Recruiter
DeeDee Doke Editorial
DeeDee has been the editor of Recruiter since May 2005 and launched Recruiter’s sister title, Resourcing, in November 2007. She has written on human resource and recruitment issues for The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times, The Guardian and a number of UK business magazines. She is a former editor of Global HR and Employers’ Law magazines, of which both titles belong to the Personnel Today Group.
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HR key to businesses' integrity
17-February-2010
A former headhunter-turned-ethics professor has called on HR professionals to lead their organisations in building a culture of integrity.
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ReThink bags Aquent's Ciecierski
03-February-2010
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Editor's Comment
20-January-2010
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Alistair Cox
09-December-2009
DeeDee Doke interviews the chief executive of Hays
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Editor's Comment
09-December-2009
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at the Gangmasters Licensing Authority when plans were being made to clamp down on alleged abusers of tax-free allowances for workers as a way to undercut rivals and save a little money.
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A good game for women
09-December-2009
Global recruiter Interactive Selection has launched a website-centred initiative to attract more women into the male-dominated games industry.
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Compliance strong as Hays learns from price-fixing
09-December-2009
Illegal involvement in a price-fixing arrangement in 2005 led specialist recruiter Hays to strengthen its internal emphasis on compliance and legal awareness, the firm’s chief executive has told Recruiter.
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TUI Travel joins up applicant journey in its subsidiaries
09-December-2009
Travel company TUI Travel UK & Ireland has revitalised its candidate experience programme after bringing together and streamlining the recruitment operations of subsidiaries First Choice and Thomson.
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Editor's comment
25-November-2009
The resourcing department at law firm Eversheds is putting their money where their mouth is.As we report in this issue, Eversheds has developed a well thought-out, two-tiered payment system, in connection with external recruiters, which defines how it wants its recruitment partnerships to work. Their external agency partners may not like the new specifications but there will be no question about what is expected of them. Then they can choose not to work with Eversheds, if ...
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Lorna Bryson
25-November-2009
DeeDee Doke spoke with the head of resourcing for Tesco
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Brands bemoan lack of global service
25-November-2009
A seamless global offering is the missing essential ingredient in outsourced recruitment services, creating a gap that is being sorely felt by current clients of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firms.
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More power to the employer brand
25-November-2009
In the final part of Recruiter’s analysis of the recruiter.co.uk survey on the future of recruitment, DeeDee Doke looks at the responses from thein-house recruiters and how they see the industry emerging
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Editor's comment
11-November-2009
Profitability is alive and well in the wonderful world of recruitment - and Recruiter’s 2009 Hot 100 proves it!
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Spring uprising expected for recruiters
11-November-2009
Over the past two months, recruiter.co.uk surveyed recruiters about their recent business experiences and their expectations for the future of their industry. DeeDee Doke highlights the first part of the findings
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Editor's Comment
28-October-2009
News of Adecco’s intent to acquire the MPS Group - parent of recruiters Badenoch & Clark, Judd Farris and Modis - was surely the Swiss company’s coup de grâce after securing the purchase of Spring. What a stable Adecco will boast in the UK alone! Predictions of some time ago that the market would see consolidation are coming true, and on a rather grand scale.
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Hays unveils branding
28-October-2009
Hays has unveiled a major company transformation programme aimed at securing the specialist recruiter’s place in the league of top quality brands, such as professional services firm Accenture, BMW cars and Ritz-Carlton hotels.
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Recruiters' £55m overspend on their boom-time buys
28-October-2009
A review of 31 listed recruitment businesses by advisers to the recruitment sector BDO has revealed a 32% average write-down in the value of goodwill for acquisitions made during the boom times.
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Editor's Comment
14-October 2009
The biggest story in recruitment over the last two weeks is a tragedy in many respects.
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Fishing for flexibility from the talent pool
14-October 2009
As firms start thinking about their strategy post-recession, organisations must look to their new recruits to drive their business forward in the future. DeeDee Doke investigates what qualities these candidates need
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Carry out 'a social audit'
14-October 2009
In-house recruiters have a major role to play, along with HR and corporate communications teams, in helping organisations monitor what is being said about them on the internet.
