Executive search specialist Saxton Bampfylde has been tasked with finding the new chief executive for Jobcentre Plus.
Describing the position a job advert posted on The Times, says: “Its key role - to help unemployed people to find work - has never been more important than it is now.”
RBS fraud trial
A report from multi-sector recruiter Randstad predicted none of the member states would hit the Lisbon employment targets for 2010, which included a total unemployment rate of 4% or less. The European Union’s 2010 Lisbon employment targets were originally agreed upon in 2000 by the then 15 member states.
Sandra Robertson has been appointed as the new chief executive at commercial and financial recruiter Charterhouse Group International.
Joining in January 2004 to head up the group’s operations division, Robertson was most recently chief operating officer and has held several other senior management posts within the Charterhouse Group.
Scottish retail boom
The Scottish retail market is performing better than the rest of the UK and recruiters are reaping the rewards.
IT recruiter Parity Resources has been appointed by the Department of Health (DH) and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) to its Commercial Resource Framework.
Parity Resources will provide the DH and NHS organisations with a list of pre-qualified suppliers of non-permanent workers with commercial skills.
The economic upturn will come slowly for recruiters, with employment rates lagging long behind GDP growth.
Investment banking specialist John East & Partners (JEP) has predicted UK employment won’t be buoyed by the initial phase of positive GDP growth, with companies increasing worker efficiency, rather than hiring.
In its trading statement, covering the six months to 30 June 2009, Healthcare Locums says all its divisions are showing consistent month-on-month revenue growth.
As unemployment rises, government plans to help school leavers has led to increased demand for support workers, according to a report from Hays Social Housing.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has warned recruiters and umbrella companies involved in the supply of temporary workers that arrangements know as “Travel and Subsistence Schemes” or Mobile Workers Schemes” are coming under scrutiny because of concerns that some are operating against the law.