Bristol-based IT recruitment firm Redrock Consulting is launching a web portal next month that allows clients to hire contractors direct, which it claims could save around 33% on recruitment costs.
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Hotel firm Travelodge is creating 700 new jobs in the UK through the construction of 35 hotels this year.
Eight of the hotels will be in London, three in Birmingham, with other hotels being constructed in Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bristol, Lancaster, Canterbury, Cambridge and Hull.
The Scottish Labour market showed signs of improvement in December, according to the latest the Bank of Scotland Labour Market Barometer.
The barometer registered 52.6 in December, up from November’s figure of 50.9.
This is the second consecutive month the Barometer has recorded above the 50.0 no-change level.
Energy firm E.ON has appointed Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) as its UK employer brand and resourcing communications agency.
Four staffing firms have joined international recruiter Empresaria’s recruitment hub in Singapore, launched in January.
John Lewis is to create 650 new jobs, with the opening of a new store next to New Street Station in Birmingham city centre, the department store, Network Rail and Birmingham City Council have confirmed.
Public sector staffing specialist The Capita Group has recorded “robust results”, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010.
The group’s results reveal:
Video interviewing solutions provider HireVue has been chosen by sportswear manufacturer Nike to support its campus recruiting program.
Nike’s current campus recruitment process screens and interviews qualified candidates for roles including marketing, sales, merchandising, strategic planning, supply chain and IT from more than 20 undergraduate, MBA and law programmes.
International recruitment has fallen, according to the latest Antal Global Snapshot.
The snapshot shows current hiring across the globe fell from 57% in September to 50% now. But the number of organisations intending to cut headcount had dropped by 7% to 16%, indicating that the dip in recruitment activity is largely down to companies retaining their staff.
Global digital, creative and marketing recruitment firm Nakama has acquired the assets of Big fish Search & Selection.
Big fish, which started trading in 2002, places creative and marketing professionals in both the agency world and large blue chip companies.
Big fisher founder Nicola Kleinmann now joins the team of directors at Nakama.