Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
09-December-2009

  • 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.

  • Alistair Cox

    09-December-2009

    DeeDee Doke interviews the chief executive of Hays

  • city comment

    09-December-2009

    Michael Vassallo, equities analyst, Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking

  • 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.

  • Consider gearing up for recovery

    09-December-2009

    The numbers working within the recruitment industry is the lowest for five years, but is it now time for firms to add to their headcount again?

  • Construction cartel: never again?

    09-December-2009

    Following the Office of Fair Trading’s report on recruiters taking part in a price-fixing cartel, Colin Cottell asks the question: could this ever happen again?

  • Contrasting signals

    09-December-2009

    There are certainly signs of economic green shoots, but what will the next year hold in store for our industry? Recruitment insiders give their new year predictions

  • Dutch take recruiters for a rave RIDE

    09-December-2009

    The Dutch recruitment industry has harnessed the power of social networking to spread the word about the third annual Recruitment Industry Dance Event (RIDE).

  • 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.

  • Eploy's e-recruitment system looks ahead to web 3.0

    09-December-2009

    Online retailer Play.com is implementing eploy’s e-recruitment software and applicant tracking system to support its new work@play.com careers website.

  • GCHQ boxes clever with its campaign

    09-December-2009

    Traffic to the Government Communications Headquarters’ (GCHQ’s) careers site doubled on the launch date of the organisation’s pioneering recruitment campaign on Microsoft’s Xbox Live service.

  • Get in the social media spirit before Christmas

    09-December-2009

    Rob Sheppard, everyrecruiter.co.uk

  • Government needs to train youngsters in office-based skills

    09-December-2009

    Howard Teale, general manager & HR director, Indicia Training

  • