John Faraguna is the new managing director of Hays’ global health and social care division.
The former chief executive of NHS Professionals, the health service’s temporary staffing and recruitment organisation, has joined Hays’ newly launched global health and social care business.
Multi-sector recruiter Right Management has appointed Ruediger Schaefer as group executive vice president with responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Asia Regions (EMEA).
In response to your article ‘British recruiters return from Oz’ (recruiter.co.uk, 17 July), although it is true some recruiters who were sponsored on 457 visas may have returned home over the past six months, due to not being able to find new roles, the businesses that have the eligibility to sponsor people are still continuing to do this for the candidates with the right skill set.
Racist recruitment practices by recruiters have been revealed by the BBC in an undercover investigation.
BBC One’s Inside Out West programme found that 25 out out of 30 recruiters agreed to a request to only send white applicants for a receptionist’s job.
Technical and engineering recruiter TechConsult UK hopes to hire several new consultants after its success supplying a “pioneering” energy company.
Steve Guest, managing director of energy sector recruiter TechConsult UK, told Recruiterhe was “looking at taking on a number of fee earners fairly quickly”.
The majority of British workers are prepared to take a pay-cut in order to retain colleagues, according to a new survey.
The survey, from job board fish4jobs, found that that although 49% of workers expect their salary to be cut or frozen this year, they would rather take a pay cut than watch colleagues be forced from their jobs
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has extended its contract with public sector recuiter Comensura.
Comensura will continue to manage the London borough’s temporary recruitment process.
Recruiters have called for clarification from the Department of Health following the announcement that NHS PASA (Purchasing & Supply Agency) is to be closed within the next 12 months. PASA is to be replaced by a more commercially focused regionally based regime (See Recruiter news May 12 2009.)
NHS Education South Central is using IT solutions and services specialist Hicom Technology to complete its first round of junior doctor applications.
Manchester Metropolitan University has chosen Microdec Profile RPM recruitment software for universities and job shops.
Microdec’s software will help the university Job Shop track student availability and moinitor the 20-hour limitation for international students.