Niche medical recruiters have a key role to play in meeting the recruitment needs of the NHS as higher than expected spending cuts loom, according to Vicky Scott, operations manger at Jobs4Medical.co.uk.
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Employers shouldn’t rely on the recession as a way of retaining staff. And employees who worked for organisations that rely on the ’you should be grateful to have a job approach’ were, in fact, biding their time and would leave when better opportunities arose.
The managing director of umbrella company Zeva has hailed the GLA [Gangmaster Licensing Authority] licence as the sole independent quality standard available for umbrellas in a predominantly unregulated industry.
The Work Foundation has launched a new policy prospectus today, calling for the government to construct a growth strategy based on expanding private sector jobs in all regions and countries of the UK to tackle the deficit.
Cut, Tax, Grow?, warns that until a recovery is in place, triggering big cuts in the public sector workforce would be counter-productive.
IT, accountancy, hospitality, leisure and professional services recruiter Kellan Group has appointed John Melbourne as its new group chief financial officer (CFO) effective immediately.
Almost half (49%) of UK candidates have a negative perception of an organisation following an unsuccessful job application, according to research by talent assessment solutions provider SHL.
Education recruiter Aspire People has recruited Wayne Hall from Connaught Education as consultant.
Hall will work on Aspire People’s Staffordshire Primary Desk.
Real Resourcing, part of SThree, has rebranded as Real Staffing Group.
The change has been made to reflect the fact that client companies are drawing out of ‘recession mode’, and face new staffing challenges. David Rees, director of the Real Staffing Group, explains: “It was identifying this new need in our clients that led us to rebrand.”
HGV and industrial recruitment firm Transline-Resource has strengthened its training team with the appointment of two more driver trainers. This follows last year’s opening of its Trafford Park Training Team HQ.
Global provider of business solutions for human resources Kenexa is to support Unilever with employee engagement surveys and improved action planning capability.
In extending its relationship with Unilever, Kenexa plans to assess engagement of more than 140,000 Unilever employees worldwide. The survey will take place again in 2012.