Recruiter
04-Mar-2009
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Aston Taylor manages agencies
04-Mar-2009
A rec-to-rec recruiter is introducing a managed agency service for its clients. Vic Chuntz, chief executive officer of Aston Taylor, told Recruiter the company launched the scheme — meaning any other rec-torec agencies wishing to work with the clients will apply through Aston Taylor — to capitalise on its business development experience as the market shifts focus from candidate to client.
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Banks call the shots
04-Mar-2009
The Dow Jones hits its lowest level for 12 years this week, as stocks on the North American markets continued to tumble. It appears that even President Barack Obama couldn’t turn the mood, with his maiden speech to Congress this week meeting thunderous applause from those present, but on the same day stocks on Wall Street slid a further 2%
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Bleasdale's drive to success
04-Mar-2009
Drive, focus and singlemindedness are essential qualities for any recruiter wishing to become a successful entrepreneur, according to Kate Bleasdale, founder of Healthcare Locums.
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bmi's talent management system takes off with Bond
04-Mar-2009
Heathrow’s second largest airline, bmi, has increased the number of applications it can handle over the past six months by 25%, following implementation of Bond talent management software in its recruitment process.
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Buying up after going under
04-Mar-2009
Despite a depressing rise in the number of recruitment agencies going into administration, Recruiter has found that many are still trading, having been bought back by their original owners. Christopher Goodfellow investigates the practice of pre-pack administrations
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Creating vacancies
04-Mar-2009
With recession biting, don’t wait to be asked — putting candidates forward to prospective clients is a great way to boost business. Graham Simons reports
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Dealmakers
04-Mar-2009
Capita - Venture Finance - CPH - Tempaid - TechConsult
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Diary of... Colin McNeil head of civil and structural division, Scantec Personnel
04-Mar-2009
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Different approach to Eastern Europe
04-Mar-2009
I receive Recruiter’s email alerts and read them avidly as there are many items which are of interest to me. As a small company employing two recruitment staff plus anything between 15-30 permanent agency staff, I am not in the big league with larger agencies, however I continue to grow year-onyear and have maintained my customer base
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Editor's comment
04-Mar-2009
Innovation is the child of necessity — or, as the more traditional saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. Recruiters may be hurting rom (whisper it!) the economy, but as you will see in our pages this issue, many are picking themselves up and doing a bit of inventing and innovating to better their business.
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Fresh Approach for Afghan construction
04-Mar-2009
Fresh Approach Solution (FAS) has found a unique way to build a skilled talent pipeline for construction projects in Afghanistan.
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Getting the buzz
04-Mar-2009
We were getting worried. We hadn’t heard of any animal management training techniques for a while — until we came across this. Apparently, the Co-operative Group has linked the popular traits of bees to the current economic crisis and has come up with the Top 10 lessons we can learn from bees to help survive the crunch (keep an open mind).
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Gilead Sciences' criteria for choosing recruiters
04-Mar-2009
The associate director of talent acquisition at Gilead Sciences, Grant Weinberg, uses two criteria to choose a recruitment partner: whether the firm has in the last six months handled the same types of roles that Gilead seeks to fill and whether it provides a positive experience for both successful and unsuccessful candidates.
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Good to see the other side of recruiting
04-Mar-2009
I think it’s terrific to see you featuring in-house recruiters alongside external providers.
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Higher Talent changes to hourly rate for services
04-Mar-2009
A City HR headhunter is charging its clients an hourly rate rather than a bulk instalment up front.
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Insurance scheme cover for temp pay
04-Mar-2009
A leading recruitment business broker is calling for the industry to organise a financial bonding scheme that would cover temporary workers’ pay if a recruiter becomes insolvent and cannot cover payroll costs.
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Intelligence Insight to the desktop
04-Mar-2009
Recruiters can quickly identify companies that are actively recruiting and more accurately focus their new business efforts using the latest version of Innovantage’s Insight software.
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International roundup
04-Mar-2009
USA - Asia Pacific - Vietnam - Germany - Switzerland
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Jenrick's input in polar project
04-Mar-2009
Jenrick CPI is putting recruitment on ice. The multi-sector recruiter is sponsoring the Catlin Arctic Survey’s polar expedition and helping out with industry expertise. The project is led by UK explorer Pen Hadow and aims to monitor the ice shelves of the North Pole.
