Despite predicting tougher trading conditions in the UK over the next few quarters, the ‘big four’ recruiters — Hays, Michael Page, SThree and Robert Walters — are relatively well placed, according to the latest support services sector outlook from Shore Capital.
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Jaguar Land Rover is on the hunt for engineers to help fill 750 new roles at a new factory near Wolverhampton.
The BBC reports the firm is to invest £355m to build low emission engines at a site near Wolverhampton in Staffordshire, confirmed as an enterprise zone in July.
The Engineering Council is inviting employers of engineers to take part in a survey to ascertain the extent of awareness and perception of professional engineering qualifications, in particular IEng.
Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates has appointed Deborah Op den Kamp and John Rice as executive directors to the firm’s consumer practice.
Op den Kamp will be based in San Francisco, California, and Rice will be based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Pedersen & Partners has appointed Petra Grabmayer as country manager for the Czech Republic, replacing Poul Pedersen.
Pedersen will remain based in Prague and continue his role as managing partner of the firm.
Grabmayer will take on the responsibility for continuing to develop and grow Pedersen & Partners in the Czech Republic.
Managerial recruitment activity in the US fell by 5 points in September, according to the latest CareerCast.com/JobSerf Employment Index.
September’s fell to 102.6, down from 107.6 in August 2011.
The Index per capita hiring levels for US cities in September are:
1. Washington, DC – 165
2. Boston – 137
3. San Francisco – 111
4. Seattle – 102
HA Group, a Japanese recruiting services company, launches global executive search company AIMS International Japan in December.
A subsidiary company of HA Group, AIMS International Japan joins the global recruiting services group AIMS International, and plans to open with five consultants.
Funding providers competing to provide staffing companies an alternative to the banks have their work cut out because of lack of awareness that other options exist.
So says Anil Stocker, co-founder of Market Invoice, a company that raises invoice finance from a network of international investors.
On-site service solutions provider Sodexo has signed up to a National Framework Agreement with three trade unions – Unite, UNISON and GMB.
The agreement defines the nature of the strategic relationship between Sodexo and the unions, and identifies guiding principles for managers, union representatives and other employees regarding the expectations they may have of each other.