Recruiter
14 April 2010
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Adecco gets on board
14 April 2010
Jobs board MyJobGroup.co.uk has won a contract with international recruiter Adecco Group UK and Ireland.
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Adecco's brands 'almost unbeatable'
14 April 2010
Cross selling of its multiple brands is high on the agenda for Adecco UK & Ireland as the company continues to integrate its acquisitions into the organisational fold, according to chief executive Peter Searle.
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Agencies should ‘understand our culture and our business’
14 April 2010
The head of group talent and attraction at AXA UK is urging agencies to take a more proactive approach when dealing with the company.
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Banking and finance
14 April 2010
Demand is increasing in the sector but with quality talent still reluctant to move, the onus is on recruitment agencies to track them down
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BNBRC in liquidation
14 April 2010
BNB Recruitment Consultancy (BNBRC), the wholly owned subsidiary of Garner, has gone into liquidation.
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Cavemen and the iPad
14 April 2010
Using technology to create fans rather than customers for your business
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Cloud cover is a benefit to recruitment
14 April 2010
David Smith Vice-chair, REC Technology Sector Group If cloud computing and software-as-a-service sends shivers down your spine, it might be worth paying more attention to the concept as the technology is gathering pace
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Comment
14 April 2010
Branding sophisticates can stop reading this piece right here - or read on, if you want a moment in which you can groan, tear at your hair, say a few choice words and know that you enjoy our full empathy.
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Employee retention vital in war for talent
14 April 2010
The major battlefield in the ongoing war for talent now lies more in the area of employee engagement and retention instead of attraction, according to Siemens’ vice president, corporate and marketing communications, South-West Europe.
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Has the time come for tie-ups?
14 April 2010
As the economy looks healthier, Colin Cottell investigates how the recruitment industry could be facing up to a wave of consolidation
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Huxley's research reveals boom for IT professionals in India
14 April 2010
A new market for IT professionals is emerging in India that is fuelling demand for expatriate Indians to return home.
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International news France
14 April 2010
There are marked differences between the UK and French recruitment markets which is partly due to contrasting attitudes to employment.
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Lack of planning comes home to roost
14 April 2010
With a desperate shortage of experienced talent, agency recruiters need to practise what they preach to their clients
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LUPC recruiters revealed
14 April 2010
Recruiters Brook Street, Prospectus, Sammons Group, Eurobase, Hays, Step Ahead and Spring Group have all won places on a new framework agreement for the supply of temporary staff, exclusively for London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) members.
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March's mixed picture
14 April 2010
While new job numbers have fallen 3% in March, demand has continued to rise for key business services professionals across finance, general insurance and marketing, according to the latest Reed Job Index.
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Microsoft to reduce costs of sourcing with Jobs2web
14 April 2010
Microsoft has rolled out the Jobs2web Recruitment Marketing Platform across all of its global business units. It follows a successful pilot of the platform in its Entertainment and Devices division.
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New deal for FPSG
14 April 2010
A UK recruitment group that was amongst the UK’s fastest growing companies in the sector in 2008 was among the recruitment businesses that went into administration in Q1.
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Optimism tempered by public cuts
14 April 2010
Permanent placements by recruitment agencies rose at the fastest pace for over 12 years, while temp billings also increased sharply
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Orion Group engineers new iPhone app
14 April 2010
International engineering recruitment agency the Orion Group, based in Scotland, has launched its own iPhone app that allows jobseekers to search its available jobs from around the world.
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Patni EMEA picks Fry for HR director role
14 April 2010
Global IT and BPO services provider Patni has appointed Alison Fryas HR director for EMEA region.
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Pre-employment rules
14 April 2010
Employers have been warned over the use of pre-employment health questionnaires by Sandra Wallace, employment partner and head of the equality and diversity at law firm DLA Piper.
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Profile: Samantha Rich
14 April 2010
Colin Cottell spoke with the UK head of group talent at AXA
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Public sector cuts herald increase in use of temps
14 April 2010
The widely anticipated cuts in public spending over the next few years will provide an opportunity for recruiters, according to the managing director of Morgan Hunt.
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Putting CRM at the heart of recruiting
14 April 2010
With many customer relationship management systems, the candidate can often be relegated to second fiddle. Sue Weekes discovers why recruiters should redress this
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Recruiting winning talent
14 April 2010
Attracting disabled talent as part of its workforce for the London 2012 Games was a challenge that Adecco accepted when it partnered LOCOG
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Retain or not to retain...
14 April 2010
I read Kevin Blair’s article, ’Retain your reputation’ (Recruiter, 31 March), with interest and initially thought it would be another tainted view on the subject of retainers.
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RSA deal for Interim Partners
14 April 2010
Interim manager provider Interim Partners has won a contract to exclusively provide interim change managers to RSA (previously known as Royal & Sun Alliance).
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SCC rolls out task force
14 April 2010
Surrey Council Council (SCC) is rolling out a ’recruitment task force’ concept across various parts of the organisation following its success in driving down its vacancy rate for children’s social workers.
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Soundbites
14 April 2010
In Recruiter 3 March, the HR director of The British Library Mary Canavan said references were dead. How useful do you find them? And if you don’t use them, what do you use to assess candidates?
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Still no room for complacency
14 April 2010
The number of recruitment agencies that have gone into administration so far this year is up on Q4 last year. Christopher Goodfellow reports
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Taking a stand against the planned NIC rise
14 April 2010
We applaud the decision by a number of Britain’s most senior business leaders (Daily Telegraph, 1 April) to take a public stand against the planned rise in National Insurance - which is a clear and unequivocal tax on jobs.
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Technology first for virtual fair
14 April 2010
Following on from its series of virtual job fairs, Middle Eastern job site Bayt.com has staged its first technology-specific virtual fair.
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Tories review IR35
14 April 2010
The Conservative Party has announced that IR35 will be reviewed as part of an overall review of small business taxation if they win the General Election in May.
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Trust me, I'm not a politician
14 April 2010
A new study by Offerssupermarket.co.uk, an online fashion search engine and retail site, found that politicians are the least trusted profession.
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Web Comment
14 April 2010
JK
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Web comment
14 April 2010
The following comments are in response to ’Comparison sites for agencies imminent’ (30 March)
