Industrial services firm Hertel has appointed David Massey as director of HR and communications.
Massey has worked in both the public and private sectors, most recently with AMEC where he spent time in Iraq involved in a reconstruction project before returning to the UK as HR director.
Part-time students appear to be relying on colleagues or friends and family for careers advice, according to the Higher Education Careers Services Unit’s (HECSU) ‘Futuretrack: Part-time Students’ study.
Public sector accountants and finance staff will be hit hard by this year’s public spending cuts, according to research by international finance and accounting recruiter Ambition.
The company predicts that 16,500 of around 140,000 permanent finance employees will lose their jobs, with many unable to find jobs in the private sector.
HR professionals must recognise there is “no perfect solution” in merging and integrating organisational cultures, Mark Adams (pictured), HR director for Santander UK, has said.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that public sector pay will be frozen for two years for those earning more than £21,000 a year.
David Arkless, president of corporate and government affairs at Manpower, has been appointed vice president of the China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations (CICPMC).
The CICPMC promotes and serves the businesses of multinational corporations with investment in China and safeguards the legitimate rights of multinational corporations.
Just one in 10 recruiters think current regulations aid professionalism in the recruitment sector, according to research by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
Support for the private sector to create jobs is critical in avoiding a double dip recession, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) and HR director, Sutton and Merton Council.
The proposed cap on non-EU workers announced by the Coalition Government is unlikely to significantly cut numbers of foreign IT workers coming to the UK, according to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
HotLizard has developed an executive new platform for financial recruiter Warner Scott Recruitment.
Warner Scott recruits senior finance professionals across numerous international locations including the UK, Middle East, GCC, Asia and Australasia, so the new site features both English and Arabic content and the option to switch between the two languages.