Multi-sector recruiter FPSG has appointed Bill Graham as a regional sales director.
Graham joins from multi-discipline staffing firm Huntress and will be responsible for FSPG’s London sales and marketing, technology, banking, procurement and professional services divisions.
Supermarket chain Tesco is continuing to recruit graduates in spite of the recession.
Tesco annually offers over 100 places on 15 different schemes for UK graduates, from legal services and Tesco.com to property and engineering.
Despite the recession, 75% of currently employed executives are likely or very likely to consider a new job opportunity.
According to the 2009 BlueSteps Executive Mobility Survey, the most important factor in an executive’s decision to leave their current employer is poor company values, with 74% of respondents rating this as extremely important.
One in five UK firms are not adequately staffed to take advantage of the recovery, claims the latest ‘Robert Half CFO Confidence Index’.
The US will have to embark on a large-scale recruitment plan of healthcare workers to meet President Obama’s $615bn (£376bn) plan to overhaul the US healthcare system, according to international healthcare recruiter HCL International.
Most health and social workers would consider working abroad, according to a survey by health and social care staffing agency PULSE.
The survey found that 82% of health and social work professionals would consider pursuing their career overseas.
Australia was the most popular destination, followed by Canada and the US.
Half of UK firms are considering making redundancies, according to a survey by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
The survey shows that 51% of companies are considering or certain to make job cuts over the coming 6 months.
The number of recruiters now making a loss in this recession is one in five, according to research from David Pattison, author of a new market report into company performance.
