I am writing in response to the Soapbox by Bob Wicks in Recruiter (’CV ownership: an agency’s nightmare!’ 25 November 2009).
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Healthcare recruiter HCL Thames Medics, part of Healthcare Locums (HCL), has launched a new specialist business focusing on consultant grade doctors.
Workers will continue to encounter pay freezes despite an increasing RPI (retail prices index), according to the Labour Research Department (LRD).
Multi-sector recruiter Smart Solutions Recruitment has made two senior appointments to its board to help expand the business.
Paul Ragan has been appointed as chairman, while Gary Ridewood is financial director.
Ragan and Ridewood will now concentrate on investing in up and coming Welsh companies.
Job board for the hospitality sector Leisurejobs has appointed Simon Kar as online director, overseeing the online teams for both Leisurejobs.com and Barzone.com.
As part of his responsibilities, Kar will promote the relaunch of the Barzone job board.
International recruiter Randstad is on the road to recovery and “should do very well”, according to Ben Noteboom, the company’s chief executive.
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).
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.