Back to work tsar and chairman of A4E, which rehabilitates the long-term unemployed, Emma Harrison is to appear in a new BBC TV series, Famous, Rich and Jobless where ‘unemployed’ celebrities will experience joblessness.
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Provider of on-demand talent management solutions Taleo has appointed Adam Brenner as group vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Brenner will be responsible for sales and operations in the region, leveraging Taleo’s investment in the latest version of its talent management system Taleo 10.
IT recruiter InterQuest Group has seen its revenues fall but recorded stronger trading in the final quarter of the year, according to its audited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
The results reveal:
· Revenue £97.4m (2008: £105.5m) a decrease of 8%
· Gross profit £12.4m (2008: £15.3m) a fall of 19%
Almost half (47%) of respondents to a Monster survey say the glass ceiling still exists for women in the workplace with men favoured for promotions.
The poll shows that:
While most employers are happy with the quality of their staff, the hospitality sector has some way to go to win its war for talent, according to Martin-Christian Kent, director of policy and research at hospitality sector skills council People 1st.
Recruitment software provider Bullhorn has appointed Peter Linas as UK managing director.
Linas, who was Bullhorn’s UK sales director, will continue to work with Bullhorn chief executive and founder, Arthur Papas, to build Bullhorn’s existing UK presence.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International has appointed Lewis Rusen to office managing director in Toronto, Canada.
Jeffrey Rosin, who previously held the position, will continue in his role as president, Canada, overseeing the region’s four local offices: Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, as well as focusing on the firm’s board and CEO practice in Canada.
There will be a critical need for data security, disaster recovery and business continuity professionals over the next decade, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Technology 2010 report.
Other trends highlighted in the report include:
Government purchasing policy will dictate the fortunes of the IT sector, according to Bernard Brown, partner and head of business services at KPMG and former head of consulting at IT services firm Atos Origin.
There has been a dramatic increase in recruitment activity in the financial services sector in September, according to findings from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.