Recruitment services agency Net Natives has launched a new service that enables recruiters and job boards to recruit inside Facebook.
British Medical Jobs is one of the first clients to use the service, which brings jobs to members via fully functioning, multi-dimensional Facebook recruitment sites.
The Natives Facebook Service has three main strands:
Psychometric assessment provider Thomas International has launched an updated version of its Team Audit tool.
According to the company, this update is part of an ongoing drive to stay at the forefront of assessment delivery and team development.
Research by the Taleo Corporation, provider of on-demand talent management solutions, reveals that there is room for improvement in businesses’ use of HR as a strategic tool.
While most IT and HR professionals recognise the value that HR technology can add to a business, this is not reflected by a drive to improve the integration and functionality of HR technology systems.
Punch Taverns has turned to apprenticeships to develop hospitality talent of the future.
Executive search firm Warren Partners has promoted operations director Vicky Lawton to managing director.
Meanwhile, founder Joëlle Warren takes up the role of executive chairman and will be supported by an advisory board of senior business leaders, headed by Judith Nicol.
Tony Constantinides has been appointed sales director of healthcare recruiter The Placement Group.
Constantinides started his own agency, Excel Resources, in 1997 before it was acquired by TMP Worldwide, staying with the firm until recently as director of IT and telecoms recruitment.
The number of employers reporting redundancies rose in July with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) Jobs Barometer falling three points in July following five consecutive months of improvement.
However, the number of employers intending to recruit temporary and permanent staff over the next three months remains stable.
IT, pharma, banking technology and telecoms recruiter Vine Resources has appointed Darren Keith as sourcing consultant.
Keith joins the firm’s pharma division.
Randstad Managed Services has appointed Eunice Clements-Tweedie as director of operations.
Clements-Tweedie will lead a change management programme as well as driving improvements in efficiency, effectiveness and excellence in client programme delivery.
She previously held senior operational positions at Zebra Managed Recruitment Services (now
International recruiter Hays has been re-appointed to the government’s Buying Solutions framework to provide non-permanent staff.
Hays remains one of five suppliers responsible for the recruitment of all non-permanent staff up to board level and directors.