Gift experience firm Red Letter Days has launched a virtual casting call to find the ideal intern.
Its annual internship programme – ‘Red Letter Days Future’ – offers UK graduates the opportunity to work in the industry for three months (November 2010 – January 2011) and have an ‘entrepreneurship meeting’ with Dragons Den stars Peter Jones and Theo Paphitis who own the company.
The number of confirmed job offers within the financial services sector has fallen for a second consecutive month, according to research from City pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.
International financial staffing specialist BRUIN Financial is to open its first Asian office in Singapore.
The office is set to open on 10 January 2011.
Meanwhile, Rachel Fitton has been appointed managing director, Asia. Fitton, was previously the regional head of north-east Asia at Reed Specialist Recruitment. She will initially be based in Singapore.
LA International has seen turnover rise, according to its results for the year to 30 June 2010.
Around 368 new jobs are to be created in Glasgow’s city financial centre by Vertex, a provider of customer management outsourcing.
The new jobs will be based in Atlantic Quay and include 200 new jobs providing sales and service for Tesco Bank’s mortgage business.
Social work recruiter Liquid Personnel has seen turnover rise.
International staffing specialist Robert Walters has opened its first office in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Regions across the UK saw an average increase of 17% in job postings, according to new figures from MyJobGroup.co.uk.
Greater Manchester witnessed the largest rise in job postings, recording a 34% increase in Q3 on Q2. The findings reveal an average increase of 17% for job postings across all regions.
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Cross selling of its multiple brands is high on the agenda for Adecco UK & Ireland as the company continues to integrate its acquisitions into the organisational fold, according to chief executive Peter Searle.