Malcolm Chew has been appointed executive director of HR and organisational development at disability charity Scope.
Chew, who joins from Serco where he was divisional HR director, will be responsible for the charity’s approach to managing and developing its 3,500 staff and more than 7,000 volunteers, working across service delivery, retail, fundraising and support functions.
Some elite London law firms are passing over well-qualified, white working-class job applicants in favour of middle-class graduates from elite universities who they think would be better for their image, new research says.
The owners of a West Lothian entertainment and model agency have been banned from running an employment agency for the maximum period of 10 years.
Pontypridd-based Paramount Recruitment (Wales) is to open new offices in Swansea in January.
With a team of four in place for 4 January, PRW has got further plans for either a Cardiff or Cwmbran office later next year or early in 2012.
IT recruiters Ifftner Solutions and Anglia IT have announced plans to rebrand the company.
The move follows Ifftner’s acquisition of Anglia IT in 2009.
A balance needs to be struck between stopping false self-employment and ensuring that the UK construction industry retains its flexible workforce, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
The REC’s comments follow construction union UCATT’s call for a government review of payroll companies in the construction sector last week.
Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed John J Keller as vice chairman, CEO and board services.
Keller joins from Korn/Ferry International, where as senior client partner he focused on CEO, senior-level executive and board recruiting, as well as succession planning.
He will based in the firm’s New York office.
Employers need to look at all options when looking for talent, according to the head of diversity practice at BT.
Dennis Gissing was speaking at a Graduate Recruitment Roundtable in London last week, supported by Michael Page, Recruitermagazine and the Employers Forum on Age.
Software provider idibu has appointed Paul Higgins as UK sales director.
Higgins will be based in London and will report to managing director Steve Walker.
Alec Reed CBE, founder and former chairman of the Reed staffing and learning empire, will receive a knighthood this year for services to business and charity.