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Juicy advice for candidates
04-Mar-2009
In its latest survey, industry trainer Recruitment Juice asked recruiters to comment on different aspects of the recruitment lifecycle, focusing in particular on their perceptions of candidates. Some of the responses were interesting
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Keep it professional, not 'value range'
04-Mar-2009
What a smug quote from Julian Young of Matrix (Recruiter, 4 February, p5) in which he argues that 13% is a fair price for longterm assignments.
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Kingston takes account of financial strategy at HR GO
04-Mar-2009
Mark Kingston - Craig Holden - Justine Scammell - Chris Lord - Ian Marshall - Anna Gardet - Richard Derham - Debbie Middleton - Jacqueline Christie - Cheryl Simpson - Chris Doughty - Melanie Coudert - William Cantrell - Harjit Khatkar - Jenny Hanson - Zahid Hussain - Iain Russell - Craig Vidler - Evita Lune - Mona Neagoe - Gaultier Vasseur - Kevin Alcock - Dave Dixon - Jeff Wu - Claire Giles - Emma Windows - Daniel Nash - Nadine Poole
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Maltese SmartCity hub needs recruiter input
04-Mar-2009
First came Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village. Now the creator of those successful Dubai business clusters is planning a similar centre in Malta, which could potentially create 5,600 jobs.
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Margin pressure increases as revenues continue to fall
04-Mar-2009
Recruiters’ revenues have been falling since summer 2008 and this trend has affected profitability. According to BDO Stoy Hayward’s review of the latest data outputs from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking (RIB), members are now seeing falling margins in addition to a reduction inbusiness.
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My.hudson offers more control
04-Mar-2009
Global recruiter and talent management consultancy Hudson unveils a new career portal this week that will offer jobseekers significanttransparency in their job search.
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No compromise in ethics, please
04-Mar-2009
As a small, independent agency based in the depths of Norfolk, we are feeling the ‘squeeze’ as much as some of the other larger concerns, but please let’s not be tempted to compromise our ethics during this difficult time.
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Not all doom and gloom
04-Mar-2009
Despite the economic malaise, it’s not all been bad news on the results front. Spring Group grew full year 2008 EBITDA by 15% to £9.2m on the back of a healthy 19% rise in revenues. Penna’s results were boosted as clients tried to soften the blow of redundancy by directing axed staff towards the company’s career transition service.
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Opening Time
04-Mar-2009
Renewable websiteThe RenewableEnergyJobs.com website has been launched to target the sector. This follows the success of a LinkedIn group of the same name.
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Pole reversal good news for UK recruiter
04-Mar-2009
A recruiter who has spent the last few years bringing Polish workers to the UK has taken advantage of the UK downturn by supplying British workers to Poland.
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Q&A: How do you sell company assets?
04-Mar-2009
If the worst happens and you have to sell your company, you will need to move fast to protect what remains of your business
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Raubitschek bids farewell to EMR
04-Mar-2009
Alex Raubitschek has stepped down from his role of managing directorglobal at marketing recruiter EMR after 11 years with the company.
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Recruiters step in to find work for Mini's ex-staff
04-Mar-2009
Recruiters are scrambling to place candidates affected by large-scale redundancies in the automotive manufacturing sector.
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Recruitment-To-Recruitment
04-Mar-2009
Like many other sectors trying to deal with dwindling placements, rec-to-rec is very much client-led now, which raises problems for both candidates and recruiters alike
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Safety in numbers
04-Mar-2009
Looking to start your own business in this economic climate? Sarah Coles looks at the advantages of franchising
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Soundbites
04-Mar-2009
David Gill - Toby Thwaites - Oliver Symons
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Standing alone together
04-Mar-2009
The importance of joining professional bodies has never been more relevant
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What's driving Ms Bleasdale?
04-Mar-2009
With a number of successful healthcare staffing firms under her belt, Healthcare Locums’ founder Kate Bleasdale is reluctant to rest on her laurels. Colin Cottell reports
