Special school teachers and skilled meat boners and trimmers should be added to the UK’s shortage occupation list, according to a report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).
The MAC has also called for the removal of some engineering and construction jobs from the shortage occupation list, as well as ship and hovercraft officers due to changing economic circumstances.
Healthcare recruiter Nurse Plus has been awarded a place on the new NHS framework agreement for nursing.
Interim management consultancy Alium Partners has appointed two new senior executives to its public sector practice.
Gemma Martin, consultant, will lead the practice’s education and third sector division, working with organisations including charities, not-for-profit entities and social enterprises
Blair: need to address imbalances
Multi-sector recruiter Search Consultancy has launched a new language division.
The division - Search Your Language - provides native speakers for business and customer service roles across the UK.
Many pubs, bars and restaurants are encountering difficulties recruiting staff with the necessary skills, according to a survey by sector skills council People 1st.
Companies that supply staff should be wary of the reputation risk to their clients of using staff with no right to work in the UK.
The government is to crackdown on the ugly face of the modelling and entertainment industry, introducing new legislation stopping agencies from taking up-front fees from models, background artists, extras and walk-ons.
Jobs board reed.co.uk is offering recruiters up to a million free job postings to mark the ninth anniversary of its Freecruitment service.
Around 6,000 of reed.co.uk’s longest serving agency clients are to be re-credited on Monday, while other agencies will receive their free allowance next year.
