Recruitment, training and consultancy specialist Emplacement Solutions has appointed Chris Phillips as head of marketing.
Phillips moves from s.com group where he was brand manager.
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Multi-sector recruiter Uxbridge Employment has signed a contract with recruitment and human capital management software and services provider Bond International Software to use its Bond Adapt recruitment software.
Uxbridge Employment says it anticipates that using Bond Adapt will result in savings of roughly £35,000 year-on-year for the company.
Global retained executive search group International Executive Search Federation (IESF) has added Kilpatrick International Search and Selection as the sole UK partner for its sectors.
Careertunity.com,an online recruitment portal in the Middle East, has introduced a new package of comprehensive CV services entitled the Career Services Suite.
The employment portal decided to launch the new services in response to results from its recent online poll, which showed 90% of respondents are pursuing higher paying jobs.
More than half of 800+ senior executives surveyed globally are unhappy with their current work-life balance, research from BlueSteps.com reveals.
BlueSteps.com, the executive career management service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), also found that despite the dissatisfaction, just 35% take full advantage of their allotted paid time off each year.
The Chancellor announced that VAT will increase from 17.5% to 20% from 4 January 2011.
Martin Holden, partner at accountants Saffery Champness, and head of its professional and consultancy services group, told Recruiter that the rise in the VAT could cause cash flow problems for some recruiters.
Global retained executive search firm J Robert Scott has appointed Roderick Haire as managing director in its financial services practice, based in Hong Kong.
Continuing its expansion in the Asia Pacific region, the firm recently added six executive search professionals to its offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore.
Rising costs of living and weak salary growth are eroding the spending power of UK employees, according to a new study by global management consultancy Hay Group.
An increasing number of UK recruiters are now ‘zombie’ companies, according to Plimsoll latest Industry Analysis of 1,000 companies.
The analysis found 37 ‘zombie’ companies which have seen their performance deteriorate to such as extent that they now exist merely to pay off their debts and survive.