With Britain’s military forces shedding 17,000 servicemen and women, supermarket Tesco is running a scheme to take skills and qualities of armed forces personnel and redeploy them in a new career in retail.
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Despite the announcement of an 8% fall in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) budget, recruiters struck an optimistic note at a job fair for security-cleared candidates held in London last week.
More than 30 recruiters attended Security Cleared Expo 2010 held in Victoria, London with 2,500 candidates registering their interest.
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Turnover in the UK’s recruitment industry dropped by more than 12% to just under £20bn in the year to March 2010, according to the annual industry report launched today (Thursday 28 October) by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) in association with Barclays Corporate.
Executive search firm Burns Carlton Executive Search and Selection has launched an ‘Adopt a Grad’ initiative.
Each month, the firm selects one graduate from the many applications they receive and assist in that individual’s search for employment.
Multi-sector recruiter The MRJ Group has launched new division, MRJ Property.
Led by Jonathan Lewis, the division recruits qualified surveyors across the UK.
More than nine in 10 hospitality workers are against the proposed rise in National Insurance contributions, according to a poll from hospitality recruiter Berkeley Scott.
The firm found that 92% of employers and people, earning less than £35,000 working in the leisure industry, opposed the rise.
Education recruiter Protocol Education made a profit before tax of £2.9m in the year ended 30 June 2009
This is almost identical with 2008.
Sales were slightly down at £38.45m compared to £38.68m in 2008.
The insurance sector is faced with a candidate-rich market but the best candidates will continue to find work, according to Samantha Rich, head of group attraction & talent - human resources, AXA UK.
The Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) has appointed Trevor Matthews as chairman.
Matthews is chief executive of Friends Provident and a past president of the Chartered Insurance Institute.