Rexsocial.com, a new social networking site for recruiters, headhunters and HR professionals is to launch.
The new site aims to help recruiters make new industry contacts, manage existing relationships, source new job vacancies, source hard to find candidates and build niche networking groups while interacting within a user-friendly and feature-rich environment.
I enjoyed reading the article ‘Raynaud’s vision for Hudson’ (Recruiter, 27 May). Obviously the UK market is important to Hudson and the next CEO is a key appointment that, with Ms Raynaud’s presence in the UK, they do not want to take any chances on not finding the right person.
Free job listings site Northseaoiljobs.com has been launched for the UK oil & gas industry.
As well as promoting vacancies within the sector, the site also offers help and advice to those interested in a career in the industry and publishes interviews with industry professionals.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) made a profit of £221,177 in the year ended 31 December, according to its annual report and accounts. This compares with a profit of £174,050 in 2007.
Turnover increased to £6.57m compared with £6.12m in the previous year.
Ferdinand Pieterse has been appointed financial director of the Kelly Group and will join its board as an executive director with effect from 13 July.
Pieterse, a chartered accountant, is the former chief executive of Louis Dreyfus Commodities (Africa) and former chief financial officer of Citigroup Africa.
Investment, administration and marketing professionals have been the hardest hit by the downturn in the Gulf, according to findings from job board GulfTalent.com.
Jobsite is the new main club sponsor of Portsmouth Football Club.
National recruitment network gap personnel has appointed Andy Robson-Graham to head up its specialist technical division.
As new divisional director, Robson-Graham will focus on the expansion of the technical division, based in Chester, with a view to establishing a second branch in the South of the UK.
Offshoring is no longer a passing fad, according to findings from a business information provider Datamonitor’s white paper commissioned by outsourcer Teleperformance.
