Pay for IT staff working in hedge funds and asset managers has surged 13% in the last six months as organisations upgrade their systems post-credit crunch, says ReThink Recruitment, a business and technology staffing company.
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More than half employers (55%) welcome plans by the government to introduce legislation requiring them to offer flexible working to all employees, according to research out today from Hays.
The Hays survey shows 70% expect an increase in requests for flexible working and nearly 40% are bracing themselves for a resulting impact on their budgets.
Graphite Capital is backing a £45m management buyout of Teaching Personnel, according to a report in The Times today.
Teaching Personnel, which provides supply teachers and support staff to schools, is being acquired from another private equity operator RJD Partners.
Graphite has taken a majority stake in the company.
New research reveals that four out of five credit managers believe that public sector spending cuts will spark a sharp increase in business insolvencies within the next 12 months.
High-street fashion retailer River Island has expanded its Changeworknow online recruitment system to incorporate head office roles.
From now, all vacancies within the business will be recruited for using the Changeworknow solution, according to a statement from online recruitment specialist Changeworknow.
Former Dell recruiter Malcolm Kemp has joined Betfair as head of talent acquisition to bring recruitment in-house. The move is part of taking the online gambling firm to its next stage of growth.
Places are selling quickly for Recruiter’s inaugural Smart Resourcing 2010 conference.
IT recruitment-to-recruitment firm IT Ventures has appointed two consultants.
Sinead Kavanagh is to focus on the PC Development market placing contract professionals within the Midlands area, while Chris Costello joins the firm’s contracts team recruiting within Greater Manchester.
Attractive people are more likely to land a new job than those less fortunate, according to new research from hirescores.com.
The research reveals that 67% of employers admit to being more inclined to give an attractive person a job than those who are no strangers to the ugly stick.
Recruiter has obtained a list of recruitment firms that have been appointed to the government’s Buying Solutions Non-Permanent Staff (NPS) framework.
The full list is in the attached pdf to the right.