Recruiter
08-July 2009
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Are cutbacks the norm?
08-July 2009
The CBI has trumpeted changes in the industrial relations landscape as workers fearing for their jobs sign up for new work practices to cut employers’ costs. Graeme Osborn reports
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ASWEB in talks about raising standards
08-July 2009
The Association of Social Work Employment Businesses (ASWEB) has been in discussions with Tim Loughton, the shadow minister for children, schools and families.
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Budgets force firms to be creative in career growth
08-July 2009
The recession is forcing organisations to become more creative about career development for its employees, the group HR director forAXA UK has told a London audience.
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Bullhorn aims for 10% UK sales
08-July 2009
Recruitment software pro - vider Bullhorn is hoping the UK will account for 10% of its global turnover after 12 months, according to its founder.
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Campbell wants to Rise even further
08-July 2009
Rise Group managing director Gregor Campbell would like his growing organisation of recruitment companies to be recognised as a “good platform for entrepreneurs to help them go further”.
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CBI’s alternative to redundancy
08-July 2009
With unemployment predicted to hit 3m, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has announced its plans for an alternative to redundancy.
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De Poel check on agencies reveals safety confusion
08-July 2009
Health and safety checks carried out by agency management firm de Poel on its agencies have revealed that important health and safetychecks are not being carried out by either agencies or clients.
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DEALMAKERS
08-July 2009
GKES recruits execs for ITM - Jo Hand’s £10m contracts - Synergy Adapts with Bond - Comensura extends deal - MSS on track with contract
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Diary of... Darren Leppard
08-July 2009
Darren LeppardDirector, Select, Leicester and Coventry
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Disneyland Paris opens gates to cast of thousands
08-July 2009
Candidates attending London’s Disneyland Paris recruitment event last month will be allocated their own Disney recruiter, even if they are unavailable for the jobs this season.
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Editor's Comment
08-July 2009
To read the national press, it would be easy to believe that graduates are the only segment of the population to feel the negative economic impact of the recession.
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Effective screening? Recruiters take note
08-July 2009
With her editorial last issue (Recruiter, 24 June), DeeDee Doke has struck a chord which should worry organisations who routinely take staff — both temp and perm — from recruitment agencies.
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Ellison appointed UK country manager after interim stint
08-July 2009
Tracy Ellison has been appointed as Kelly Services’ UK country manager. Ellison has held the position on an interim basis since January and her appointment recognises her achievements over the past six months.
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Green jobs need government help
08-July 2009
The government needs to offer greater assistance to wind turbine manufacturers if they are to consider relocating jobs to the UK, according to Ben Cartland, an associate at green recruiter Acre Resources.
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Hexagon’s half-year woes
08-July 2009
Hexagon announced an increase in net fee income for the year ended 31 March, although as Jonathan Wright, its chief executive told Recruiter, it was “very much a year of two halves” as the company was hit by the downturn in permanent recruitment in the second half.
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How to...ensure I am dealing with solvent clients
08-July 2009
In the current economic climate, credit checking clients is more important than ever. So how does it work?
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INTERNATIONAL
08-July 2009
US - Germany - China - India - France - Russia
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IRP: tweaking or enhancing?
08-July 2009
As the REC announces its Institute of Recruitment Professionals, replacing the individual membership, Colin Cottell asks industry leaders and individual consultants whether the trade body’s new offering is merely tweaking with the current set-up or giving much needed respectability to an industry desperate for more professional recognition
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M&A activity
08-July 2009
So, what to write about a fortnight during which time you’ve mainly sat on a beach in Cornwall, eaten pasties and (debatably) learned how to surf? Particularly if the rest of the world has also been on holiday and news flow from the staffing sector has been minimal.
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Men at work on their flirting
08-July 2009
Bad news for all those firms out there with more than 50% male employees on their books. Apparently men may be spending more time seeking out affairs in the office than they do actually working
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Opening Time
08-July 2009
Connex teaches Down Under - Manchester answers TBC’s call - Just-food.com launches... - … and so does Hunting4 jobs - North Sea job board - Acorn opens in Cardiff
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Personalised job tweets could go one step beyond
08-July 2009
Nearly 300 followers signed up for Jobsite’s Jobs-by- Twitter service in just a few days of its unofficial launch.
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Pre-packs blight our industry
08-July 2009
The recession has had many effects on business — recruitment freezes, bonus holds and the tightening of purse strings being three major reactions.
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Recruiters’ reaction to recruitment’s bleak outlook
08-July 2009
Given the macro-economic data on unemployment, it is not surprising that employment in the recruitment industry is shrinking, according to BDO Stoy Hayward’s review of the latest data outputs from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking (RIB). Unemployment has risen to 2.26m in the first quarter of the year, the highest since November 1996, and figures from the Office for National Statistics, covering the period until April, show the jobless rate rose to 7.2%. At the same time, RIB members ...
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RETAIL & SALES
08-July 2009
With more people staying at home and an influx of foreign visitors taking advantage of the weak pound, such factors suggest retail hiring may be stabilising or even picking up
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Rise’s Campbell: in it to win it
08-July 2009
Managing director of Scottish recruiter Rise Group spoke with DeeDee Doke about his winning formula and future plans for the firm
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Selling us all down the river
08-July 2009
In response to last issue’s article ‘Recruiter bounties posted in online site’ (Recruiter, p11, 24 June), I am concerned that some companies are encouraging prospective clients to purely think about recruitment on a cost basis.
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Serving the user
08-July 2009
As recruiters continue to search out technological and cost-effective ways of working, SaaS seems like one route that is well worth considering, reports Sue Weekes
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Social network powerbut not for candidates
08-July 2009
I agree with Roger Philby on the power of Twitter and LinkedIn when it comes to distributing a message (Social networking calls for ‘blind faith’, 16 June). Using primarily these two tools, I got 600 unique visitors to my recruitment blog, The Savage Truth, in its first five days.
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Software cuts through CV jungle
08-July 2009
Recruitment software company Actonomy has remodelled its HRM Knowledge Base of job functions, titles, job descriptions, skills, competencies and knowledge areas to make it easier for recruiters to find the right candidate on their CV databases.
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Soundbites
08-July 2009
“Given the increased volume in applicants and greater demands from clients, how are you dealing with the screening process?”
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Standard Chartered in growth
08-July 2009
Unlike others in the banking sector, Standard Chartered Bank is enjoying “a high growth phase”, said Geraldine Haley, group head forleadership effectiveness and succession.
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Talent needs managing differently in long term
08-July 2009
Organisations attempting to build high-performance global workforces as they emerge from the recession will need to make long-term,structural changes to how they manage talent, according to a leading consultant.
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True unemployment figures too frightening
08-July 2009
After working in the recruitment industry for 20 years, I have learned that the figures reported by any governmentorientated organisationsare total fabrication (‘Unemployment rises to 2.26m’, 17 June).
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You heard it here first!
08-July 2009
You may have been scouring the press for good news stories on the economy, listening to various experts give their predictions as to how long the recession is going to continue, and becoming more and more confused about who to believe.
