A recruitment drive by Lincolnshire Police to fill an estimated 150 vacancies over the next 12 to 18 months led to more than 2,000 requests for application forms - in just two hours after its launch.
“It feels really good. We expected 1,500 requests over five days,” senior recruitment officer David Freeman told Recruiter.
An article from the Daily Mail this week highlighted the legal intricacies faced by recruiters in this day and age when writing ad copy for jobs.
Nicole Mamo, who runs Hertfordshire-based Devonwood Recruitment, was meticulous in her wording for hospital workers, ensuring the ad did not in any way offend on ground of race, age or sexual orientation — or so she thought.
Nearly 100 social care workers interested in working in Australia attended an event run by Healthcare Locums (HCL) in London last night.
Last night’s fact-finding event at the Australian High Commission was attended by 85 qualified social workers and social care professionals interested in exploring temporary and permanent positions in Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Global executive search firm Korn/Ferry International has formed an alliance with Airola & Luokkamaki, a Finnish leadership recruitment and talent management firm.
Airola & Luokkamaki will be responsible for extending Korn/Ferry’s executive search and other talent management services in Finland.
HR solutions provider Penna has appointed three principal consultants to its executive recruitment team.
Iain Brockbank heads up a new transport and infrastructure team, while Tim Lewis joins the telecoms, technology and media team.
And Anthony Hopkin is to focus on local government recruitment within the public sector team.
Senior level interim executives provider BIE Interim Executive has appointed Kirk Rogers as a director.
Rogers joins the firm’s specialist team sourcing executives for public and private sector clients.
HR recruiter Frazer Jones has appointed Layla Jaff as an associate director.
Frank Douglas is the new group HR director for Transport for London (TfL).
Douglas will be responsible for delivering effective HR strategy and services for the transport authority and reports directly to Peter Hendy, London’s transport commissioner.
Douglas was previously HR director at brewer Scottish and Newcastle.
Communications recruiter Expand has appointed Aidan Walker as business development director.
Walker is charged with continuing to develop the Expand brand into mainland Europe.
More than half (53%) of British workers have looked for a new job while at work, according to new research from recruitment agency review site Hirescores.com.