Ollie Burns has joined financial search agency Allemby Hunt as head of banking.
Burns takes on responsibility for a team of six at the firm’s London office.
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The East African Community (EAC) has approved the use of a quota system for recruitment to its own organs and institutions, reports ippmedia.com.
Previously, criticism has been levelled at the way in which Kenyan and Ugandan staff have dominated such bodies, leaving the other EAC member states – Burundi, Rwanada and Tanzania – poorly represented.
Transport and logistics recruiter Driver Hire has made two appointments to its group services team.
Lee Devenish arrives as the new South-East area development manager, with 15 years’ industry experience, including time spent running his own agency.
Legal compliance advisor HSE Passport is providing its passport scheme alongside insurance firm Caunce O’Hara’s professional indemnity insurance for UK freelance workers.
HSE Passport aids compliance with health and safety legislation, and is now an optional extra that can be purchased alongside Caunce O’Hara’s insurance.
Discount retailer Poundland will begin recruitment immediately for around 2,000 temporary Christmas roles, hinting strongly to applicants that such roles can frequently lead to full-time employment.
Businesses are suffering from changing immigration laws and uncertainty as to the future of these laws, with law firms particularly hit, according to The City of London Corporation’s ‘Access to Global Talent’ report.
Abuse and neglect of the elderly by carers, as reported across the national media yesterday, should not be blamed upon individual carers, says Sarah Green, owner of Bunbury Care Agency.
Automotive recruitment specialist HCP International has appointed Minal Patel, Linda Taylor and Harriet Constable.
Patel becomes the firm’s administration manager, having worked in the recruitment industry for nearly 10 years.
Taylor will work alongside Patel as an administrator, while Constable becomes marketing and PR executive
Housing, care and support provider Radian Group has chosen Jobtrain Solutions to provide an e-recruitment system, replacing the current paper-based process.
Giles Heckstall-Smith, commercial director at Jobtrain, says: “Already working with organisations including Sheffield Homes, Southern Housing and The Crown Estate has given us plenty of experience in this sector.”
Social network Facebook will open a New York engineering office, the company’s first outside of the West Coast, early next year and is accepting applications for new roles immediately.
The company’s careers website shows 15 available roles in New York, including two interns and a recruiting sourcer.