Recruiter
31 March 2010
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Retain your reputation
31 March 2010
How to lose friends and alienate people’ by Toby Young is a book about his misguided exploits in the fashion media industry. Whenever I see the title my mind always turns to one thing: retainers. There is an unhealthy obsession in the recruitment industry with retainers - in reality ’winning’ one may help you to have your own Toby Young moment.
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.Jobs heralds online revolution
31 March 2010
A radical new online recruitment concept that will offer employers free job postings is expected to arrive in the UK later this year.
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A virtual gas of a village
31 March 2010
Engaging new starters on a journey through their new company before beginning work was the challenge British Gas gave to Ethos Creative
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APSCo keeps members informed on Albany
31 March 2010
Recruitment industry trade associations have refuted suggestions they haven’t done enough to help members hit by the collapse of workforce management company Albany.
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CGT relief good news for entrepreneurs
31 March 2010
Many recruiters looking to sell their business will benefit from the Chancellor’s doubling entrepreneurs’ relief on Capital Gains Tax, according to John Bissell, senior partner at business sales consultancy LBA.
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City Comment
31 March 2010
As we approach Easter the industry has just seen off the most brutal of annual results seasons.
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Comment
31 March 2010
The enthusiasm of Don Leslie of tax recruiter/management consultancy BLT is palpable when he talks about web innovations like Yelp (straplined Real people. Real reviews).
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Ditch the hobbies
31 March 2010
Global technical recruitment company, NES Group, is advising candidates to refrain from giving details of their hobbies and interests in CVs.
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Don't believe the social media hype
31 March 2010
Forget Twitter and Facebook - it’s real relationships that count when it comes to doing business
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Douglas just the ticket for TfL HR strategy
31 March 2010
Frank Douglas is the new group HR director for Transport for London (TfL).
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Earn your fee
31 March 2010
Recruiters must do more to earn their fee, says BT’s head of recruitment, Martin Thomas.
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Firm goes (down) under
31 March 2010
The Australian arm of recruitment advertising firm TMP Worldwide was placed into voluntary administration on Wednesday after falling victim to the global financial crisis. According to a report in The Australian newspaper, around 200 jobs are at risk at six locations around the country.
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First come, last served
31 March 2010
Regarding ’Ditch the first past the post culture’ (Recruiter, Soapbox, 17 February), I have come to this article and subsequent comments on your website rather belatedly but feel that this is a point well worth making: if a customer subscribes to the ’first come, first served’ model of recruitment, and is resistant to change, just don’t work with them!
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Goodbye recession, hello attrition
31 March 2010
Assessment company Finding-Potential says recruiters and employers could face high attrition rates as the economy emerges from recession if they don’t find out what factors are important to individuals at work early in the recruitment process.
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Hays' nine-point manifesto for employment
31 March 2010
Specialist recruiting group Hays on Monday called for a moratorium on new employment legislation and a reconfiguring of Jobcentre Plus in launching a “manifesto for employment”.
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Human error to blame
31 March 2010
A recruitment firm that posted an IT advert on behalf of a client asking for someone ’preferably of Indian origin’ has responded to calls of racism following an article in the Daily Mail.
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IT and telecoms
31 March 2010
Education, education, education is still the mantra as far as the sector is concerned if it is to find the multi-skilled candidates it needs
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It’s not unusual…
31 March 2010
… for recruiters to get it wrong.
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Know your client's culture to deliver the best service
31 March 2010
I am writing in response of your Bloggers with Bite column in Recruiter, 3 March.
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Manford is star turn at the Awards
31 March 2010
Rising star comedian Jason Manford will entertain celebrants at Recruiter’s Awards for Excellence 2010, supported by Innovate CV.
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Money's not quite as tight to mention
31 March 2010
Emerging from recession can bring its own problems. Scott Beagrie discovers how choosing the right back office provider can get your business back on track without falling at the first hurdle
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Move beyond efficient to effective recruiting
31 March 2010
What should a new recruit be able to achieve in a particular role at three, six and nine months on the job?
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Nicoll Curtin expands its global reach
31 March 2010
IT recruitment firm Nicoll Curtin Technology (NCT) has expanded its global reach to North America by opening a new office in Toronto.
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Objectivity over use of social media
31 March 2010
Tim Latham Managing director, Prefio.com Whether you intuitively believe using social media for recruitment is a good thing, looking at the data and analysing the market is the best evidence to go with
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Placement pay avoiding wage inflation
31 March 2010
Rising levels of unemployment during the recession meant that salaries for new hires rose by just 0.55% last year, but any rise is surprising
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Profile - Samatha Weston
31 March 2010
Colin Cottell talks to the head of resourcing at Grant Thornton
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Raising awareness among employers
31 March 2010
It’s great to see campaigns like Hire-A-Hero helping to raise awareness and I welcome the efforts of Karen Chadwick and her colleagues. Anything that helps to promote the benefits of recruiting ex-military personnel is a positive thing. The modern Army is much like a large training organisation with vast sums of money invested in the development of its staff.
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Recruit socially but responsibly
31 March 2010
Despite the increase in using social media by recruiters, the principles of hiring the right person and building relationships shouldn’t be ignored
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Recruiters welcome end to retirement age
31 March 2010
Government proposals that could lead to the end of the right of employers to force employees to retire at a particular age have been welcomed by recruiters.
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Recruitment apps market opens up
31 March 2010
Recruiters and suppliers have welcomed the launch of the UK recruitment sector’s first software ecosystem, following the launch of the Bullhorn Marketplace.
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Singapore
31 March 2010
The top talent in biomedical science appear to be setting their sights on Asia, with Singapore in particular the destination of choice, according to a recent survey by RSA Singapore.
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Soundbites
31 March 2010
“Now that the economy is hopefully starting to pick up, would you ever rehire staff that you have made redundant?
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Terrible to waste a crisis
31 March 2010
The role of recruiters post-recession should be to help companies to find the right staff for the right length of time and for the right reasons, the keynote speaker Larry Hochman told the forum.
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Web Comment
31 March 2010
Sean P MageeIn response to ’Omega Resource Group named as Backing Young Britain partner’ (23 March) In many job adverts you see the words ’ideally you will be a graduate’. This scares many young people away. Rather than condemn young people we should helping them to realise their own potential, motivating them to set goals and then mentoring them to help achieve these goals. With this proactive approach we can change the mindset of those 18-24s ...
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Web Comment
31 March 2010
Ray Ellis In response to ’Jobs boards warned on misconception of employment agency definition’ (18 March) What utter nonsense. It it completely unimportant that anybody knows the difference between an employment agency and an employment business. It it legal clap trap. I’ve been in recruitment for over 20 years yet I still have to have the definition pinned above my desk and have yet to come across a client who knows there is any difference at all, ...
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With all things being equal...
31 March 2010
The upcoming Equality Bill will have a profound effect on recruitment. Colin Cottell discovers it’s better to start preparing for it now
