Talent management software provide Taleo has been purchased by hardware and software firm Oracle for $1.9bn (£1.2bn).
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Recruitment software provider Taleo will work with the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) as the chain looks to recruit 400,000 over the next four years.
A quarter of senior HR executives say their organisation is more commonly issuing counter-offers to employees tempted by other jobs, with 72% saying that the retention of top performers is a concern in 2012.
Independent technical recruiter Dutton International has appointed John Bratby as construction recruitment manager in its Sheffield headquarters.
Health, professional and technical recruiter STR has been appointed as a “key recruitment partner” for Allied Bakeries, according to a statement from the firm.
Non-Executives Unlimited, a new service recruiting non-executive directors for the boards of charities with trading arms and social enterprises, has been launched by Trustees Unlimited.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has encountered “unacceptable” problems with the firm contracted to provide interpreters to UK courts, Capita-owned agency Applied Language Solutions – but lack of interpreting talent would not seem to be to blame.
Business secretary Vince Cable has said that professional and business services and SMEs must be a government priority for encouraging overseas trade.
Is your diary or Outlook jam-packed with various meetings, appointments and tasks? In the modern world of work, this is hardly unusual. In our 24-hour culture where instant results are not only demanded but expected, it’s all too tempting to try to use the entire 24 hours of a day to cram in everything you promised yourself or others that you’d do.
Recruiters obviously know that job interviews are the pivotal moments in any career. As Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) said just before meeting Gordon Gecko (Michael Douglas) in the 1987 classic Wall Street: “If life comes down to a few moments, this is one of them.”