The social care sector lacks newly qualified social workers with the ability to adequately risk assess, according to a poll from the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
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An increase in rec-to-rec assignments is the first sign of a return to growth and investment in the recruitment industry, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) Recruitment- to-Recruitment sector group.
Growing rec-to-rec areas include healthcare, senior IT, investment banking and finance positions.
International recruiter Hydrogen has recorded reduced revenues but seen net fee income grow in the second half of the year, according to its audited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
The group’s results reveal:
· Group revenue of £74.1m (2008: £96.2m)
· Net fee income (NFI) of £16.8m (2008: £26.7m)
Almost seven in 10 life sciences senior executives and HR directors have no clear leadership succession plan, according to research from life sciences executive search and interim provider RSA.
The poll of nearly 400 life sciences executives found that 68% lacked clarity over a leadership succession plan.
Global chemical distributor Univar has appointed Edward A Evans as senior vice president and chief human resources officer.
Evans joined the firm in January after serving as executive vice-president and chief personnel officer at Allied Waste Industries in the US.
Multi-sector recruiter the Change Group has appointed Paul Jacobs in a management consultative capacity to help grow the business.
Jacobs is an ex-managing director of Office Angels and a former Adecco UK & Ireland main board group business development director.
Specialist injury claims mediator InterResolve is using multi-channel recruitment platform mypeoplebiz to support recruitment for its growth plans.
A reluctance by candidates to move on is affecting Crussh Juice Bars’ ability to attract restaurant managers, according to the chain’s HR & training manager Adam Lancaster.
Lancaster told Recruiter: “Compared to the situation before the recession we are seeing fewer management applicants - there are just less people looking for a job.
Recruitment professionals from a range of sectors are meeting to discuss strategies for motivating employees, online branding and ramping up staffing levels during the recovery.
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.