Recruiter brings you the Quote of the Week from Yahoo!’s newly appointed chief executive, Carol Bartz (rumoured to have been headhunted by Heidrick & Struggles).
It is reported that she once said: “If you don’t kill a lot of plants along the way, you don’t know how to garden.”
What a comforting thought for all her new employees to dwell upon.
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More permanent staff are being recruited in the pharmaceutical sector rather than temps, contrary to findings in this week’s REC Report on Jobs, according to a pharma recruiter.
If you think you’re being watched more closely than normal at work, then your boss may have been following the latest government health campaign to raise awareness of the disease of dementia.
Antarctica
The British Antarctic Survey has launched a recruitment campaign to attract carpenters, electricians, plant technicians, plumbers and chefs to work at its research stations. Flexible contracts will run from four to 18 months, while starting salaries are £23,000 per annum. Accommodation, travel, clothing and food will also be provided.
Despite the economic malaise, it’s not all been bad news on the results front. Spring Group grew full year 2008 EBITDA by 15% to £9.2m on the back of a healthy 19% rise in revenues. Penna’s results were boosted as clients tried to soften the blow of redundancy by directing axed staff towards the company’s career transition service.
Micro-blogging site Twitter has a new service which will help target online job advertisements.
Manpower profits slump
Global recruiter Manpower reported a drop in profits for the three months ending 31 March 2009.
Pay increases have plunged and are continuing to decline, according to Labour Research Department’s (LRD) Payline database for April.
The median for April pay settlements stands at just 1.5%, and if long-term deals are excluded, it is zero.