Executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has opened new offices in Bogota, Colombia and Madrid, Spain, taking on a total of six consultants.
Alvaro Arias becomes Pedersen & Partners’ partner in charge of Spain and Latin America. He has over 12 years of executive search experience, specialising in banking, private equity, telecom, media, professional services and industry.
Career social network BraveNewTalent has appointed Master Burnett as director of strategy.
Burnett, who has spent the past 10 years as the managing director of talent strategists Dr John Sullivan and Associates, is the company’s first hire in its new Silicon Valley Office, with the company based in London and another office open in Bangalore.
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Technology firm Babcock Systems & Equipment has chosen engineering and technical recruiter Electus Recruitment Solutions to recruit more than 30 senior and principal level engineering vacancies.
Lee Dougan, senior consultant and account manager at Electus, says: “Over the years we feel that we have become an integral part of the Babcock Systems & Equipment recruitment process.
Job site Fish4Jobs’ new career fairs will be a place where candidates can be offered meaningful support in their job search, according to Hayley Taylor, the Fairy Jobmother.
This week will see Taylor offering careers advice to a number of unemployed people at careers fairs hosted by Fish4Jobs, starting in Birmingham.
The Swedish Trade Council has gone live with talent management provider Lumesse’s Talent Acquisition to support its entire recruitment process, from publishing job vacancies to ranking incoming applications and managing candidate interviews.
Do not assume the time between Thanksgiving and the New Year is a dead zone for hiring, says a new report from jobs search website CareerCast.com.
Tony Lee, publisher, CareerCast.com says: “By doubling your efforts over the holidays at a time when many other unemployed workers are focused on activities other than job hunting, you increase your odds of finding a new position.”
Executive search firm Egon Zehnder International has appointed Dick Patton as leader of its US consumer practice group.
The consumer practice group recruits and develops top talent leadership teams for the consumer products, retail, sports, new media and hospitality industries.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has agreed to acquire the international financial services business of AIB for a cash consideration of £29m, on a cash-free, debt free basis.
Hong Kong constructors have begun a “hiring spree” in response to an anticipated infrastructure boom over the next five years, reports the South China Morning Post.
The Hong Kong government’s spending on public works is due to total over HK$58bn (£4.8bn) for this year and next.