The IT management team is crucial to the survival of companies, according to Whitehead Mann’s Chief Information Officers (CIO) Practice.
In the firm’s CIO Practice News, Whitehead Mann advises companies on steps to take to help businesses respond not only to the downturn, but also to the plateauing and eventual upturn:
• Invest in the senior management team
Ann Swain
Recruiters and industry trade bodies have raised fears about the impact of possible changes to the Conduct Regulations governing agencies, which they say could damage the industry.
Six out of 10 recruiters say service levels are the single most important factor when choosing a supplier, according to a new survey.
Candidates should consider how to apply their skills to the green energy sector to take advantage of the government-driven job creation, according to recruiters.
John Robinson, managing director of technical recruiter Scantec, says: “The recession is wreaking havoc with the jobs market and it is vital workers think about how they can transfer their skills to other sectors.”
InterQuest Group’s chairman Gary Ashworth has backed IT sales recruiter Lanborne Consulting through the group’s private equity arm IQequity.
The Slough-based recruiter is jointly backed by Ian Pratt, who will run the business as managing director. Pratt says: “I’m excited to be working with Gary, there is a lot I can learn from him.”
Mike Kirkham has resigned from the board of OPD.
A larger proportion of City job offers are being made to women, a survey by financial recruiter Joslin Rowe shows.
According to the findings, women received 48.4% of all job offers, compared with 44.9% this time last year.
In contrast, offers to men went down from 55.1% to 51.6%.
Firms looking to recruit teams of workers into the UAE from abroad will be able to extend group work permits that have expired, under a procedure approved by the UAE’s ministry of labour.??
The move is intended to assist employers whose projects have been delayed due to the global economic downturn.??
Cinema operator Cineworld has launched a new online recruitment system aimed at improving the way the business manages its high-volume cinema recruitment.
Worcestershire County Council is inviting tenders for the managed supply of temporary workers in a contract worth approximately £6m a year.
The supplier will “co-ordinate of all of the Council’s temporary agency needs one point of contact for agency requirements”, according to the official render document.