Ambitious young graduates would do well to seek a career in finance to act as a springboard to land top jobs on Britain’s boards.
Clive Davis, director at finance staffing specialist Robert Half, was highlighting his firm’s latest research, which shows 49% of serving chief executives in the current FTSE 100 Index have financial backgrounds, up from just 31% in 2008.
Professional network LinkedIn has revealed the top five names for male and female global CEOs.
The LinkedInsights data reveals the top five names for male CEOs globally are:
The top five names for female CEOs globally are:
Almost a third of retailers plan to cut staffing levels in the next quarter compared with 8% this time last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM).
The research also shows six in 10 retailers plan to maintain headcount over the next quarter.
Exchequer secretary David Gauke MP has committed to improving IR35.
Recruiters should brief candidates properly before sending them along for interview, according to Taryn Grossman, senior recruiter at Siemens’ Energy Sector.
HR recruiter Macmillan Davies Hodes has appointed Nicola Levy as consultant in its executive resourcing team.
Levy joins from specialist recruiter Morgan Hunt and will focus on permanent HR assignments from £50,000 to £80,000.
Engineers topped the list of job titles experiencing talent shortage in the UK in 2011 in Manpower’s ‘2011 Global Talent Shortage Survey’.
Here’s the top 10 of UK jobs with talent shortfalls:
• Engineers
Deloitte, the business advisory firm, is urging students to gain work experience during their holidays, to enhance their employability when starting their career.
Stevan Rolls, head of HR at Deloitte, says: “Companies want to employ people who have put their time to good use and gained transferable skills from their experience to date.
Not-for-profit professional body the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has appointed a number of regional directors.
IT recruiter Penta Consulting has appointed Amy Carsen as assistant HR manager.
Carsen joins from Barclays Capital where she was responsible for the recruitment and selection of new employees. She also has experience as a headhunter, having previously worked at Burberry and Harrods.