A report claiming that unemployment among the over 50s has reached a 10-year high has been slammed as “potentially very damaging” by Geoff Newman, chief executive of Recruitment Genius.
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Radio industry executives are to converge upon Salford for Move on Up at the Radio Festival, an event aimed at addressing under-representation of black and minority ethnic workers in the radio industry by setting up one-to-one meetings with key industry executives.
Executive search firm Meridian Business Support is opening a new office in Wellington, Shropshire.
The opening is planned for 6 September.
Accountancy, insurance and legal recruiter Heat Recruitment has appointed four new consultants.
Damien Kelland and Gaby Thomas will recruit for financial services, while Will Langdon joins the firm’s accountancy and finance division. Ross Bennett joins the insurance and legal team.
Independent recruiters’ network TEAM (The Employment Agency Movement) has appointed Phillippa Hart of Hart Recruitment, Great Barr, Birmingham its new TEAM Midlands director.
Hart takes over from previous director, Tony Battersby.
Permanent placements rose at their weakest rate for 10 months, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG.
The data indicates the slowest increase in permanent appointments since October last year, while temporary staff billings growth hit a 10-month low.
Two of the original founders of multi-sector recruiter Huntress have re-entered the recruitment sector with the launch of commercial recruitment company Love Success.
Dialogue Communications, a specialist in mobile messaging and mobile billing solutions, has launched an SMS application for Bullhorn software.
A retail recruiter has disputed claims made by the boss of Next that the boom times are over on the high street.
Excellent candidates now shape the market for rec-to-rec assignments with top billers always in demand, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s R2R sector group.