One in three recruiters are unaware of their monthly IT expenditure per consultant, according to new research by IT services provider Kamanchi.
The poll of 568 recruiters found that 33% were unsure of their technology spend, while 23% spend between £250 and £500 per consultant each month while a similar percentage spent between £100 and £150.
Engineering recruiter Entech Technical Solutions has agreed a two-year contract extension with engineering group Meggitt UK to continue as its managed recruitment provider.
Executive search firm VMA Group has appointed Jennifer Bargrove to its financial services practice.
Bargrove was previously at marketing recruiter EMR where she had responsibility for its City practice, specialising in marketing, PR, internal communications, investment communications and events management.
International recruiter SThree has recorded reduced profits but has seen ‘meaningful signs of improvement’ in an interim management statement for the quarter ended 28 February 2010.
SThree’s results reveal:
Interim management and executive recruitment company Executives Online has been awarded a master franchise in Germany.
The opening of the German office follows the organisation’s award of its first master franchise agreement in South Africa in December.
Stephan H Aschenbrenner will head up the new operation in Cologne.
Thousands of jobseekers in some of the UK’s most deprived housing estates will now be able to access careers advice in community centres and GP surgeries, the work and pensions minister Helen Goodman has announced.
International recruiter Initio International has acquired legal recruiter Longbridge International.
Recently appointed director, Patrick Goodwin, says: “As part of Initio, Longbridge has a great opportunity to build an established brand and maximise its potential through diversification into other areas of professional staffing, throughout the UK.”
I welcome Ian Wolter’s explanation of the situation behind the OFT’s decision to fine the agencies accused of price fixing (Recruiter, Soapbox, 3 March).
Alex Brock
While all situations need to be treated on their own merits and therefore there is no exact answer, the following considerations should help in making the transition to an internal recruiters role.
Support services firm Balfour Beatty Workplace (BBW) has created an in-house recruitment consultancy.