International searches and those involving scarce experience or skills still require the services of executive search firms but headhunters should also learn to unearth ‘non-standard’ talent in the UK market.
This was the advice given by two human resources directors at a Recruitment & Employment Confederation discussion group of headhunters in London this week.
Employment and vendor selection screening solutions provider HR Plus has partnered with Tracker Corp to implement its Tracker I-9 software.
The software provides intuitive, automated and user-customisable features to help speed up and eliminate mistakes for employment eligibility verification.
Industrial recruiter Staffline Group has acquired the trade and assets of Newcastle-based recruiter Kelburn Industrial.
Kelburn Industrial supplies temporary industrial labour.
Recruiters have a key role to play in ensuring NHS organisations avoid having “dangerously low levels” of midwives, according to a spokesperson for recruiter Healthcare Locums.
Global executive recruitment website executivesontheweb.com has launched Executive Checkers (Draughts), a new mobile game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
IT recruiter Nicoll Curtin Technology is expanding its commercial division, the first of a series of planned initiatives to grow its business further this year.
The company has appointed Gavin Tew as commercial division manager, along with two consultants, to boost the already established division, and is planning further experienced hires across the year as the business grows.
Redfox Executive Selection has promoted Ian Reed to business director.
Reed will focus on a number of significant accounts that he and his team currently run, as well as developing the business internationally.
Frazer Jones, specialist HR recruitment division of The SR Group, has strengthened its team with a number appointments in its London office.
James Baker joins from Hays HR as associate director, while Steve Marshall has been recruited as director at Frazer Jones Reward.
Apprenticeships are key to building the hospitality talent of the future, according to sector skills council People 1st’s chairman and chief people officer, McDonald’s Europe, David Fairhurst.
Multi-sector recruiter Morgan Hunt is to supply staff through the PfH frameworks for Recruitment Services and Managed Recruitment Services.
The Procurement for Housing’s (PfH) Agency Labour Agreement enables the housing sector to make savings on their recruitment purchasing and greater transparency of their costs.