Changing business environments means a change in management focus and a change in the focus of interim management recruiters.
Day rates for interims have reached historical highs, according to a survey, as a treacherous trading environment means companies are prepared to increase pay for top talent.
The demand for training professionals has plunged as training budgets have been slashed, according to HR recruiters.
Michael Bolger, managing director at Badger Associates, told Recruiter: “The side that has taken the biggest knock is without a doubt training. In a recession, training is always the first thing to go and it is no different this time.
Corporate America’s continued investment is vital to Northern Ireland’s economy.
That’s the message that Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will take with them on an investment mission to the US this week, the BBC reports.
Neil Lafferty
Multi-sector recruiter Rise Group has appointed Neil Lafferty as group sales director.
Teamwork at firms is taking a hit as workers seek to secure their own jobs, research from BT Business has shown.
The research shows that more than one in 10 employees (12%) said they had become more insular, while 27% are putting in longer hours.
Now could be the time for restaurants to expand in the UK, according to hospitality recruiters.
With falling rents for commercial property, Gary King, director Collins King & Associates, told Recruiter that the hospitality market was close to hitting the bottom which would provide an opportune time for restaurants to expand despite the recession.
Executive search specialist Saxton Bampfylde has been tasked with finding the new chief executive for Jobcentre Plus.
Describing the position a job advert posted on The Times, says: “Its key role - to help unemployed people to find work - has never been more important than it is now.”
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A report from multi-sector recruiter Randstad predicted none of the member states would hit the Lisbon employment targets for 2010, which included a total unemployment rate of 4% or less. The European Union’s 2010 Lisbon employment targets were originally agreed upon in 2000 by the then 15 member states.
Sandra Robertson has been appointed as the new chief executive at commercial and financial recruiter Charterhouse Group International.
Joining in January 2004 to head up the group’s operations division, Robertson was most recently chief operating officer and has held several other senior management posts within the Charterhouse Group.