Hays Building Services has signed a three-year partnership agreement with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to continue to provide members with a dedicated recruitment service.
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Electrical goods manufacturer Dyson has recruited 100 of 350 new engineers required to work on upcoming inventions at its laboratories in Malmesbury, Wiltshire.
Technical recruiter Matchtech has launched multi-sector recruiter Barclay Meade.
The new company will serve the following areas: accounting and finance; financial services; human resources; sales; marketing, communications and e-commerce; procurement, supply chain and logistics; and executive search.
Public sector recruiter and outsourcing firm The Capita Group has acquired the National Dental Plan group of companies (NDP) for £30m.
NDP operates dental insurance schemes, designing, distributing, arranging underwriting for and administering dental insurance policies to customers including Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC and BT.
Hewlett Packard (HP) will create 700 skilled technology jobs in Scotland between now and 2014.
The firm says it intends to make Erskine in Renfrewshire, current location of the firm’s sales and customer support operations, a hub for delivering IT services to UK clients.
Recruitment to recruitment specialist McCall is opening an office in Sydney, Australia.
The office will open next January and will be followed by another location by the end of Q1.
Age discrimination claims have risen by 37% in the past year, according to data from the Employment Tribunals Service.
Bad personal hygiene has topped the list of deterrants to recruiting a new employee, according to data from HR consultant Reabur.com.
The data also shows that 56% say a candidate’s dress sense would affect their decision, while 19% of employers cite latecomers to interview as a big no-no.
Brazil’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest rate since 2002, according to government statistics agency IBGE.
August’s jobless rate was 6.7%, compared to 6.9% in July, and the lowest since March 2002.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is hoping that its virtual careers fairs aimed at Western Europe will not only enable it to assess candidates but also that candidates will be able to decide whether the company is right for them.