Firms across the UK do not have the necessary management skills to get them through the recession, according to 32% of the senior HR interim excutives polled by interim management provider Alium Partners.
The research also shows that 22% say they did up to 10% more work in 2008 than in 2007, and 11% reported up to a 25% increase in workload.
HR consultancy Saville Group has announced ‘extremely buoyant’ results for the year ended 30 June 2009.
The group has ended the year with a strengthened balance sheet and net cash and investments of over £3m (equivalent to 20.5p per share) and no debt.
Recruiters have been urged to emphasise keywords when using Twitter.
Openings for newly qualified accountants increased by 28% between Q1 and Q2, according to research by financial services recruiter Joslin Rowe.
Cardiff-based specialist recruitment consultancy, IntaPeople, has announced a record turnover of more than £5m for 2008/09.
Aeronautics recruiter Aeropeople has added Global Airline Qantas to its Engineering Services Portfolio.
The firm has been selected by Australian airline Qantas to provide engineering support to the Qantas on-site engineering team at London Heathrow on their Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 fleets.
Drinks company the Foster’s Group has appointed talent acquisition solutions provider Futurestep, a Korn/Ferry company, as its strategic talent partner.
Korn/Ferry will cater for all permanent roles and mid-level executives, as well as temporary recruitment, working onsite in all key locations.
The sale of FDM appears closer after the IT recruiter received an improved proposal from the management team with whom it has been in talks over a possible bid.
Around a third of primary care trusts are recruiting GPs from abroad to cover UK doctors unwilling to work at weekends and evenings.
The Daily Mail report claims that the locums can earn as much as £100 an hour and trusts were recruiting from Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland.
CSG Limited, a standalone sub-holding company within the Impellam Group, recorded a retained loss of £3.7m, in its interim financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
The results from the wholly owned subsidiary of the Impellam group contrast with a profit of £8.5m for the six months ended 30 June 2008 and a £13.4m profit for the 12 months ended 31 December 2008.