Multi-sector recruiter GPW Recruitment and law firm Hattons Solicitors have come together to launch GPW Legal Services.
GPW Legal Services will offer general legal advice, including employment law advice both personal and business, HR advice, contract dispute solutions, debt recovery advice and wills and probate exclusively to its corporate and private clients.
International recruitment software provider Arithon has acquired online timesheet software company Tempsheets.com for an undisclosed sum.
Arithon CEO Roderick Smyth says: “After an exhaustive search for a comprehensive online timesheet software systems we were excited to find a product with the calibre of Tempsheets.com.”
Manpower has entered into a partnership with China’s Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT) that will help its local partners to meet the workforce needs of China’s burgeoning manufacturing sector.
The staffing industry must use the summer to prepare properly for AWR, rather than bury its head in the sand or create novel ways to avoid being caught, according to the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA).
Betting firm Ladbrokes has launched an online recruitment system with online recruitment solutions provider Changeworknow.
The solution aims to build up a well-qualified talent pool of retail applicants, spot high potential employees immediately and communicate with candidates via social media, text messaging and android phones.
James Reed, chairman of Reed Global, says he wants recruiting on the basis of mindset to become normal practice.
Speaking at the launch of a new book “Put your Mindset to Work’, by Reed and Dr Paul G. Stoltz, in London yesterday, Reed, said: ” That’s our goal absolutely. The challenge is the right people for the right job right now.”
Welfare-to-work provider FourstaR Employment & Skills is to rebrand as EOS as it begins the delivery of the Work Programme contract in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country.
The new EOS website www.eosworks.co.uk goes live today.
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Proposed changes to the EU’s Data Protection Directive could leave recruiters facing an administrative burden and large fines for non-compliance, says John Hayes, partner at law firm Irwin Mitchell.
The number of job offers made within the financial services sector fell by 5% in October, according to a study by City pre-employment screening firm, Powerchex.
The fall in job offers follows falls of 10% in August and 4% in September. Insurance firms (down 3%), hedge funds (down 18%) and investment managers (down 22%) all cut recruitment.