With less global consumption brought about by the recession, companies are turning to the sea to transport goods rather than air, according to shipping recruiters.
Steve Wyeth, director, sdw recruitment, told Recruiter that increased demand for shipping could create more jobs in the sector.
Remember the advice you give your candidates and apply it to yourself: when looking at your next job move it’s really important to look at the long term and think of yourself in two jobs’ time. It’s crucial to consider whether the move you’re contemplating now is going to help you towards that goal.
Hospitality and leisure recruiter Rubicon Search and Selection has launched a new executive search division.
Lord Mandelson, business secretary, has announced a review of productivity and skills across the sector to “help British firms”.
Kirsty Hall, team leader at technical recruiter rgb, told Recruiter she thought the review was necessary:
The public sector is now the second biggest employer of accountancy contractors in the UK, according to new research.
The research, from contract services provider Giant Group, shows 37% of accountancy contractors are employed by the government, up from 34% in the last quarter.
Employment minister Pat McFadden visted hospitality recruiter Admiral Group and sat with temporary agency workers on site yesterday.
The move comes after a campaign highlighting agency workers’ plight, which met with a mixed response from recruiters (Recruiter, 18 February).
Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson has appointed Richard Krell as managing director to head the firm’s new Los Angeles office.
Payments were made to a Swiss bank account from an IT recruiter involved in a £675,000 fraud of RBS Invoice Finance.
Southwark Crown Court heard that during the summer of 2006, payments totalling a five-figure sum were transferred from IT recruiter Quo Vadis Technology to a Geneva bank account of Mark Starling, from the Chelmsford area of Essex.
Two-thirds of interim managers questioned in a survey claim they are struggling as a result of the recession.
According to the second ‘Recession and the Interim Manager’ survey of 10,000 interims from interim management provider, Russam GMS, only 31% of interims said they had not been affected by current market conditions.
Kathleen Smith, director at Preferred IT, the company that won the award, told Recruiter: “We have a very well developed back office support team. They sit on the main floor of the office and the department heads all come from a recruitment background.”
Smith added the company’s focus on credit control had meant the last time it incurred a bad debt was five years ago.