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Fashioning new placements
14-October 2009
When New Look decided to relocate its commercial team to London, the fashion store called on Placement UK. DeeDee Doke investigates
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Financial services firms rethink brands
14-October 2009
Financial services employers are rethinking their model employee profiles and employer brands as they face having to recover public confidence in the wake of the economic downturn.
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Comment
30-September 2009
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Public sector hiring in danger
30-September 2009
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Editor's comment
16-September 2009
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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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Kwit Fit filling of contact centre insurance roles
16-September 2009
Stewart: lot of opportunity to grow
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Editor's Comment
02-September 2009
The last throes of the ‘silly season’ of the UK’s promised barbecue summer are with us, and regular service is resuming. But at Recruiter, it’s not quite business as usual. We’ve smartened up our look with a livelier and more inviting design.
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Interactions online: the next intelligent steps
02-September 2009
Simply searching through social networking sites and groups is the easy part. But as DeeDee Doke discovered, users are finding the next steps of true knowledge gathering are not as easily navigated
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Cautious response to FSA
02-September 2009
City recruiters are wary of the Financial Services Authority’s proposed new rules on bankers’ pay and bonuses that would link their pay more closely with the banks’ longterm profitability, and which are planned for implementation in January 2010.
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Professional sites net members in recession
02-September 2009
Professional networking sites are spinning the global downturn into membership gold as jobseekers and recruiters alike increasingly turn to them to find work, clients and candidates.
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Editor's Comment
12-August 2009
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Money matters
12-August 2009
A cautious optimism is taking hold on the economy, but a few good angels could still save recruiters from financial hell, writes DeeDee
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Recruiters rise in anger regarding phoenix firms
22-July 2009
nger is rising towards recruiters who put their businesses into administration or liquidation and return to trading shortly after, trailing unpaid bills in the wake of their flashy cars.
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Editor's Comment
22-July 2009
If the wolf is at the door, we say unload the Porsches and Ferraris first and pay back a few creditors.
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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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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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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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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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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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Editor's Comment
24-June 2009
The revelation that recruiters don’t feel able to supply temporary staff to the London Borough of Waltham Forest because they fear that their candidates won’t pass the borough’s screening process is a shocking indictment of standards in some section of the industry.
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Talent ‘tough’ for charities
24-June 2009
Attracting professionals with skills who will work for salaries that UK charities can afford is one of the most critical issues facing the socalled Third Sector, according to charity executives.
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Editor's Comment
10-June-2009
Without question, the hot topic of the week has been the revelation that The Guardian, long seen as a critical vehicle for recruitment advertising, is dipping its toe into candidate representation. The fury has been palpable in some quarters, while other recruiters have taken a more sanguine view of the development. Causing the most anger is what seems to have been this highly regarded media group’s stealth approach to introducing its test venture. The Guardian’s commercial ...
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Guardian's ad service courts controversy
10-June-2009
The Guardian’s apparent move onto recruitment agency turf by representing candidates who have applied for jobs online has been characterised as “the wrong service, at the wrong time”.
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Editor's Comment
27-May-2009
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Unemployment fuels rise in hiring at Jobcentre Plus
27-May-2009
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Firms to bail out from Belgium?
13-May-2009
Organisations already concerned about high staffing costs in Continental Europe may shy away from launching or expanding operations in Belgium, particularly due to a mandate to raise employees’ salaries there by 4.51% this year.
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Editor's Comment
29-April 2009
Rebranding is in the air at the moment — in fact, this issue could almost be subtitled, ‘A tale of two rebrandings’.
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Editor's Comment
15-April-2009
Andrew Gilchrist’s bold acquisition of 31 branches of Kelly Services has injected some much needed positive energy into recruitment at a psychologically grey time.
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De Maeseneire’s global skill, motive for Adecco
15-April-2009
Significant business experience in emerging markets may have been the tipping point for the appointment of Patrick De Maeseneire as Adecco’s new chief executive.
