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The appointment of a new board at Healthcare Locums (HCL) represents a “new beginning” for the leadership of the healthcare recruiter, according to an HCL spokesperson.

Former managing director of Albemarle Alan Horn has joined interim management provider Russam GMS to help develop the firm’s entrepreneur practice.

Horn will place executives into some of the UK’s largest multinational companies to undertake specific projects, as well as teams of experienced interims into organisations in need of substantial and rapid transformation.

Recruiters should regard the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) pay comparator as ‘their friend’, according to an employment lawyer.

China tops the list of countries that UK headhunters predict will demand more senior executives in 2011, according to a new report.

The report by InterExec,based on a survey of 100 of the UK’s top headhunters, revealed that emerging markets, China and Brazil, are both set to demand more senior executives than the USA this year. The UK was ranked second after China.

Executive search firm Pearson Partners International has opened an office in the Miami area.

The move comes after the Dallas-based firm bought search firm Meridian Partners in Tampa.

Walter Baker, co-founder of Meridian, and Eduardo Comella, partner and managing director with Prolaurum USA/CCG Group, will lead the new office.

Specialist recruitment consultancy IntaPeople has discovered more CV howlers from jobseekers, eager to impress but failing spectacularly. Here’s just a few gems we found in the Pick of the CV Howler Pops.

Talent management solutions provider PageUp People has launched the latest version of its performance management system, adding a compensation function.

The new product integrates compensation with its performance management module to enable line managers to grant annual merit increases, as well as allocate bonuses and stock options based on company policies and guidelines.

“Can’t come in today I’m afraid, I’ve injured my leg chasing the dog to stop it attacking a rabbit.” This is one of more unusual excuses UK workers have used to call in a sickie, according to a list compiled by jobsite CareerBuilder.

Other gems include:

·     employee’s foot was stuck in the toilet

·     employee said someone threw a garden gnome through his window

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment has appointed Dante Friend as recruitment consultant.

Dante will manage Midlands-based opportunities in private practice and commercial law.

Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment operates from offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Jeffrey Anderson

Jeffrey Anderson

Cambridge Recruitment Software Solutions (CRSS) is launching a new virtual back office system based on the enterprise edition of its Opera II Recruitment software.

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