Starbucks has launched a new recruitment strategy in which it will favour applicants who want to volunteer in the community, as well as aiming to improve customer service by increasing investment in skills and cutting staff turnover.
The new skills and training strategy sees Starbucks commit to providing:
Most of interim professionals do not see the market improving for a very long time, according to new data from the Institute of Interim Management.
The data shows that 92% of those surveyed do not anticipate the market improving for a very long time, while 86% do not see any improvement until late next year and 61% by the start of next year.
Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the University of Nottingham have come together to create a Medicinal Chemistry module for undergraduates.
The first chemistry undergraduates to take part in the course started the module next week.
Executive search firm Kinsey Allen International has appointed Marc Karim Baloch as head of fixed income, Asia.
Baloch will focus on the Asian Fixed Income market and will recruit across credit, trading, sales and structuring across Hong Kong and Singapore.
The chief executive of Adecco Group in the UK and Ireland says he is worried that recent trends are moving recruitment away from the all-important human element.
Resource Group, an international supplier of skills and recruitment to aerospace, aviation and defence sectors, has acquired BAE Systems Cwmbran Training College.
The college, formerly known as Dundridge College, is a CAA training provider for air traffic control, electronic warfare, air defence and aviation English.
Thomas International says that good leadership qualities include decisiveness, empowering others and openness to change - all reflect aspects of emotional intelligence.
It adds that high levels of emotional intelligence are essential for ministerial candidates to win the hearts and minds of voters, and once elected, will be a vital determinant of success at 10 Downing Street.
I am writing regarding ’The importance of interviewing - it’s not a tick box exercise!’ (Recruiter, Bloggers with bite, 28 April). At last a blogger with real bite who also makes sense.
A recruiter has urged the coalition government to provide further funding for skills development of care workers.
Many recruiters jumping on the social media bandwagon risk failing to take advantage, according to the founder of Tweetjobs.
Richard Sutcliffe, who launched Tweetjobs last autumn, told Recruiter: “There are a lot of people who are looking to dip their toes into social media, but they don’t know how to do it.”