Talent assessment solutions provider SHL has joined Taleo’s Solution Exchange, the company’s online community to connect partners and customers.
On-demand talent management solutions provider Taleo announced the launch of the Solution Exchange yesterday ahead of next week’s Taleo WORLD 2009, the company’s annual event for customers and partners.
The number of financial sector vacancies increased by 18% in August, compared with July - the biggest rise in any one month so far this year, according to the latest Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor.
Recruitment giant Adecco Group has announced that it is to extend its group executive committee.
From 1 October, the executive committee of Adecco Group will consist of:
Patrick De Maeseneire, chief executive officer
Dominik de Daniel, chief financial officer
Christian Vasino, chief human resources officer
Australian-based healthcare recruiter Latitudes Group International has opened a UK office.
Recruiters in the charity sector are taking measures to ensure that candidates from industries hard hit by the recession are truly committed and won’t return to their old sectors when jobs prospects there improve.
Discounting is having a damaging impact on the cruise sector, according to travel recruiters.
The Department of Health (DH) has enlisted occupational psychologists and assessment specialist Mendas to develop an online profiling tool to recruit the ideal nurses of the future.
It’s fair to say that most people in recruitment today didn’t plan to join the industry, but simply fell into it by chance. Ask most people, and they’ll tell you about their unusual and quirky point of entry.
The Gulf is starting to feel the impact of the global downturn. The Financial Times reports that Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs have cut around 10% of their regional staff, while government owned offshore developer Nakheel has axed 15% of its workforce. The high-profile project, Trump Tower on Palm Island will also make 500 staff redundant.
The UK jobs market has continued to decline, according to the latest report on jobs.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG report shows that the number of permanent placements fell for an eighth consecutive month in November, with the rate of contraction accelerating to a new survey record.