A manager at Transline-Resource, winner of Best Industrial Recruitment Firm at Wednesday night’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, has another reason to feel pleased this week.
A keen rugby player, at just 30 years old Paul Coates began finding it harder and harder to breathe and a series of blackouts meant that he had to stop playing his beloved rugby.
The House of Commons spent £435,073 on recruitment in the last financial year.
The figures, obtained by Bullhorn, for the period in financial year 2009/10 as 28 February 2010 reveal:
Current security clearance guidance poses problems for recruiters in defence and government sectors, according to David Leyshon, managing director of CBSbutler.
The award for most effort expended to attend this year’s awards goes to Daniel Christian, general manager, business development at outsourced management accounting services provider QX.
Umbrella firm Giant Precision has extended its contract with energy and vet businesses of Recruitment Investment Group (RIG) for a further three years.
Recruiters have a key role to play in working out pay deals in the public sector, according to Mike Cooke, lead officer of pay and reward at the Public sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) and director of organisation development at the London Borough of Camden.
Talent development solutions provider SumTotal Systems has launched Project-Based Reviews, a new module for its ResultsOnDemand Performance Management solution.
Outsourcing Whitehall functions to the private sector is a top priority for any new government, according to a poll from provider of interim management solutions Interim Partners.
The poll of 1,475 interim executives recommends that the top priority for the next government should be:
Recruiters need to talk the language of business if they are to maximise their credibility and influence, according the head of resourcing at Network Rail.
Australia’s unemployment rate remained at 5.4% in April, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Total employment increased by 33,700 to 11.02m April, while full-time employment rose by 37,500 to 7.735m in the month and part-time employment was down by 3,900 to 3.29m.