Eximius Group has opened its first Middle Eastern office in Dubai.
The Dubai office will be led by office manager Jaimie Cork. The Middle Eastern office will initially focus on the oil & gas, construction and aerospace industries, with plans to move into other sectors in the first quarter of 2011.
Diversity recruiter Equal Approach has appointed Stewart Hastie as head of legal recruitment.
Hastie will head up the new team, recruiting within private practice, as well as for in-house positions, for organisations throughout the UK.
UBS Financial Services has been told to pay $2.8m (£1.8m) to a recruiter previously employed by the firm.
Onwallstreet.com news website reports a panel of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitrators ruled in favour of the claimant, Jeffrey Kane Bischoff, on 29 December .
Homeless charity Shelter is to implement StepStone Solutions Talent Acquisition to manage recruitment across more than 80 locations throughout England and Scotland.
David Evans, head of HR, Shelter, says: “It’s vital that our recruitment process delivers the best value for money and enables us to attract the right talent to meet our charitable aims.
More than half of IT leaders (53%) say IT is becoming ever more involved in managing major change within their organisations.
According to new research from IT recruiter Modis, this includes devising new supply chain solutions, and developing CRM and sales activity to deliver commercial advantages.
International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has opened a new office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — the fifth office established by the firm in the Middle East & Africa.
Ewan Walton has been appointed principal and country manager for the new office.
Executive search firm Korn/Ferry has strengthened its international team with a number of senior hires.
Demand for temporary workers in the US will increase 20.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis in Q1 2011, when compared with the same period in 2010, according to the Palmer Forecast.
The forecast indicated a 20.9% increase in temporary help for Q4 2010, which actually came in slightly lower than anticipated, at a 19.2% increase.
Local business search company thomsonlocal.com has appointed Liz Jervis to HR & training director.
Multi-sector recruiter Carlton Resource Solutions has seen turnover increase by 60% in H2, according to its trading results for the last six months of 2010.
The firm says turnover for the first six months of the business year (July to December 2010) was up to £7.3m from £4.6m for the same period in 2009.