ONLINE RECRUITMENT NEWS

MBN Solutions took great pleasure in attending, sponsoring and awarding an award at the recent DataIQ Talent Awards. The award was presented by our CEO, Michael Young, to Anne Connell of Havas EHS. Anne Connell is described as a ‘big project specialist’ who is able to look beyond the number to find business-changing insight. Thanks to her, clients such as Whitbread have been able to identify the impact of lost business and valuable customers

It was recognised this week that TipTopJob ranked in the Top 10 for Twitter Followers Growth

In the space of 12 months, almost a third of Wolseley UK employees have been nominated by TFMAD - Burdens - James Dyer, Stephen O'Shea, Mark Stantontheir colleagues for special achievements, including the life-saving bravery of a Burdens driver

An Aberdeen awards evening has raised £6,000 for a type 1 diabetes charity

A survey of 2200 small businesses in the UK for Freelancer.co.uk reveals that the rate of outsourcing to the developing world by UK small businesses grew by 35% this year

Leading independent industrial recruitment agency, gap personnel, has appointed Lee Woodward as its new finance director to replace Andy Gunson who left the organisation at the end of June

The need for greater tech skills in the UK is a well debated issue, with many claiming there is still a big shortage. However, this issue isn’t just about skills: there is also a shortage of roles for intelligent graduates, with computer science students topping the list of unemployed graduates last year

HR Big Data currently too disorganised and dispersed, argues panel

Penna, the global HR Services Group, has been ranked as one of the top providers of interim managers by the Institute of Interim Management (IIM) as part of its annual survey. Toni Hall, Sector Lead for Local Government was also awarded 2014 Consultant of the Year

BNP Paribas Real Estate, the leading property adviser, has appointed Pippa Evans as UK HR director. Most recently, she has been working on an interim basis at HSBC

The UK labour market continues to improve with the number of jobs increasing by nine per cent year-on-year (YOY), according to statistics from the Q2 2014 totaljobs.com Barometer, which analyses the behaviour of 5.9 million British jobseekers and 5,000 recruiters. Competition also rose, with the number of applications for each job rising by three per cent year-on-year.

Research from Cornerstone OnDemand reveals that 77 percent of organisations see internal recruitment as critical, yet they fill less than a third of vacancies internally

ACE Winches, the leading deck machinery specialist, has become the first organisation ever to achieve the Investors in Young People (IIYP) accreditation

Brokers call for better advice when it comes to expat clients

Recruitment technology provider, Recruitive, has integrated its cloud based technology with EmptyLemon, the UK’s fastest growing direct employer job board