INTERNATIONAL APAC: British bankers need Mandarin for local jobs

It is increasingly hard for British bankers without Mandarin language skills to get on shortlists for jobs in Hong Kong and Singapore, as the pool of new jobs available shrinks.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Green Park brings in senior trio

Green Park Interim & Executive Search has taken on three former managing directors to its interim practice as associate partners.

EU executive recruitment gender quotas not dead, just sleeping

Controversial EU proposals to impose gender parity quotas for company boardrooms will now not be debated until next month, after the plans met with opposition and lawyers’ threats that they could be considered illegal.

Tweet yourself before the brand

Recruiters should use Twitter in a personal capacity before taking the plunge and launching a corporate Twitter account, said Katharine Robinson, sourcing recruitment manager at Capgemini. She told a meeting of the Forum of In-House Recruiters (The FIRM) in London last month Robinson: “Be a Twitter user first before you use it to promote your brand. Just be a guy or a girl and Tweet about The X Factor. You can make mistakes and it doesn’t matter, it is completely safe.” Panellists debated the pros and cons

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Odgers gets regional head of sport

Executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has appointed Wasim Haq as head of sport for the India, Middle East and Asia (MEA) region, creating a new, dedicated practice within the firm’s existing global sports practice.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Lucas Group promotes 14 across the company

North American executive search firm Lucas Group has promoted 14 associates throughout multiple practice groups within the company.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Boyden hires three MDs for San Francisco

Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed three new managing directors to its San Francisco office.