The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) earned a £47,329 profit in 2010, achieving a significant financial turnaround from 2009, when it ended the year with an operating deficit of £587,551.
When reduced costs and higher revenues were taken into consideration, the organisation’s 2010 performance improved by £634,880 over 2009, chief executive Kevin Green said.
BAE Systems and Whitbread are among a number of well-known UK employers that have joined a nationwide campaign to embed vocational qualifications (VQs) and learning into the future of British businesses.
Search and match specialist Actonomy has appointed Dirk Vannieuwkerke as international sales manager.
Based in Belgium, Vannieuwkerke is tasked with growing sales and developing business opportunities in emerging markets.
He was previously international manager Western Europe & Middle East at document management and workflow specialist ELO Digital Office in Germany.
Commercial, industrial & technical recruiter Extra Personnel has renamed its transport division as Extra Drivers.
Private-sector employment in the US rose by 157,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest ‘ADP National Employment Report’.
The estimated increase in employment from April to May was revised down, but only slightly, to 36,000 from the initially reported 38,000.
New qualifications announced by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) last week will help recruiters well beyond the confines of the recruitment industry, according to Baroness Prosser.
Up to 2,000 jobs could be created in the UK if Siemens wins a Thameslink contract to manufacture and maintain around 1,200 rail coaches.
Six in 10 online businesses are looking to increase staffing over the next year, according to research from IMRG and eDigitalResearch.
The research also shows almost two-thirds (63%) of online businesses have increased headcount over the past year.
Last year, more than 80% of those surveyed said that they hoped to recruit over the coming months.
Skills minister John Hayes has pledged more effective, targeted help for people who face barriers to learn community-based English.
Odgers Select, the senior and middle management arm of executive search firm Odgers Berndtson, has been rebranded Berwick Partners.
Berwick Partners will retain its focus on recruiting senior and middle management roles across the private and public sectors, while remaining an integrated division of Odgers Berndtson.