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Recruitment insolvencies on rise at fastest rate since financial crash

Recruitment agencies are shutting for business at their fastest rate in 15 years, according to analysis by business news outlet CityAM.

28 April 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Oyster, Starfish Search

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: 55/Redefined, AMS, In2Dialog

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Matchtech, Jobmatch Sweden

Life sciences, Engineering 28 April 2025

Cobalt Recruitment appoints new UK managing director

Cobalt Recruitment has announced the appointment of Maria Sinclair as the new managing director of its UK operations.

Robert Walters promotes three senior managers globally

Global talent solutions recruiter Robert Walters has made three senior appointments across its business.

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eventus Recruitment Group, Matrix, SPG Resourcing

Public sector, Social care 14 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Greene King, Insights, Workday

IT/Telecoms, HR 14 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Bentley sets its sights on Europe to recruit niche talent

Bentley is turning its recruitment sights to Germany, Spain and Portugal, leveraging networks and sister companies to discover skilled specialist workers for niche roles.
Engineering, HR 10 April 2015

Latest Report on Jobs reveal perm placements remain high

While the volume of temporary placements made by UK recruiters dipped slightly, permanent placements remained at their highest levels since autumn 2014, according March’s Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)/KPMG ‘Report on Jobs’.
10 April 2015

FINANCIALS: Election uncertainty slows down Hays’ public sector results

While quarterly net fee income (NFI) has grown for Hays’ UK operations, uncertainty around the general election has seen a slowdown for the recruitment giant’s public sector division, according to group finance director Paul Venables.
Public sector 10 April 2015

Randstad Professionals appoints Gannon

Recruitment giant Randstad Professionals has appointed Jennifer Gannon as senior vice president (SVP) of strategic sales.
Executive search, HR 10 April 2015

Phaidon International appoints Mueller for DACH region

Multi-sector recruiter Phaidon International has appointed Beat Mueller as group contracts director for the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) region.
Executive search 10 April 2015

Pedersen & Partners appoints Buttinger for Austria

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Josef Buttinger as country manager for Austria.
Executive search, HR 10 April 2015

MBN Solutions appoints McFayden

MBN Solutions, the insight & analytics, IT and digital & marketing recruiter, has appointed Kris McFayden as a consultant.

Korn Ferry appoints Harding in Australia

Executive search firm Korn Ferry has appointed Warren Harding within its Perth, Australia office as Asia-Pacific sector head for energy, oil & gas.
Engineering, Executive search 10 April 2015

InterQuest Group appoints former Harvey Nash founder Higgins

IT staffing specialist InterQuest Group has appointed David Charles Higgins as a non-executive director.
Executive search, IT/Telecoms 10 April 2015

Integra People appoints Waller for energy division

Technical recruiter Integra People has appointed Chrisy Waller as divisional manager.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 10 April 2015

Hays’ Abell to join Clinigen Group in August

International recruiter Hays’ chief financial officer Martin Abell will join pharmaceutical company Clinigen Group from August 2015 in the same position, according to Reuters.
Life sciences 10 April 2015

Drake International brings Woodruff back to UK

Paul Woodruff has returned to talent management solutions provider Drake International’s UK operation as director of strategic partnerships.

Core-Asset Consulting names investment operations team

As previously reported by Recruiter, financial staffing specialist Core-Asset Consulting has established a new investment operations team.

Brightwork Group appoints Colquhoun

Multi-sector recruiter Brightwork Group has appointed Alan Colquhoun as an executive manager.
Industrial/Manufacturing 10 April 2015

Microsoft and Specialisterne work together to hire people with autism

Experience was the key to specialist recruiter Specialisterne being enlisted by Microsoft to help hire people with autism under a new pilot programme.

Heavenly advert goes viral in China

Following the news Spanish convents were turning to social media to recruit nuns comes a recruitment ad for a Buddhist temple in Southern China that went viral on the country’s messaging app Wechat.
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