There are a great many unexplored social networking sites at a recruiter’s disposal, says Amar Panesar, resource adviser at Foster Wheeler Energy.
Panesar’s comments came at Recruiter’s inaugural Smart Resourcing 2010 event at London’s Millennium Mayfair Hotel last week.
There has been an “overwhelming” response from UK Premier Inn employees looking to work at the international hotel chain’s new Delhi location, according to Jaspreet Khurana, Premier Inn human resources director in India.
International IT recruiter Darwin Recruitment has appointed John O’Sullivan and David Higgins as non-executive directors.
O’Sullivan is managing director of peer-to-peer business learning forum Elite Leaders and is currently non-executive director to several other companies. He founded the Best International Group, which was sold to Spring Group in 2003.
Executive recruiter GatenbySanderson has been appointed to the new buying-solutions framework agreement for non-permanent staff.
The framework replaces the former agreement for interim managers and specialist contractors and manages supply of interims to central government and the rest of the public sector.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann has appointed Paul Benson senior client partner, industrial, and James Tapper, who joins as senior partner, head, leadership and talent consulting, UK.
Far from extinct, executive search uses latest methods
Philip Clarke’s position on the executive search industry and its use of social media (’A dinosaur in the information age’, Recruiter, 10 November) appears to be born out of a fundamental misunderstanding of the modern executive search industry.
With the launch of the government’s Red Tape challenge website, what red tape would you recommend getting rid of which really hampers your business?
The National Minimum Wage for adults will increase by 15p to £6.08 an hour from 1 October, the government announced on Thursday.
The government accepted the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC) for increases to the minimum wage rates, which will also see:
In light of recent government announcements, do you think employers would be more inclined to recruit long-term unemployed if they had undertaken work for their benefits?
