NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MARCH 2018

This week’s launches include: Airswift, Appointments Personnel, Erecruit, Gleeson Recruitment Group, Head Resourcing, Prospects, Solvo Vir, Uptree

• Global workforce solutions provider Airswift is to open two further offices in Latin America.

A new office in Mexico, located in Mexico City, will aim to provide local clients with in-country recruitment, mobility and immigration services needed to support their own services and growth, while a new Guyanese office, located in Georgetown, will help facilitate recruitment for local projects, sourcing and mobilising candidates from across the globe.

Sam Cross will oversee these new offices in a new role as senior vice president Americas, having previously served as Airswift’s senior VP of North America, supported by VP Latin America Damir Tomicic.

Airswift now has six Latin American offices in Brazil, Columbia, Trinidad, Argentina, Mexico and Guyana.

• Specialist recruitment agency Appointments Personnel has launched a new advert check service that sees an experienced and qualified recruitment specialist carry out a check of appropriate language and terminology in line with the current UK legislation.

Adverts will be screened to ensure they do not exclude protected characteristics, while advice will be offered on any areas that need to be revisited to avoid any form of direct discrimination.

• Recruitment software provider Erecruit, previously known as Bond International Software, has relocated its UK head office to a new, larger office space in Worthing from its Courtlands listed building on the outskirts of the town following its recent rebrand.

The new office at Ridgeworth House, Liverpool Gardens, has undergone an refurbishment ahead of the move, which took place earlier this week, and features a training suite created to deliver the company’s training courses on its Adapt recruitment software – previously known as AdaptUX. The suite will also be used for training of Erecruit’s own teams.

• Midlands & Thames Valley recruitment firm Gleeson Recruitment Group has launched a built environment division led by divisional manager Stephen Brandsma and business partner Maria McElvenney.

• Edinburgh-based recruiter Head Resourcing is opening an office in the Spinningfields area of Manchester, headed by regional director Jon Musgrave.

• Graduate careers specialist Prospects has launched Luminate, an online resource for school leaver, student and graduate employment market information. The service – featuring analysis, research, advice, views and trends – is aimed at careers advisers, recruiters, employers and anyone interested in labour market information.

• National training provider Solvo Vir has this week launched a higher-level management qualification for the recruitment sector. The new ILM-accredited management training will be looking at management theory, skills and processes through the lens of a manager in the recruitment industry, with industry-relevant examples, tasks and scenarios.

Ian Knowlson will be leading many of the workshops, which will be run in Manchester and London, and businesses will be able to access funding to pay for all or part of the training.

• HR company Uptree has launched. Uptree connects young people in education (aged 16-20) with employers and professionals for events, work experience and apprenticeships. The new professional network and careers platform aims at giving young people the opportunity to make numerous professional connections before leaving school.

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