Insurance firm AXA has no further plans to outsource any more jobs in 2010, according to group HR director Sonia Wolsey-Cooper.
Wolsey-Cooper’s comments follow an interview in the Financial Times in which Capita’s chief operating officer predicted the outsourcing firm would increase its Indian operations by 4,500 to 5,000 people in the next 18 months.
Specialist software provider idibu has cut its annual subscription rates for start-up agencies registered in 2010 by 50%.
Employment lawyer Boodle Hatfield has appointed Simon McMenemy as a partner.
McMenemy, who was head of law firm Charles Russell’s employment and pensions team in Guildford, joins on 4 May.
Workers are increasingly looking to work abroad, according to research from Totaljobs.com.
The research, including nations ranging from Canada, Malaysia, Denmark and Morocco, shows that 72% of workers, compared to 62% in 2006, were willing to relocate abroad, while 46% now say they are willing to work abroad for an extended period, against 29% in 2006.
Permanent and temporary appointments increased, according to September’s REC and KPMG’s latest report on jobs.
Both permanent placements and temporary/contract staff billings rose for the second month in a row in September and at slightly sharper rates than in August.
Contractor accountant SJD Accountancy has launched a contractor rate checker.
The checker allows IT contractors to search for local and national daily pay rates in a variety of skill sets.
The new webpage will link through to a job search on job board Technojobs.
African and Asian candidates face discrimination by employers when submitting job applications, claims a new study from National Centre for Social Research and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Thousands of fake CVs were sent by researchers to firms around the UK, using three different identities, to assess how candidates would be treated.
Managed solutions provider Work2live has agreed a two-year deal to provide its back office ‘Synergy’ product to leading educational recruiter Chamberlain Rose Recruitment.
Tesco Bank is creating 1,000 new jobs in Newcastle following a decision to establish a customer service centre in the city. Recruitment will start early next year with the first 500 roles to be created by the end of 2010.
