Pinnacle Staffing Group has appointed Peter Gregory as a director of the healthcare recruiter.
Gregory, currently a director of the Pinnacle’s doctor recruitment subsidiaries, Medic International and Holt Doctors, will become chief executive of the firm.
Ireland has seen a 20% month-on-month rise in professional vacancies, according to the Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.
The Monitor also reveals the number of new professional job vacancies was up 75% year-on-year from March last year and was the highest recorded since October 2008.
Talent management provider SHL has appointed Stephen Read as vice-president of sales for UK and Ireland, and Claire Little as vice-president of professional services for UK and Ireland.
Executive search and selection firm O’Neill Consulting Group has expanded its global presence with the opening of an office in Shanghai, China.
The new office, located in one of the most important cultural, commercial and communications centres of China, will better enable O’Neill Consulting Group to offer retained executive search and selection services to clients throughout Asia.
The prospect of being grilled at interview tops the list of the worst things associated with job interviews, according to research by Home Learning College.
The research shows 55% of British adults fear being grilled by prospective employers, while 49% worry about finding suitable vacancies.
Venture Finance has launched a new FastTrack invoice discounting service.
Professional services recruiter SEC Recruitment is running an assessment day to find four new recruits for its apprenticeship academy on 11 May.
The assessment day will focus on competency areas including communication skills, enthusiasm and the ability to multi-task.
Online job board developer Job Affair has launched jobsite www.GreatBritishJobs.co.uk.
The site, which links to social media channels, is currently listing around 9,000 live vacancies.
The notion that recruiters are “systematically” encouraging agency workers to declare themselves self-employed is a fallacy, according to Tom Hadley, director of policy and professional services at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.
Online recruitment activity rose in April, according to the latest Monster Employment Index (MEI).
The index reveals a monthly increase of 1%, and 14% on the same period last year.