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.
Recruiters in the oil & gas sector face a period of consolidation as smaller companies are bought up by larger competitors, according to staffing industry merger & acquisition (M&A) experts.
I read your article ’Employers shift from temp to perm hires’ (1 March) with great interest. The economy continues to be challenging, the budget is imminent and there is a huge piece of new employment legislation arriving in October.
Budget hotel chain Travelodge has created 100 new jobs as a result of opening seven new hotels this spring.
Technical and engineering staffing specialist TechConsult UK has expanded into the Asia with the placement of a number of workers on projects in Singapore and Malaysia.
Global interactive CV platform Innovate CV has launched a free iPhone app.
Specialist rail and engineering recruiter Exxell has opened a new branch in Southampton.
Monster UK has launched an Android app.
The app alerts candidates with the latest job opportunities on the move, from any location.
Like Monster’s i-Pad and i-Phone app, the Android app can be downloaded for free via the Android Market <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.monster.android.Views>.