Recruiter
07 July 2010
-
Is your company hot? Send us your entries now
07 July 2010
Profit matters - and Recruiter’s Hot 100 is the list to be seen on when it comes to demonstrating the combined powers of productivity, efficiency and great recruitment practice.
-
"Where should recruitment fit within an organisation: within HR, within marketing or on its own?"
07 July 2010
-
A fitting place for recruitment
07 July 2010
Strategic recruitment is finally being seen as one of the ways out of recession. Colin Cottell and Vanessa Townsend look at where this function should sit in a business
-
city comment
07 July 2010
Equity markets have suffered from a crisis of confidence over the past month driven by a welter of unhelpful developments. These have included the Emergency UK Budget, lingering concerns regarding Eurozone debt levels and the health of the region’s banking system combined with evidence that economic growth is slowing in China, the US and the UK.
-
Comment
07 July 2010
Colin Woodward of Contract Scotland is truly a standout in reflecting the recruitment industry’s best. See our report on p7 about a recruiter who exemplifies the best of corporate social responsibility in the world of work.
-
Contract news
07 July 2010
ReThink on iProfileIT recruiter ReThink Recruitment has introduced iProfile to enhance its candidate sourcing practices.
-
Contract Scotland gives shares to management
07 July 2010
Construction recruiter Contract Scotland is to award shares to its directors and management team worth 35% of the business - at no cost to them.
-
Dawning of the age of social media jobs
07 July 2010
The rise in the number of social media-specific roles must be good news for recruiters, but some large firms are still holding back in this area
-
Executives need to change presenteeism attitudes
07 July 2010
I read your article on recruiter.co.uk ’Senior executives dissatisfied with work-life balance’ (22 July). This research comes as no surprise and shows similar results to a recent survey by the CIPD.
-
Fractional work. The next small thing?
07 July 2010
The term ’career’ may soon be a thing of the past, as the global workforce structure changes over time
-
Harrods' recruiters learn its new career guidelines
07 July 2010
Harrods has unveiled to its preferred retail and food recruiters newly launched guidelines for career paths, development and performance expectations for its retail managers as part of helping recruitment partners to better understand its business.
-
HR must be tougher
07 July 2010
One of the UK’s highest-profile human resources directors has taken a tough line with his professional peers in urging them to “get a whole lot wiser to the business” and recognise that “real HR is about profit and the bottom line”.
-
IDH: a safe port in a storm
07 July 2010
Integrated Dental Holdings needed to attract more experienced dentists and turned to recruitment advertising agency Blackbridge to help them
-
Involve your agencies
07 July 2010
Don’t keep your supplier at arm’s length
-
Jobsite adds social media links to profiles of candidates
07 July 2010
A new tool from Jobsite allows candidates to add links to their Twitter and LinkedIn profiles.
-
Late paying problem
07 July 2010
Almost one in five firms says late payment problems have worsened, according the Forum of Private Business’ latest Economy Watch survey.
-
Later retirement
07 July 2010
The government’s Budget announcement to speed up plans to raise the state pension age for men to 66 by as early as 2016 is a positive move, according to a spokesman for pension and investment adviser Scottish Widows.
-
Look into licensing
07 July 2010
Licensing should be explored by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), says a slim majority of its members.
-
L'Oréal's online game reveals top talent
07 July 2010
Cosmetics company L’Oréal has begun competency-based interviews following the pilot run of its online recruitment game aimed at graduates, called Reveal.
-
Make sure we don't all fall down
07 July 2010
The perception of umbrella companies is changing for the good, but standing funds mustn’t damage that reputation
-
McClements heads Integreon's global HR
07 July 2010
Global provider of integrated research, legal and business solutions Integreon has appointed Bill McClements as chief HR officer to develop Integreon’s global workforce of 2,000 employees. McClements comes to Integreon with more than 22 years’ executive leadership experience at global strategy consulting firm Monitor Group, where he held positions as global head of HR and chief operating officer.
-
More positive but not out of the woods
07 July 2010
Fewer recruitment agencies went into administration in the last quarter, but there’s still no room for complacancy. Christopher Goodfellow
-
Morson Group acquires 'loss making' Wynnwith
07 July 2010
Technical recruiter Morson Group has acquired the business and assets of engineering recruiter Wynnwith Group out of administration in a multi-million-pound deal.
-
Need more candidates? Then get blogging
07 July 2010
I am writing in response to your story ’Social media use up but ROI proves tough’ (Recruiter, 28 April).
-
REC advises more youth help
07 July 2010
Employers and recruiters have been urged to play a pivotal role in developing more internship programmes and creating frameworks and standards for operating these schemes, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC’s) Youth Employment Taskforce report.
-
REC needs to make savings, claims retiring board member
07 July 2010
A retiring Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) board member has questioned the financial management of the trade body, calling the organisation “top heavy” and claiming it needs to make savings.
-
Recruiter's own software Firefish goes to market
07 July 2010
Firefish, a spin-out software company from Glasgow-based specialist IT recruitment firm 9-20 Recruitment, has formally launched.
-
Recruiters' roles won't dry up in public sector
07 July 2010
It was interesting to read Dean Shoesmith’s comments (Recruiter, 23 June 10). As councils are moving away from a transactional role, recruiters that will provide the best value are those that also follow suit and ensure they are offering appropriate strategic consultancy.
-
Solutions for recruiters on the move
07 July 2010
Mobile recruitment software may be in its infancy but, as Sue Weekes discovers, recruiters and resourcers need to be up with developments
-
Sorry I'm late, dog ate my car keys...
07 July 2010
Employers are taking a tougher line with staff because of the recession, with one in six prepared to sack somebody for being late just two or three times, a survey from CareerBuilder.co.uk reveals.
-
stakeholder comment
07 July 2010
-
Sterling's Regan passes away
07 July 2010
Damian Regan, senior sales manager at contractor management services provider Sterling Group, has passed away in his sleep from an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis.
-
Tony Goodwin
07 July 2010
DeeDee Doke interviews the founder of Antal International
-
Transport & logistics
07 July 2010
The lack of experienced and qualified drivers is not the only concern for the sector. The introduction of the AWD could have a huge impact next year
-
Travel on the legal road
07 July 2010
Recruiters have been warned to ensure they are not breaking the law over the way in which they implement travel and subsistence schemes, according to Sally Hewick, general manager, North at Right4staff and the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s industrial chair.
-
web comment
07 July 2010
Sandra ShepherdIn response to ’APSCo members split over licensing’ (25 June) There is no one to ’police’ the generalist agency; membership of trade bodies is not compulsory. Licensing would be good for the industry.
-
Web comment
07 July 2010
