Economic recovery is beginning to take hold in the US, according to ExecuNet’s latest Recruiter Confidence Index (RCI) data.
Based on January’s survey of 214 executive recruiters, 64% are ‘confident’ or ‘very confident’ the executive employment market will improve during the next six months, up 10 points from December 2009 and the highest confidence registered since May 2008.
The mobile recruitment movement has received another boost with predictions that European mobile broadband subscribers will almost double from 22m to more than 43m in 2011, according to global analyst CCS Insight.
Global executive search firm for the hospitality sector HVS Executive Search has appointed Andrew Hazelton as vice-president based in New York.
Hazelton has worked on executive search assignments for various industries, including healthcare, technology, finance, hospitality and real estate.
There has been a surge in demand for marketing professionals in Russia, according to Antal Russia.
Whereas last year demand came mainly from fmcg and pharmaceutical companies, since October increased recruiting activity has spread to other sectors, including retail, telecoms, IT and B2B.
Radia Holdings’ staffing and recruiting companies are to unify under one brand Advantage Resourcing.
The firm, which includes London-based financial recruiter FSS, is now divided into four specialised business groups: Advantage xPO, Advantage Technical Resourcing, Advantage Professional and Advantage Staffing:
International executive search firm CTPartners has appointed two partners to the industrial and commercial practice in its London office.
Toby Lapage-Norris joins from energy company BG Group, where he was group head of resourcing and before that he spent 14 years at Whitehead Mann (now Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann) where he was managing partner for the industrial practice.
Dean Shoesmith, executive head of HR at the London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton, will take over as president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) from today (Monday, 22 March).
A draft report outlining key priorities to support the development of Britain’s professional and business services industries has been published by the government.
Among the draft recommendations are plans for government to:
· lead development of a new framework of standards for a green economy;
Growth in Morson’s aerospace and defence business has helped the firm increase revenue for the year ended 31 December 2009.
Talent acquisition and management solutions provider StepStone has agreed to sell its StepStone Solutions talent management software division to private equity investor HgCapital for €110m (£99.1m).
The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of April, subject to usual closing conditions.