Talent assessment tool The McQuaig System is now available to all members of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and members of the body’s executive career management service BlueSteps.com.
This follows the AESC’s partnering with the tool’s creator, The McQuaig Institute.
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Trade body the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is aiming to bring 60,000 new recruits into the sector by 2020.
Fast food restaurant chain McDonalds will need 70,000 new staff as it expands current operations and opens up to 250 new stores this year in China.
Multi-sector recruiter Stafforce has appointed Paul Brammer as director of services. This is a newly created role to grow Stafforce’s consultancy services, which complement its traditional recruitment services.
Brammer joined the Stafforce in July 2011 from the skills and employability sector. Since joining Stafforce, he has worked as business manager for special projects, focusing on developing opportunities beyond Stafforce’s traditional core recruitment business.
Professional and management recruiter Antal International has appointed Caroline Joyce as new franchise development manager in the UK.
Tim Munden has been made vice president for HR in the UK & Ireland business of FMCG giant Unilever.
Jobs board Monster has integrated BeKnown, its professional networking app on Facebook, into its central job site.
BeKnown, which launched in June 2011, allows jobseekers and candidates to see inside connections at companies they are interested in working with, and then communicate with those individuals.
Technical recruiter Orion Group has secured a four-year enterprise framework agreement (EFA) with utilities giant Shell to provide manpower across engineering disciplines for the company.
Helen Livesey, senior manager at specialist recruiter Hays Payroll Management, has noted an increase in the number of staff taking on additional payroll staff as the implementation of HM Revenue & Custom’s (HMRC’s) new Real Time Information (RTI) initiative draws nearer.
RTI is a new system designed to reduce errors in the tax system by ensuring that HMRC and the Department of Work and Pensions have up-to-date information about employees’ incomes.
As staff availability fell, the number of new permanent jobs in Scotland in April increased at the fastest rate since April 2011, and temporary roles at the strongest rate since January 2011.
This is according the Bank of Scotland’s ‘Labour Market Barometer’, compiled by Markit and based on a monthly survey of over 100 recruiters.