While less than 5% of US employers expect their employees to leave voluntarily this year, six in 10 employees intend to look for a new job if the economy improves, according to a new survey from Manpower subsidiary Right Management.
The survey also showed that 31% of employers do not have a proactive process in place to capture employees’ job knowledge.
Initio International has announced that Matthew Briand, president of Monroe Staffing, one of the multi-sector recruiter’s subsidiaries, has joined the firm’s board of directors.
Briand was elected at an Initio board meeting.
IT recruiter Networkers International has been appointed sole UK supplier to payroll and administration services provider Ceridian.
The number of jobs posted in Q1 fell by 25% on the same period last year, while jobs applications have also risen 31% for the same period, resulting in a level of ‘hidden unemployment’, according to the latest totaljobs.com barometer.
Medical jobs board Jobs4Medical has appointed Sarah Aubrey as marketing manager.
Aubrey, previously administrative co-ordinator at Jobs4Medical, will drive new relationships with candidates, as well as implement cost-effective marketing and advertising strategies as Jobs4Medical looks to expand its affiliations with global healthcare organisations.
Multi-sector recruiter Wells Tobias Projects has appointed Paul Baker as director.
Baker, who spent 10 years with finance recruiter Poolia, joins the newly launched business set up by Wells Tobias Recruitment, which will initially focus on the financial services and investment banking sector.
Hospitality company Whitbread will require results-driven, passionate people with good communication skills to fill 1,000 new roles, according to Amanda Brady, the firm’s head of human resources for UK operations.
The public sector needs to display the same flexibility that the private sector has amid impending job cuts, according to Owen James, economist at the centre for economics and business research (CEBR).
Media organisation VivaKi, part of the global communications giant Publicis Groupe, has appointed Marcus Wainer as head of talent acquisition, VivaKi UK.
Employers are overlooking valuable candidates by offering graduate only jobs, according to research by distance learning specialist Home Learning College.
The survey of senior decision makers in UK businesses shows that 32% had seen an increase of graduate only roles, while only 26% said graduates make better employees.