Assistant level commercial legal recruitment dropped by 95% in the first half of this year, compared with 2007, according to a report from legal recruitment firm Hughes-Castell.
The report shows that assistant level salaries fell between 1% and 10%, while private practice law firms introduced widespread redundancies – as much as 10% of fee-earners in some cases.
I agree with the article ‘Employers not impressed by Jobcentre Plus’ £1k’ incentive’ (Recruiter, 11 November 2009) that stated it needs to do more to improve its service to employers.
Executive search firm Carmichael Fisher has recruited Kirsty Brett as a senior consultant.
Engineering recruiter Exxell has agreed a contract to supply baggage-handling staff for Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam.
The three-year contract runs from the start of next year and is with engineering support services company Babcock.
UK independent job site CV-Library is the first job board to register with ABCe to independently audit its CV registrations.
Entrepreneur and recruiter James Caan has been appointed chairman of The Big Issue magazine.
Caan is charged with helping increasing the magazine’s online exposure and stimulating corporate giving through subscriptions or donations to The Big Issue magazine.
Russell Clements
International recruiter m2r has appointed two new consultants to focus on the Middle East market.
Helen Forrester-Lloyd joins the firm to focus on Middle East and Asia vacancies.
International executive search firms have recently made a number of key appointments, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants.
Stockholm-based executive search firm Headlight International recently added a third European office in Barcelona.
Matt Burton, Matt Burton Associates (MBA)