Up to 500 new jobs will be created in the Shetland Islands, following an announcement yesterday that French oil giant Total intends to build a gas processing plant on the island.
The contract to build the new plant has been awarded to FTSE 100 oil services company Petrofac. Construction will begin next year.
A competition for an internship on a BP’s North Sea oil has boosted the number of engineering students applying to the energy firm.
Oil & gas recruiter the Air Energi Group has renewed its contract with specialist software provider idibu.
The contract, the third consecutive 12-month contract, sees Air Energi increase its user base with the multi-poster, securing a deal for up to and including 55 consultants throughout the UK with an option to add more over the year.
Global provider of talent development solutions SumTotal Systems has appointed John Borgerding as president and board member.
Borgerding will be responsible for advancing SumTotal’s integrated talent development strategy, while continuing to build solutions around learning management, performance management and compensation.
Reed.co.uk chairman James Reed has met with the three would-be secretaries of state for work and pensions: Yvette Cooper (Labour), Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) and Theresa May (Conservative).
Reed asked people to send in their questions two weeks ago. Five were chosen from more than 500 questions, representing jobseekers’ key concerns.
Healthcare, education and commercial recruiter Day Webster has appointed Andrew Parker and Deren Zaghlul as consultants.
Parker has been recruited to lead the firm’s education division, while Zaghlul will run the contact centres desk.
Recruiter will launch its first annual conference and networking event for in-house recruiters in September.
Recruiters can look forward to the UK’s new coalition government withdrawing the proposed increase in National Insurance Contributions, according to John Hayes, partner at law firm Irwin Mitchell.
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US executive recruiters’ confidence in the executive employment market reached a 22-month high in April, according to ExecuNet’s Recruiter Confidence Index data.
Investment banks are starting to rehire graduates, with some offering starting packages worth £50,000, according to a report in The Times today.