A new snapshot poll by online community HR Business Network has revealed that senior HR professionals have not yet completely embraced social media in recruitment.
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Barclays is to create 600 new jobs in Glasgow.
The new jobs form part of Barclays’ ongoing expansion in Glasgow and is supported by a grant of up to £6.6m of Regional Selective Assistance funding from Scottish Enterprise.
Specialist sustainability recruiter Acre has appointed Ian Nash as chairman.
Nash has held group finance director posts at both Michael Page and Robert Walters.
Financial and insurance recruiter Highams Systems’ trading has continued to improve over the last year, according to Ken Ford, non-executive chairman.
More than half of Gen Y employees seek to leave their job within 12 months, according to new research from motivation solutions provider Sodexo Motivation Solutions.
Technical and engineering recruitment firm Scantec Personnel has created six full-time posts in its commercial division.
The firm’s commercial division currently focuses on office and secretarial personnel. It is now extending its remit to accountancy & finance, HR, sales & insurance, information technology, marketing & advertising, law and logistics.
The UK’s services sector has continued to expand with a modest improvement, according to the latest Markit/CIPS Business Activity Index.
Multi-sector recruiter HR GO has seen “positive” signs of growth with increased turnover, according to interim financial statements covering the first half of 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
Aviva has appointed recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm hyphen to manage the company’s recruitment.
The deal gives hyphen responsibility for all of Aviva’s permanent hiring in the UK, around 3,000 hires per annum. The contract covers all skill sets and management levels (excluding senior and board level hires).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has launched a national recruitment campaign to fill 35,000 jobs across England and Wales.