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Fuelling a forecourt revolution
01-Apr-2009
When BP decided to transform its forecourts, it turned to McCarthy Recruitment to find its people. DeeDee Doke investigates
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Editor's comment
18-Mar-2009
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Sweet vision of Adecco's Dieter Scheiff
18-Mar-2009
The chief executive of Adecco explains his global vision to DeeDee Doke
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Interaction snaps up 31 Kelly Services branches
18-Mar-2009
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Adecco works to reinvent its approach, says Scheiff
18-Mar-2009
Scheiff: cynical business
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Unfreezing the cold war for talent
18-Mar-2009
As business gets to grip with the recession, companies are deploying different tactics to have the best and brightest in their organisation, according to a new report. DeeDee Doke looks into how the new people agenda will affect the workforces of the future
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Maltese SmartCity hub needs recruiter input
04-Mar-2009
First came Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village. Now the creator of those successful Dubai business clusters is planning a similar centre in Malta, which could potentially create 5,600 jobs.
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Insurance scheme cover for temp pay
04-Mar-2009
A leading recruitment business broker is calling for the industry to organise a financial bonding scheme that would cover temporary workers’ pay if a recruiter becomes insolvent and cannot cover payroll costs.
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Putting the talent in the Sky pipeline
18-Feb-2009
As staying in becomes the new going out, Sky is benefiting from this trend. DeeDee Doke met the team responsible for attracting the talent to cope with this new demand
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Clients need recruiters to be in the know, says BSkyB
18-Feb-2009
Mirrington: knowledge is key
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Elite Academy trains up student recruiters
18-Feb-2009
O’Sullivan: wants this to be a de facto way into the industry
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It is time to fight back
Beating the downturn - Feb 2009
How many times in the past few months have you read phrases like ‘in the current economic conditions’ or ‘as the recession tightens its hold’?
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Editor's Comment
04-Feb-2009
It’s been a fortnight of extremes. Hundreds and thousands of jobs go out the door at a variety of UK and global businesses, and elsewhereannouncements are made about the potential hiring of outrageous numbers of people.
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Fresh Approach to Omani staffing
04-Feb-2009
Muscat: The Omani capital is the UK recruiter’s frist base in the Middle East
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TAWD will stop job creation, says MP
04-Feb-2009
Djanogly: TAWD won’t help
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Editor's Comment
21-Jan-2009
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New role and MBE for ex-REC chief Roberts
21-Jan-2009
Marcia Roberts: I’m healthy, I’m well and I’m just enjoying life
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Ashworth launches IQequity venture
14-Jan-2009
Ashworth: private equity help
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Editor's comment
14-Jan-2009
DeeDee Doke, Editor
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Hays becomes an agile giant in Cook's vision
14-Jan-2009
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REC targets individuals
14-Jan-2009
Calling recruiters: Kevin Green aims to broaden REC’s appeal
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UK Monster re-energised
14-Jan-2009
Acquari: set of new tools
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Arrows Group launches European office
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
Arrows Group’s first operation on the European continent has its headquarters in Amsterdam, leading the way in Project Management, IT and Finance recruitment. The Amsterdam office is the hub of the European function that also services the French, German and Belgium markets in both permanent and contract staff.
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Survey explores expat life
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
Canada is the most welcoming country to expatriates, expats living in Europe are most likely to learn the local language, and expats older than 55 reported finding marketedly fewer challenges settling in a new country than younger respondents — all were among the findings of the HSBC Bank International Expat Explorer Survey 08.
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EMR and Ortus offers new model service in Middle East
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
Marketing recruiter EMR and sister HR recruiter Ortus are offering a new interim service to clients in the Middle East. Regional managing consultant Paul Haslam told Recruiter that the service, which takes into account the complexities of securing visas in the Middle East, has been well received by clients who are facing challenges as a result of headcount freezes. EMR’s Middle East operation is headquartered in Dubai.
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Editor's comment
10-Dec-2008
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REC to put members at the centre
10-Dec-2008
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Expansion to give ATSCo a louder voice
26-Nov-2008
Reaching out beyond its tech borders, trade body ATSCo will undergo a makeover at the end of the year,emerging as APSCo. DeeDee Doke reports.
