IT and pharma recruiter Vine Resources has opened its first satellite office in Stockholm, Sweden.
Managing director David Lawrence says: “We are pleased to have established a local presence in Sweden after working with client’s there over the last five years. I believe it will enable us to understand their local needs better and react faster to them.”
Life sciences executive search and interim management specialist RSA has made a number of new appointments across its global network.
Multi-sector recruiter Concept Staffing has appointed Mel Dyson as a consultant.
Dyson, who has spent 22 years working in the recruitment industry, joins Concept’s Yeovil branch and will be responsible for a combined desk in the commercial sector.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has introduced a new associate level of professional membership.
The new level sits below the existing professional grades of Chartered Member and Chartered Fellow.
Associates will be able use the designatory letters ‘Assoc CIPD’ after their name.
The Australian economy and recruitment market has shown exceptional signs of recovery over the last four months and in turn for JPA, as a rec-to-rec with an office in Sydney the demand from our clients within Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth is far outstripping the number of domestic-based recruiters available.
Travel recruiter Gail Kenny has restructured its business to better reflects it service offerings.
The group is now made up of three service areas: GK Executive Search, Gail Kenny Recruitment and Gail Kenny HR Solutions.
GK Executive Search, led by director Ian Brooks, will focus on board level assignments.
One in five IT professionals have held five international jobs over their career, according to new research from global IT and telecoms recruiter Networkers International.
The poll of 500 IT workers also found that 60% of those who have worked abroad have done so in at least two countries, while most ex-pats go from one foreign role to another without returning to the UK.
Renewable energy executive search firm Green Ventures Search has launched.
Set up by directors Philip Burn and Lucy Deane, the firm will focus on the following areas:
Specialist software provider idibu is the new multi-posting partner of industrial, driving, logistics, catering and office recruiter Blue Arrow, part of the Impellam Group.
Director at Impellam Group, Joscelin Conrad, says: “Coming from a background of posting our jobs manually, it was imperative than any new system we introduced was very intuitive and simple to use.”
More needs to be done to help travel and tourism graduates find work but graduates need to also help themselves, according to recruiters.