DP World, the Dubai-based operator of the London Gateway deep-water port project has announced it is to create 1,000 new jobs “in the coming months”.
Seven hundred of the new jobs will be construction-based, with the other 300 described as port jobs.
The project is due to create around 36,000 jobs in total and will open in Q4 2013.
Oil & gas consultancy Apply Altra is on the hunt for experienced engineers to help double its workforce within Aberdeen.
Apply Altra, which has recruited nearly 10 additional engineers since its launch in May, intends to take on a further 45 members of staff by next spring to bring the total number of employees to 100.
Demand for engineering talent is growing worldwide, according to David Leyshon, managing director of CBSbutler.
Thanks go to our North American correspondent, who alerted us to this genuine, ninja-style recruitment ad from Kiersted Systems in Houston, Texas, which ’has an immediate opening for a Code Warrior’. The software developer is ’looking for battle-hardened code warriors to reinforce the first platoon we recruited earlier this year’. Apparently you might be a code warrior if…
Social network LinkedIn has announced the launch of Talent Pipeline, allowing companies to follow talent leads and keep track of “passive candidates”.
Talent Pipeline forms part of LinkedIn’s existing Recruiter platform and will not incur extra charges for users.
Less than a quarter of HR directors believe that men have an advantage over women in the workplace, according to research by financial recruitment consultant Robert Half.
Only 41% of HR directors surveyed said they had a specific plan in place or slated for future launch designed to assist women in the workplace.
Rushing to fill awkward pauses between interview questions is the biggest pitfall for interviewees, according to research by staffing service provider OfficeTeam.
The survey also shows that 60% of executives take into account the opinions of assistants, secretaries and PAs when evaluating new hires.
Stuart Hobbs
