Multi-sector recruiter Supertemps has won a contract to help fill up to 70 vacancies for the St Dunstan’s charity’s new centre in Llandudno.
The deal sees Supertemps supply care workers, rehabilitation and training staff, housekeepers, maintenance personnel and drivers for St Dunstan’s 40-bed, £12m centre for blind and visually impaired ex-servicemen and women.
Travelodge has launched a budget hotel management apprenticeship programme for school leavers.
The JuMP (Junior Management Programme) provides a fast track route into management and provides A-level students (18+), while school leavers can continue their education, obtain work experience, receive a salary and become a manager by the age of 21.
Graduates earn £12,000 a year more than non-graduates, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
The ONS Labour Force Survey (LFS), which measured average weekly earnings over the past 10 years, shows graduates aged between 22 and 64 have a median salary of £29,900 compared to non-graduates, who earned £17,800.
Technology staffing specialist Highams Systems Services Group says it expects results to be in line with expectations, according to a pre-close update for the year ended 31 March 2011.
The update reveals the group showed an improvement in EBITDA for the third successive reporting year and expects an “encouraging” increase in revenues.
Private sector employees are fearful about losing their jobs as well as their public sector counterparts as a result of the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), according to IFF Research.
US-based legal and professional services marketing consultant Jennifer Johnson has launched J Johnson Executive Search.
Demand for security-cleared candidates is on the increase, according to security cleared professionals jobsite SecurityClearedJobs.com.
The firm says that despite cuts to defence and government budgets there remains a high need for candidates in these sectors and within private companies.
Outsourcing and recruitment solutions provider Servoca anticipates its results will be in line with management expectations.
According to a trading statement ahead of interim results to 31 March 2011 in mid June: “The board is pleased to report that results for the first six months will be in line with management expectations and positions the group favourably for the second half.
Hotelier Travelodge is to create around 550 new jobs through a £100m, 36-site expansion programme in partnership with British pub companies by 2015.
Travelodge is now actively working with Greene King, JW Lees, Marston’s, Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) and JD Wetherspoons to find further development opportunities across the country.
The percentage of new hires for international assignments plunged to 8%, according to an annual survey from Brookfield Global Relocation Services.
The report also reveals China, Brazil and India emerged as top destinations for assignments, while these countries were also cited as most challenging destinations for both expats and relocation managers.