The major restructuring of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) reorganisation that came into effect earlier this month will make little difference in the short-term.
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The UK manufacturing sector is suffering from less active candidates, according to Julie Anderson, senior talent acquisition specialist, European supply chain and operations, Coca-Cola Enterprises.
Educational publisher TSL Education has acquired online procurement solutions provider for schools Schoolquote.
Schoolquote provides secure buying resources for individual schools and communities of public sector organisations.
The student and graduate careers site Gradplus.com has launched a new free advertising and pay-as-you-go-service which means recruiters only pay for relevant applications that come via the site.
South Coast recruitment agency Rubicon People has been awarded a contract to meet flat-out production demand at Fudges, one of Britain’s largest independent biscuit makers.
Rubicon People will supply staff for the bakery at Stalbridge, near Blandford in North Dorset. Fudges counts customers as diverse as the Royal Household, Harrods, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
Serco will not seek a rebate from its suppliers as result of a commitment to government costs savings, the public service outsourcing firm has confirmed in a statement.
The number of US employers expecting to recruit has risen, according to research from CEO association Business Roundtable.
The survey shows that 29% of member CEOs expect to add to headcount, up from 19% in the previous quarter.
Half of CEOs expect employment to remain steady, exactly the same as last quarter, while 21% predict lower employment, down from last quarter’s 31%.
The major battlefield in the ongoing war for talent now lies more in the area of employee engagement and retention instead of attraction, according to Siemens’ vice president, corporate and marketing communications, South-West Europe.
Rec to rec firm Red Ventures has promoted Sam Cripps to research and marketing consultant specialising in the IT and financial services markets.
Lloyds Banking Group is planning to hire around 35 staff to service corporate customers with access to debt through capital markets.
A source close to the bank told Recruiter that the roles, which would be filled over the next 12 months, were at all levels of seniority.