A recruitment rush in New Zealand is expected following the end of the Rugby World Cup, reports news site stuff.co.nz.
With the Rugby World Cup monopolising the nation’s attention, business as a whole in New Zealand has been slow of late, but a recruitment rush is expected once the tournament finishes on 23 October and after the 26 November general election takes place.
Online outplacement service MyWorkSearch has teamed up with training provider Exchange Group to provide its Work Club clients with interactive eLearning content and online job search tools.
Exchange Group in association with Jobcentre Plus operates the largest network of Work Clubs in the UK, offering jobseekers a range of services covering skills training and employability support.
Implementing the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) in Northern Ireland (NI) without the 12-week qualifying period could damage the very people it is supposed to help, according to the group implementation director of Grafton Employment Group.
Business secretary Vince Cable and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith have appointed nine new commissioners to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
The commission works with government to raise skill levels and aims to help drive enterprise, create more and better jobs and promote economic growth.
The new Commissioners are:
Global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson have appointed executive search consultants Pat Corey and Paul Hanson to the firm’s US insurance practice as partners in the Chicago office.
Egon Zehnder International, a global executive search firm, has promoted Arun Dhingra in the US as leader of its financial officers practice.
The financial officers practice identifies and recruits top CFO talent and helps them develop their leadership teams.
Technical recruiter Matchtech Group has appointed Mathias Koch as managing director for Matchtech Germany.
Jonathan Wadsworth, a director of healthcare and social care recruiter Charles Hunter Associates, tells Recruiterthat tomorrow’s strike will have minimal impact on the business.
“There has not been any call for extra staff because we are not allowed to bring in temporary staff to backfill positions in a strike,” he says.
Military service leaver staffing specialist ForceSelect has signed a partnership agreement with Employment and Skills Group (esg) to provide training and job opportunities for armed forces personnel set to join civvy street in the future.