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Cheshire-based executive search consultancy RMG has appointed Catherine Doolan, Iain Flinn and Phil True as senior consultants.
Doolan joins from Spring IT; Flinn has been recruited from Alexander Mann, while True has worked for RK Group, Hudson and Austin Benn.
Technical, engineering, commercial and scientific recruiter Scantec says it has seen a 60% rise in recruitment overseas during Q1 2010 compared to last year.
The firm sponsored the Shanghai Expo at the Echo Arena & Convention Centre in March, which it says, has helped drive forward the growth of its overseas division.
JCJ Locums, medical recruiter and part of HCL, has launched a free iPhone app for locum doctors to search and apply for jobs while on the move.
Locums can track new vacancies in their grade, speciality and location by registering their name, GMC number, discipline, area and availability.
Regarding your article on Recruitment-to-recruitment (Recruiter, Sector Analysis, 28 April), what has occurred is an economic “survival of the fittest”.
A survey into buyer behaviour on social networking sites has revealed that decision makers in industry are favourably disposed toward using such methods to both locate and be contacted by experts whose services they would be willing to pay for.
While unemployment remains high across Europe, the continent faces a ‘talent mismatch’, according to Jeff Joerres, Manpower chairman and chief executive.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Brussels yesterday, Joerres said: “In Europe, and across the world, unemployment may be high, yet many employers are struggling to fill jobs due to the worsening talent mismatch.
There has been a 45% rise in the number of people working part-time because they cannot secure a full-time post, according to analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Financial recruiter Howarth Morris has appointed Martin Parr as a consultant in its clerical accounting division.
