Medical recruitment specialist National Locums has agreed a contract with the HSC Western Trust in Northern Ireland to supply medical locums.
David Cook, director at National Locums, told Recruiter: “We have been going since March last year. It is our first major contract. We will be looking to secure more regional contracts in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.”
Banking and financial services job vacancies in the City have reached their highest levels since 2007, according to the global financial recruitment specialist Ambition.
Specialist professional recruiter, Hydrogen Group, has appointed Ian Fallmann as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect.
Fallmann is a highly experienced managing director with a proven track record of running and expanding businesses in developing markets over the past 21 years.
IT recruitment website CWJobs.co.uk is offering two IT jobseekers the opportunity to have their CVs converted into an augmented reality (AR) CV.
AR brings a CV to life using audio and visual technology, displaying elements of a CV using virtual computer-generated imagery.
In your recent issue of Recruiter (29 September, Web comment, p6), Matt Alder questioned my judgement on social media in recruitment, when ironically I was basing my conclusion from his presentation at the Online Recruitment Marketing Council on 31 August.
Multi-sector recruiter Forde Recruitment has renewed a year-long contract with ready meals manufacturer Greencore.
The six-figure deal sees Forde Recruitment source HGV drivers to deliver thousands of meals to supermarkets chains across the UK every month.
Myles Thomas Associates has appointed Dave Litte as division manager, charged with expanding the firm’s IT sales division.
Meanwhile, Georgia Hewett, joins the business to head up resource & candidate support and senior consultant, Carl McFarlane has been appointed to help grow the financial sales division.
Barclay Meade, part of the Matchtech Group, has appointed Jo Macartney as senior consultant.
Macartney will be based at the Whitely head office in Hampshire and will report to Matthew Scott, HR operations manager. Her focus will be on HR recruitment along the South Coast of England.
Public sector cuts must not have a disproportionate impact on the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, according to Sandra Kerr, national director of Race for Opportunity.
The impending review of the vetting and barring scheme needs to offer a more robust system where all criminal convictions are checked, according to John Dunn, director at educational staffing specialist, Randstad Education.