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.
Technology staffing specialist Highams Systems Services Group has seen an “encouraging and sustained” increase in revenue, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2011.
The results reveal:
The government has launched a new Common Best Practice Code for High-Quality Internships in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
The number of employers with short-term plans to increase permanent headcount over the next quarter has fallen, according to the latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook.
The report reveals 67% of employers have short-term plans to increase their permanent workforce over the next three months, compared to 74% last month.
Firms in India are paying headhunters 30% more for female hires than they would for men, reports Indian news website The Economic Times.
Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent, Genpact, IBM, Schneider Electric, Cadbury-Kraft Foods are among the firms offering this incentive.
Specialist communications recruiter VMA Group has appointed Katrina Andrews to manage its new Asia-Pacific office headquartered in Hong Kong.
Headhunters Carrington Fox, Fletcher Flemming and Webber Chase will merge to form financial and legal headhunter The Webber Fox Group, and will operate out of offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.
The Webber Fox Group will operate under four different brands, listed below: