Insurer RSA has announced that it is to create 230 new roles in Peterborough.
The move follows the firm’s appointment by Tesco as sole provider of its pet insurance policies.
The firm requires customer managers, claims handlers and team leaders to work at its location in Peterborough Business Park.
Marketing your employment brand is key to driving talent to your organisation, EA’s Matthew Jeffery told members of The FIRM [Forum for In-house Recruitment Managers] at an event in London. The global director of talent brand for Electronic Arts (EA) told the audience that brand was essentially linked to emotions. “A brand is a person’s gut feelings towards an organisation,” he said.
Antal International has agreed a new joint venture - ERP Nation, a partnership with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) recruitment specialist Phil Roskams. The business will concentrate on recruiting ERP professionals across the UK and EMEA regions.
Licensing should be explored by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), says a slim majority of its members.
Global recruiter the FiveTen Group has launched its HR recruitment arm Ortus in the UAE with an office opening in Dubai.
Ortus follows FiveTen Group brands Marks Sattin, (finance and accountancy recruitment), EMR (marketing), Laurence Simons (legal), and Greythorn, (IT and telecoms) already present in the region.
Demand for interim managers is rising, according to a new survey from interim management solutions provider Interim Partners.
The research shows that the number of new assignments for interim managers rose by 24% in Q1 on Q4 2009, with the number of banking assignments rising by 44% over the last quarter.
Profits have fallen at IT recruiter Parity Group but the firm is in determined mood, according to a statement on its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
The group’s results, which includes both Parity Resources and Parity Solutions, reveal:
· Group revenues down 16% at £52.59m (2009: £62.79m)
Former Dell recruiter Malcolm Kemp has joined Betfair as head of talent acquisition to bring recruitment in-house.
The number of top graduates on the market is decreasing, according to Soraya Janmohamed, head of graduate recruitment at graduate recruiter FreshMinds Talent.
How many Brits do you think are living overseas? The answer is 5.5m. And if you include those who regularly spend part of the year living abroad, we’re closing in on 6m.