association, part of the British Marine Federation.
Global professional recruiting group Hays has appointed Gaurav Seth as country head of India.
Seth will report to Chris Greaves, managing director Hays – Gulf Region and India.
Seth brings more than 25 years’ experience as a business leader with major global multinationals like ANZ Grindlays Bank, Genpact and Standard & Poor’s, in India, Australia and the UK.
Under new laws, all private sector companies in Saudi Arabia with fewer than nine workers will be forced to hire at least one Saudi worker or be excluded from bringing in foreign labour, reports Emirates247.com in what it calls an “aggressive job Saudization programme”.
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Almost two in five chief financial officers (CFOs) at UK companies say that their finance teams lack the time or resources required to support the business, according to research by banking and accountancy recruitment firm Robert Half International.
Engineering, utilities, medical and logistics recruiter Larson Group has made a number of appointments.
The firm launched earlier this year a scheme offering higher than average commission to experienced recruiters or those with senior experience in the firm’s target markets.
X-PM Transition Partners (X-PM), French executive interim management firm, has reinforced its operations in India and Brazil to respond to the needs in these fast growing countries for quality managers.
Investment in skills and career building is the only way of decreasing unemployment, according to Carmen Watson, managing director at welfare-to-work provider Pertemps Recruitment.
Amazon will use a combination of its own careers site and local recruitment agencies to fill 900 new roles at its new fulfilment centre in Rugeley, Staffordshire.
All available roles at the new centre will be advertised on the Amazon.co.uk careers site (www.amazon.co.uk/careers).