New Head of Sales and SVP join the workforce solutions provider.

Pontoon invests in its EMEA footprint and reach with several key appointments. The workforce solutions provider announced Tom Mason as Head of Sales for EMEA. He will have responsibility for Managed Service Provider (“MSP”) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (“RPO”) sales throughout EMEA. In his role, Mason will direct European business efforts and administer the business development strategy for Pontoon, assuring that the workforce solutions provider maintains its leadership position through a focus on innovative technology, customer service and total talent management solutions for large and emerging companies within the region.HIs considerable industry experience includes more than 15 years in key leadership roles having previously served as Managing Director RPO EMEA for both Allegis Talent2 and Hudson Highland Group.

To further fortify its market leadership position, Adrian Cross will also join Pontoon. Cross will serve as the Senior Vice President of EMEA Operations and will be instrumental in leading operational development and delivery of MSP and RPO programs in EMEA. He has the distinction of successfully serving hyphen, an Adecco Group company, for over 13 years, and was the 4th employee hired by hyphen. Cross has performed a wide array of roles within hyphen, managing the operations and implementation functions prior to his appointment into the Chief Operating Officer role in 2011.

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Joberate spins off social media recruitment technology into new company Candarine.

Looking to focus exclusively on its mission to help society better understand job-seeking behaviors of the global workforce, Joberate has separated from its social media recruitment technology. The product development paths of the two technology platforms are not naturally aligned, and the aggregate capital requirements to fund both technology platforms simultaneously are onerous. Therefore, Joberate leadership completed a management buyout of existing Joberate shareholders in order to spin off the legacy social media recruitment technology business into a new company called Candarine.

Candarine was created for recruiters by recruiters. The company has built a social media recruitment technology and services platform with a clear mission, to help companies across the world to attract the best talent. Candarine’s technology and services offerings became an award-winning combination of integrated marketing and sales tools designed purely for recruitment. In fact, Candarine has already helped clients in more than 50 countries leverage social media as a sustainable complement to their recruitment strategy.

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