More than half (54%) of firms are increasingly looking to bring in interim managers over hiring a traditional PR consultancy, according to a survey by Interim Performers and The Counsel House.
The survey shows that 60% of firms have used, or are considering using, an interim manager as a way of strengthening their own in-house corporate communications or PR team.
Resourcing professionals should follow the “three big laws of talent” if they want their talent management strategy to be successful according, to the HR director of Tesco.
Members of the peer-to-peer business learning forum Elite Leaders are set to join the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) from March, according to a press release posted on APSCo’s site.
Hospitality executive search firm Isis has appointed Jill Beeson as a director.
Beeson has worked in executive search since 1995 focusing on the hospitality, retail and leisure sectors, managing assignments across a broad range of disciplines at middle and senior management and board level.
Life sciences executive search and interim management recruiter RSA has moved to a new Singapore office.
Travel firm TUI UK & Ireland (TUI UK), the parent company of Thomson and First Choice, is focusing on developing its future business leaders through the launch of a new graduate development scheme this October.
Thousands of contractors using offshore schemes to cut tax are facing a clampdown after HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) won a High Court ruling to allow it recover tax retrospectively, warns Giant group, the contractor services provider.
A new recruitment website advertiseyourvacancy.co.uk has launched.
The flat-fee service, offered by internet solutions firm Black Sheep Media, uses major job boards to select suitable candidates and then filters the search down to the ten best candidates for employers.
The service also offers advert writing, job board posting and analytical application filtering.
More than nine in ten employers expect to increase or maintain headcount this year, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
The survey also shows that a quarter of employers plan to add to their temporary workforce in the next year.
Leisure sector specialist jobs board LeisureJobs has witnessed a surge in heath and beauty positions.
LeisureJobs says it is seeking over 115 beauty therapists, masseurs, nail technicians, life coaches and hair stylists for health club operator Fitness First.