A radical overhaul in the way that university careers services work is needed, according to a report by think tank Demos.
The report recommends that university career firms should be turned into not-for profit recruitment consultancies – with no commission for careers service employees – specialising in finding work for graduates in businesses local to the institution.
The reported interest of US private equity group Blackstone in acquiring medical recruiter Pulse is a reflection of a strong appetite among private equity for firms in the staffing industry, according to a recruitment sector deal specialist.
The Financial Times reported last week that Blackstone is in talks to acquire Pulse from another private equity group HgCapital.
Interim management solutions provider Interim Partners has appointed Liz Sinclair as account director.
Sinclair, who was previously lead consultant for executive search firm Tyzack’s consumer division, has been appointed to head up Interim Partners’ KPMG account and is also responsible for placing interims across a variety of sectors.
Employers may need to compromise on time, quality or cost to secure the right hire, according to Sharon Kardam (left), director European recruitment, Vistaprint.
Health and education staffing specialist Athona has won a service-level agreement to supply medical locums to NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in the South Central region.
The 12-month contract, which started this month, sees the firm provide priority access to both acute and mental health locum opportunities.
Multi-sector recruiter Initio International has completed the purchase of Start Resourcing.
The firm continues to trade as Start Resourcing as the UK IT and Engineering division of the Initio group.
Enabling underperforming employees to move to more suitable jobs heads a raft of recommendations from TAEN – The Age and Employment Network.
In its submission to the consultation on the phasing out of the default retirement age (DRA), opened by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Work and Pensions, TAEN recommends that:
Triangle Recruitment has implemented First Choice Software recruitment and staffing customer relationship management (CRM) solution, RDB-ProNet.
Triangle Recruitment, a new division of Gloucester based Triangle Business Services Group, selected First Choice Software’s RDB-ProNet after an extensive review of several recruitment solutions.
Cuts to Britain’s military could see servicemen and women with technical skills find work but others may swell the ranks of the unemployed, according to Jean Claude Hedouin, managing director at Ex-Mil Recruitment.
Online recruitment specialists networx has recruited Stephen Wallace, Andrew Briault and Paul McMurtrie as client relations managers.