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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The recruitment process outsourcing provider mergers with UK-based CPH.

With the growth of global enterprise comes the need for companies to have a global RPO partner with a central point of governance for streamlined multi-country delivery models. The merger accomplishes this and expands WilsonHCG and CPH’s global footprint across North and South America, EMEA and APAC. The combined organization has approximately 300 employees.

“Since 2012 we’ve been seeking a global partner that met our high expectations of quality and performance. Not only did CPH meet that criteria, but they are a natural culture fit for WilsonHCG. The decision to merge has been solidified during the last 18 months, as we learned more about each other’s values and ambitions,” said John Wilson, Founder and CEO of WilsonHCG and CEO of the combined organization. “Not only is the market dictating a need for global capabilities from a single vendor model, but our clients expressed a need for further on-site and in-market support around the world. Top talent is what powers companies across the globe, and our comprehensive human capital services and consultative recruitment delivery approach will provide an unparalleled talent acquisition solution for these organizations. Together, we will redefine human capital solutions by delivering high-touch, transformative recruitment services to our clients.”

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Human capital management industry leader Allegis Group announced this week that it is formally combining the recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), managed services provider (MSP), and integrated talent operations of its subsidiary Allegis Group Services with the MSP and RPO operations of Australian-based Talent2 under the name Allegis Global Solutions. This continues the integration of the two businesses that has been underway since late 2012 when Allegis Group entered into a joint venture to take Talent2 private.

The combined businesses (www.allegisglobalsolutions.com) create one of the largest human capital solutions management firms in the world.

In Asia, Australia and New Zealand, the recruitment managed services division of Talent2 will continue to operate as part of Talent2 while the transition to the new organization, Allegis Global Solutions, takes place.

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