Industrial recruiter Innov8 Recruitment has strengthened its team and moved to new offices.
Ex-army officer Aaron Croke, who saw action in both Iraq and Afghanistan, has joined as a consultant and will supply temporary workers, while Katie Mullen, will takes over our payroll and finance functions.
Innov8’s new office is in Luton town centre.
Hays Resource Management (Hays RM), Hays’ recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) division, has been chosen by international application and services provider Misys to provide a three-year onsite RPO solution for North and South Asia.
Lord Young
The Employment Agency Standards inspectorate (EAS) has agreed new targets for the next year.
Multi-sector recruiter Michael Page International has recorded reduced profits but also fourth quarter growth in its results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
Seven recruitment firms have earned places in The Sunday Times ’100 Best Companies to Work For 2010’, while eight others were among the top 100 ’Best Small Companies to Work For’.
Recruitment agency review site HireScores.com has “noted a trend in the days that employees are likely to pull a sickie”.
A recruitment firm that posted an IT advert on behalf of a client asking for someone ’preferably of Indian origin’ has responded to calls of racism following an article in the Daily Mail.
The Service Providers Association (SPA) has rebranded as the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA).
The association, which provides employment, payroll tax, accountancy and administrative support and advice to the professional freelancers, is to also make its code of conduct publicly available.
The Tennessee Attorney General’s office announced last week it has filed suits against the owner of four employment agencies in the state for allegedly promising workers jobs at exaggerated salary levels, and of charging jobseekers an upfront fee. Tennessee law only allows employment agencies to collect fees after applicants have been placed.
Paul Whitehouse, chairman of the GLA (PageOne Photography)