Quick service restaurant chain KFC has been flooded with job applications to its new online hiring management system, receiving more than 95,000 applications in the first eight months of this year.
The numbers are in addition to conventional, hard copy applications KFC also receives.
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Recruiters have cautiously welcomed a 2% cut in interest rates. Yesterday, the Bank of England cut rates by 1% to 2%, its lowest level since 1951.
Gail Kenny, managing director at travel recruiter Gail Kenny Executive Search, says: “The cut in interest rates has not affected our approach as a business.
Restaurant chain McDonald’s has recruited 20,000 employees since turning to an online recruitment system, it has been announced.
The system, introduced in March, recruits an average of 1,000 new staff members per week and delivers 1,400 applicants per day. It has also provided £500,000 in savings since its launch.
Consultants should build relationships with clients rather than relying on emails, according to fashion recruiters.
Karen Hill, managing director at at Fashion & Retail Personnel, told Recruiter that her firm had managed to get on PSLs and were trading well due to concentrating on fostering relationships with clients.
IT and telecoms recruitment provider Net-Consulting is gearing up to grow its recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) business in India and make it a 24-hour a day operation.
Managing director Peter Trant told Recruiter that in the downturn he expects to see a large increase in RPO activity.
Online recruitment network for TV, film and commercial production, ProductionBase, has appointed industry veteran Joe Mahoney as managing director.
He will report to Geoff Curry who will continue to oversee the ProductionBase business as a director of the Jobsite Group.
Hays Public Services grew its net fee income by 10% in the quarter ending 31 December 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. In comparison, the company’s net fee income for its UK business as a whole fell by 22%.
The rate of contraction in the manufacturing sector has continued to increase, with a shift in focus towards large-sized producers.
The latest data from CIPS/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index hit 34.7 index points (with 50 equaling no change) in February.
Recruiters have revealed their solutions to getting the travel industry moving again.
Recruiter.co.uk asked recruiters from the travel industry what they would like to see the government do to give the sector a lift.
Ian Brooks, director at Gail Kenny, told Recruiter that tax reforms could help.
RBS Invoice Finance will provide Mentor IMC’s Houston office with the capital to supplement new development opportunities in the US market.
John Richards, chief executive of Mentor IMC, told Recruiter the company is hiring in the region on the back of sales success: “We are going to bring on additional staff, both from the UK and the US.