Recruiter
09 June 2010
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Antal on a roll and looks for Indian partners
09 June 2010
Recruitment business franchisers Antal International Networks is “on a roll and really hitting India hard” as it continues an aggressive global expansion, according to chief executive officer Doug Bugie.
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BBC's creative approach
09 June 2010
Two resourceful recruiters at BBC Vision have created a talent pipeline for newcomers to the media industry, which is doing double duty as a virtual pool of contingency admin and support workers for the broadcaster’s production and website teams.
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BSI aims to set standard for job board experience
09 June 2010
The British Standards Institution (BSI) and an industry committee made up of trade associations and job board providers has reached the drafting stage of its online recruitment standard, BS 8877.
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Capita's PMG deal
09 June 2010
The Capita Group has acquired Premier Medical Group (PMG), a provider of medical reporting and screening service, for £60m.
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City Comment
09 June 2010
According to many in the media, austery has formally commenced. This month saw a welter of information ranging from the new coalition government’s policy proposals to well-sourced investigative journalism in the broadsheets.
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Client loyalty is with the consultant, not brand
09 June 2010
Re ’Using court injunctions to combat database theft’ (Expert Advice, May).
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Comment
09 June 2010
Last week, the thorny subject of discrimination in employment reared its head after the leader of the Labour Party Harriet Harman declared that half of the positions in the Shadow Cabinet should be designated for women.
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Communications part of Massey's HR role
09 June 2010
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De Poel signs Livability
09 June 2010
Care provider Livability has signed up with procurer of temporary agency staff de Poel, to reduce the charity’s agency expenditure. Livability is a specialist provider of residential and nursing care for people with physical disabilities and learning difficulties.
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Dress to impress
09 June 2010
Appearance is as important as ever when going for a job interview, according to a survey by global recruiting specialist Hays.
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Engineering
09 June 2010
Engineers are in demand despite looming cuts in the UK that will hit public sector projects hard. But recruiters may have to think differently
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Evolution of the species
09 June 2010
Like much of the industry, recruitment process outsourcingcompanies have had to reinvent themselves. Scott Beagrie look at the changes that have been taking place
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Good leadership is more than a sum of its parts
09 June 2010
Defining what makes a great leader as opposed to a good leader was one of the questions at last month’s talent management conference in London, organised by The Economist.
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Gunning for top talent
09 June 2010
When it came to finding the right people to help it create a true global brand, Arsenal found Sports Recruitment International was on the ball.
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Health care tie-up offers new model
09 June 2010
Live-in care and daily care services employment business Universal Care has launched a new service to provide private clients in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire with out of hours access to general practitioner care.
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Immigration vital to UK job market
09 June 2010
The government’s pledge to cap the number of immigrants from outside the EEA could have far reaching consequences for sectors, such as the NHS, that traditionally rely on labour from overseas, reports Ben Jones
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Keeping talent key to success
09 June 2010
Talent is increasingly becoming the differentiator between successful and unsuccessful organisations, recruiters and HR directors have heard.
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Managers may need a nudge to embrace online recruitment
09 June 2010
Managers who are accustomed to using a paper-based recruitment process may resist the introduction of an online recruitment system. However, with a little persuasion they can be won over, recruiters and HR professionals have heard.
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More iPad recruitment apps on way
09 June 2010
Those recruiters who were quick to embrace the iPhone by developing their own apps for Apple’s mobile device are welcoming the arrival of the iPad tablet in the UK after months of hype.
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Most irrelevant press release of the week
09 June 2010
This week’s contender for our ’We’re very pleased for you, but what’s it got to do with recruitment?’ slot comes from the digital news agency about a football tournament taking place this week.
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New culture emerges from Gulf sands
09 June 2010
Maria Brown Associate director, MENA, with Reed SpecialistRecruitment The jobs market in the UAE is starting to recover, but with a more realistic take on remuneration packages
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Opportunity knocks
09 June 2010
The UK hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industry is entering a decade of opportunity, with employment predicted to grow by more than 200,000 by 2017.
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PageUp People energises
09 June 2010
Talent management solutions provider PageUp People is to partner with Australian gas and electricity supplier EnergyAustralia to implement a capability framework across the business. The framework will support EnergyAustralia’s talent management strategy, centralising people processes and practices.
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Quality of hires is vital
09 June 2010
Recruiters need to concentrate on quality of hire and pay less attention to metrics such as cost per hire, recruiters and HR directors have heard.
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RPOs are here to stay - get over it
09 June 2010
Outsourcing remains a dirty word for some in the industry, but agencies must learn to work with RPOs
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Search and you shall find...
09 June 2010
London still dominates the UK online recruitment market,according to a study of internet job searches
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Searching for a company's soul
09 June 2010
The recession has prompted organisations to undergo significant self-examination about their internal culture, according to the head of HR consulting at Capgemini Consulting. By doing so, they are defining what makes their cultures what they are as well as what determines employee cultural fit within the organisation.
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SMEs suffer funding drought
09 June 2010
Access to funding is one of the major issues facing SME (small and medium sized enterprises) recruitment agencies, according to a survey conducted by Recruiter.
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Soundbites
09 June 2010
David Cameron has banned mobile phones and BlackBerrys from the Cabinet. Do you think this is a good idea during meetings and would you impose such a ban?
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Staffline acquires assets
09 June 2010
Industrial recruiter Staffline has acquired the trade and assets of DKM Labour Solutions from administrators in a pre-pack deal.
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Sue Chatfield
09 June 2010
Colin Cottell spoke to TUI’s head of resourcing and HR
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Talentor expands
09 June 2010
International recruiter Talentor has agreed a new partnership with Ukrainian recruiter Business Solutions.
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Targeted hiring key to meeting coalition NHS pledges
09 June 2010
I read with interest ’Value for money is going to be vital for those in charge of procurement and recruitment providers will need to demonstrate they can deliver’ (Recruiter 26 May).
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The partnering principle
09 June 2010
It is hard to ignore the political turmoil going on right now. We still have an unelected government and unelected leader (as David Cameron failed to get the majority required) and we move forward with the ConDem (trying not to sound too much like a leftie) coalition.
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Top Gear's New Look
09 June 2010
Supply chain recruiter Top Gear has agreed a contract to be the sole supplier of labour to fashion retailer New Look’s central distribution centre in Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
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Total-CVs teams up
09 June 2010
CV writing firm total-cvs.co.uk is the new CV writing partner for job search engine allthetopbananas.com and CV distribution service freemycv.com.
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Umbrella and staffing firms face HMRC triple whammy
09 June 2010
An Increase in VAT could be a ticking timebomb for recruiters
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We like people, people like us
09 June 2010
Definitions of cultural fit vary within organisations, but is yours aimed at getting the very best out of current and new employees? DeeDee Doke breaks the code behind the platitudes
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Web comment
09 June 2010
Emy Rumble-Mettle
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Worked to death
09 June 2010
This recession has set up dangerous new levels of work-related stress, for which HR staff and line management may be unprepared, says the head of a stress management body.
