Outsourced recruitment solutions firm CPH Consulting has agreed a contract with Asian B2B e-commerce company Alibaba.com. The initial project is to manage all experienced hire recruitment for Alibaba.com office in London.
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In these worrying economic times, it’s reassuring to hear that some recruiters are seemingly unaffected.
Pride of place must go to Robert Harverson, former chairman of Penta Consulting and now a nonexecutive director, who has allegedly paid a cool £250,000 for the personalised number plate 1RH. And we thought the days of brash and ostentatious spending was over.
With the downturn in financial services continuing to bite, an exodus of expatriate finance professionals from the City to their country of origin is creating opportunities for recruiters.
We’re only just into a new year and still the spectacle of hairy recruiters pop up to haunt us. However, the moustachioed chaps of the SRGroup were doing all their hirsuit-ness for charity as part of a Movember team. At the start of November (Movember) guys register with a clean shaven face at the official website (www.movember.com).
Upping standards: JobPlant aims to raise video CV quality
Specialist recruitment firm Hays says it is “defending itself vigorously” against allegations of racism that have been made against the company to the Employment Tribunal Service (ETS) by two recruitment consultants. The claim was filed with ETS on 7 December 2008, the service told Recruiter.
European business social networking site Viadeo has purchased Indian rival ApnaCircle.com.
Viadeo, which also has operations in China and Mexico, is set to target Europe and emerging countries. Its strategy is based on two central points: the opening of regional offices and relationship building with local business leaders.
UK listed Irish multi-sector employment services group Cpl Resources has announced a fall in profits.
Profits after tax for the half year ended 31 December 2008 were 739,000 euros (£651,000) compared to 10.2m euros (£8.99m) for the same period in 2007.
Revenue fell to 118.9m euros (£104.8m) compared to 132.4m euros (£116.7m) in 2007.
James Saunders, managing director of 4MAT, is urging recruiters to look beyond search engine optimisation (SEO) when devising their
digital marketing strategies.
To help recruiters use other methods, 4MAT, which develops websites for the recruitment industry, has launched a digital marketing
Day rates for interim managers continue to climb, but demand is leveling out.
A new study by interim management recruiter, Russam GMS, found the average day rate increased from £603 to £612 between June and December 2008.
Charles Russam, chairman of interim management recruiter Russam GMS, told Recruiter: