On a glittering night for the recruitment industry, Marcia Roberts picked up the Individual Achievement Award for Outstanding Contribution to Recruitment at the Recruiter Awards 2009.
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Blue Arrow Catering has adopted the BLEND Recruitment brand name across its entire permanent recruitment business.
Initially introduced as an independent entity, BLEND expands from three to 16 locations covering the entire UK.
As business travel slumps with British Airways reporting pre-tax losses of £148m in the three months to 30 June, hotels are marketing their properties more pro-actively, according to recruiters.
Only 58% of retained searches are completed successfully, according to research. Alison Humphries, managing director of recruitment industry training consultancy Amelius Consulting, who carried out the research, told Recruiter: “It suggests to me that the search part of the industry would need to put its house in order.
The key to engaging with an employee brand is to spend time with clients working out their unique cultural fit, according to retail recruiters.
Pharmaceutical research and development recruiter Clinical Professionals has shrugged off the general economic gloom and doom by opening a new office in London for the European market.
Clinical research manager Viviane Goodwin told Recruiter the company has already taken on two staff and is looking to employ five consultants by the end of the year.
Michael Page International reports a decline in gross profit for Q4 (down 7.3% to £118m) and has cut its headcount by more than 10%.
However, announcing its fourth quarter results to the City, Steve Ingham, the group’s chief executive, says the international recruiter has reported a record annual gross profit of £552.7m, up 5.8% on 2007.
A winter chill in IT contractor offers from the finance sector has not frozen recruitment in the sector.
While IT job offers from financial firms in December were 75% down on the previous month, according to employment screening company powerchex, IT recruiters are continuing to make placements.
Government body Partnerships for Schools has announced its revised framework agreements for the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. The partner companies will advise on the continuing construction or renovation of every secondary school in England, in the largest single capital investment in education for 50 years.
