Multi-sector recruiter Eximius group has parted company with director Stefan Pillinger after he was jailed for an incident at a City pub in which two bar staff were injured. Pillinger was sentenced to nine months’ prison for throwing glasses at bar staff after the word ’gay’ was scrawled on his credit card. The company director admitted unlawful wounding and actual bodily harm.
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In response to ’Visa reforms revealed’ (recruiter.co.uk, 16 February), recruitment agencies and employers alike will be pleased to see the news that certain highly-skilled workers will be exempt from the annual cap on immigration.
Separately branded divisions have helped InterQuest post increased profits, according to audited results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
The chairman of Pertemps Group has admitted that his company “slipped up” in hiring a former managing director of a Pertemps group company who lost her claim against Pertemps for sex discrimination and victimisation. Earlier this month a Birmingham Employment Tribunal accepted Watts’ evidence that Smith’s claims were “a pack of lies”.
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Multi sector recruiter Stafforce has acquired Relay Recruitment in a deal that was driven by the two recruiters’ common ethical stance, according to the chief executive of Stafforce.
As the Co-op announces plans to offer legal services nationwide through its 300 bank branches, taking advantage of the upcoming deregulation of the legal market, some recruiters see this as a positive sign for job creation.
The use of temporary workers rose 10% in March, according to the latest data from procurer of temporary agency labour, de Poel.
Figures show that the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers increased by an average of 10.36% in March, with sectors such as construction growing by 47% and retail by 12%.
Following six months’ private beta testing, thesocialCV.com has launched.
The site aggregates data contained within social profiles to reveal a candidate’s online footprint.
The site, which is integrated into global ATS platforms and CRM providers, offers access to 65m individuals globally, indexing a further 400,000 daily.
They’re back. The difficult duo of the war for talent and its partner-in-crime attrition have resurfaced in organisations around the world as economies emerge from recession.
Speaking at the Kenexa EuroSummit 2011 in London last week, Anne-Marie Malley, partner at Deloitte Consulting, said that organisations are rebalancing their talent strategies as they adapt to the “new normal”.
IT services firm FDM Group is to recruit 100 new candidates to join its graduate training programme in Manchester.
FDM chief operating officer, Sheila Flavell, says: “We are proud to be offering a further 100 placements within our Manchester branch. The city is a fantastic place to live and one that is always popular with trainees and FDM employees alike.”