Recruiter
16-September 2009
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Beware the demographic timebomb
16-September 2009
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City comment
16-September 2009
David Silver, founder member of Baird’s mergers and acquisitions team in Europe
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Dear In-House Hannah...
16-September 2009
I see that lack of self confidence and lack of opinions are not issues that afflict you.Your central thesis appears to be that many (at least 16 out of 37) of the preferred supplier list (PSL) that you inherited were in your opinion not networking and therefore were poor recruiters. I cannot dispute that bottom line; you may (or may not) have inherited a lousy PSL, but for such an apparently capable person I found your evidence in support of your thesis disappointingly thin.
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Dear In-House Hannah...
16-September 2009
I read with great interest (and a wry smile) the article ‘Consultants? Pah!’It’s interesting to read the opinions of an in-house recruiter who seems happy to tarnish every consultant with the same brush. By the same stereotypical notions, are we to believe that you, as an in-house recruiter, are maybe a failed ‘consultant’ yourself?PS. One more thing. You seem to base your theory on good recruiters by their LinkedIn profiles. I am happy to report that my own ...
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Dear In-House Hannah...
16-September 2009
Hannah has a valid point. Having undertaken a random search on ‘recruitment’ and ‘recruitment consultant’ on LinkedIn, most consultants had very few direct connections. The flip side of this, however, are the collectors who have thousands of connections just for the sake of it. I have 450+ connections and I could spend days on LinkedIn networking my socks off, but you need to explore every single avenue using every method available. Sometimes it’s LinkedIn, sometimes it’s just a humble ...
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Difficult conditions
16-September 2009
Network Group Holdings made a loss in the six months to 31 May 2009, as the company was hit my “extremely difficult market conditions”. The company recorded a loss of £905,000 after tax, compared to a profit of £1.28m in the same period in 2008. David Waller Network Group’s chairman, says: “The first half of the year has seen extremely difficult market conditions and following the activity of last year with the purchase and subsequent disposal of Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG), ...
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Diversifying law recruits
16-September 2009
Nick Root
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Editor's comment
16-September 2009
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Employers keep the UK working at Monster's jobseekers' career fair
16-September 2009
Brian: exceeds all expectations
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Eploy's web-based system facilitates 24/7 recruiting
16-September 2009
Craig Burton from The Works
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Extracting the next generation of talent
16-September 2009
Even in the world’s worst economic downturn for years, the global oil & gas industry is finding it difficult to attract talent. So how ready is the industry for the inevitable economic recovery, asks Colin Cottell
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Finger clickin' good for 95,000 online KFC applications
16-September 2009
Quick service restaurant chain KFC has been flooded with job applications to its new online hiring management system, receiving more than 95,000 applications in the first eight months of this year.The numbers are in addition to conventional, hard copy applications KFC also receives.The online hiring system enables KFC to select the best candidates for jobs at all levels, from team members to restaurant managers and head office positions. The system includes an ...
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Grads to Grant Thornton
16-September 2009
L-r: Grant Thornton’s Scott Barnes and Samantha Weston
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Harvey Nash's mobile app
16-September 2009
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Human resources
16-September 2009
Employers are looking for HR professionals who can add value to the company, so it falls on recruiters to sift out the wheat from the chaff
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International news: Australia
16-September 2009
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I've got this gut feeling...
16-September 2009
How much should you rely on your intuition?
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Keeping recruiters at the coalface
16-September 2009
Why don’t the top recruiters remain doing what they’re best as, rather than moving into management?
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KPMG reduces agency hiring
16-September 2009
KPMG Europe, one of the ‘Big four’ accountancy firms, plans to reduce its reliance on recruitment agencies. Ruth Elwood, head of recruitment and resourcing at KPMG Europe, told Recruiter that the firm is looking to increase its direct sourcing of experienced hires.“What we want to do is build our own talent pool from people who apply to us and be able to data mine that ourselves because it is the people who can sell, who can identify what we want, who we want,” ...
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Kwit Fit filling of contact centre insurance roles
16-September 2009
Stewart: lot of opportunity to grow
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MacKinnon delivers the best for London
16-September 2009
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More NHS interims
16-September 2009
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No migration in the UK job market
16-September 2009
Recent research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has challenged the assumption that migrant workers look set to become a marginal segment of the UK labour market
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Outlook add-on delivers power to the desktop
16-September 2009
Amy Renz
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Profits dive
16-September 2009
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Putting skills to the test
16-September 2009
How can you be sure that the candidate being skills tested isn’t an imposter? Colin Cottell looks at how suppliers are meeting this and other challenges
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Recruiter rebrand
16-September 2009
Accountancy recruiter RK Accountancy has launched its rebrand. Paul Waite, managing director, said: “We are being affected by the recession like many other recruiters, but at a time when our competitors are contracting and moving out of geographies, we remain resolute and are investing in the brand.” Robert Woodford, head of marketing for the Kellan Group (RK Accountancy’s parent company), who managed the rebrand, added: “RK Accountancy provides a real business advantage over the larger ...
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Ruth Elwood
16-September 2009
Colin Cottell interviews KPMG’s head of recruitment
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Scottish stunt cyclist in s1jobs advert
16-September 2009
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Snowed under
16-September 2009
Recruiters must feel that they are being buried under a mountain of applications. Colin Cottell investigates how they are coping with the current deluge of CVs
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Soundbites
16-September 2009
If, as in Norway, 40% of company directors were female, would more talent surface and attitudes changes?
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Spring acquisition
16-September 2009
Recruitment giant Adecco appears to be on the verge of completing its proposed purchase of technical recruiter Spring. Following an announcement on 11 August regarding Adecco’s recommended cash offer, Spring has posted a circular to all its shareholders containing details of the court-sanctioned purchase. The court meeting and general meeting to approve the purchase are to be held on 30 September, and subject to approval at the relevant meetings, the purchase is set to become effective ...
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The Challenge: Ongoing Communications
16-September 2009
When Kingston Communications went on the acquisition trail, recruiting became unwieldy. HR recruiter Independent was called in to sort it out
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Time to get entries ready for 2010 Awards
16-September 2009
