Badenoch & Clark says that employers remain cautious in their hiring, but warns that they need to gear up for hiring now or risk missing out when the upturn comes.
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There has been a marked increase in the number of firms recruiting personnel without using the traditional methods of the past 20 years, according to London advertising agency MBA.
Stephen Rowlinson
International human resources consulting group, Penna Consulting, has acquired recruitment communications company Barkers in an £8.6m cash deal.
There are significant executive level recruitment opportunities, as firms restructure, according to travel recruitment firms.
It was interesting to see the research from Watson Wyatt, highlighting that over 70% of European firms were looking to reduce budgeted pay increases in response to the current economic climate (‘Costcutting European firms face risks’, Recruiter.co.uk, 3 July 2009).
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Over-expansion and a management talent shortage has combined to batter Britain’s pub industry, according to hospitality recruiters.
Latest figures from the British Beer & Pub Association show that 52 pubs are going out of business every week.
Executive search firm Odgers Berndtson has been hired to find the new chief executive of UK Financial Investments, the company that manages the UK government’s stakes in bailed-out banks.
As the season for events and conferences begins in September, hospitality recruiters have given predictions on trading prospects.
Paula Rogers, director at Admiral, told Recruiter: “There is renewed confidence, but there is still caution. We have bookings in for September which is giving us some confidence but it is difficult to know until holidays are over.