Leonard hopes to utilise experience and contacts built up over the last 10 years, including six spent as a director in rec-to-rec recruiter JPP.
“Initially I plan to keep it fairly small and see where the market takes me. It’s interesting times and I hope I can grow this year.”
John Rose has been appointed as chief executive of multi-sector recruiter FiveTen Group, moving from his position as chief executive of Kellan Group.
FiveTen Chairman, Richard Mead, says:
“Having conducted a meticulous global search, we are delighted to have landed John Rose.
The Monster Employment Index UK slumped at a record rate in January.
The Index recorded a decrease of 30 points in January, while year-on-year, the Index fell by 49 points, or 31%, the steepest slump on record.
Demand in the HR sector fell for the seventh consecutive month, whereas the healthcare and social work sector recorded a large upturn in demand after a month of decline.
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is asking recruiters for help in increasing the skills of the workforce and getting more people into work.
The migration of sports industry talent to new markets in the Middle East and Asia is continuing despite the global economic slump, according to Will Lloyd, co-founder of Sports Recruitment International.
McDonald’s has appointed marketing consultancy Oystercatchers to look for a staffing agency to manage its pitch for overseeing its employer brand and recruitment advertising business.
Oystercatchers will be responsible for all initial agency contact on behalf of McDonald’s and will also recommend a pitch shortlist.
The number of recruitment agencies that insolvency practitioners have announced are in administration or administrative receivership dropped from January to February.
Company monitoring service Business Sales Report recorded eight administrations, compared to 17 in January (figures have been updated since recruiter.co.uk article, 9 February).
A new website that allows jobseekers to look for a job on the micro-blogging site Twitter could become the starting point for a candidate’s online job hunt.
Fischer: big potential
Jobs were shed at their slowest rate for six months in March, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s Report on Jobs.
Recruiters continued to register falling volumes of permanent and temporary appointments in March but the rates of decline were the weakest in six and five months respectively.
