Ikram Rabbani has been appointed country manager for the Middle East region at international infrastructure projects talent supplier Resourcing International, a subsidiary of Resourcing Solutions Group (RSG).
Rabbani will be based at the company’s UK headquarters initially.
More than half of Finnish companies with turnover in the region of €100-300m (£86-258m) have no women serving on the board, compared to less than 20% of comparable Swedish companies, research from executive search firm Friisberg and Partners International shows.
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Oceanic Resources International, specialist recruiter for the freight, shipping and logistics industries, has appointed new directors for the company.
Former regional client manager, Russell Quinton, becomes sales director based at the UK head office in Ware, Hertfordshire. He is tasked with increasing headcount and marketshare within the supply chain sector.
Employers have been urged to make definite efforts to avoid being biased against ethnic minorities and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, in a report from graduate and diversity recruitment specialist Rare.
Engineering firms should turn to the non-graduate market to ensure they attract talent, the ’Recruiter Requirements Report’ carried out by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) reveals.
While 66% of engineering jobs require a degree, just 1% mention apprenticeships among specifications, the research from the IET shows.
Financial, legal and consultancy recruiter Definitive Consulting has entered into a strategic alliance with New York-based legal specialist AW Rush & Co.
The agreement sees the two firms initially collaborate on international search and selection projects, and cross-border recruitment briefs.
Multi-sector recruiter GCS Recruitment Specialists has been appointed strategic recruitment partner to the British Chamber of Commerce’s BCC LinkToChina initiative.
The Employment Related Services Association (ERSA) expects welfare-to-work providers to make “good solid progress” in getting people off benefits and back into work, according to chief executive Kirsty McHugh.
Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates has appointed Annika Tycer as executive director in the industrial/natural resources and corporate officers sectors.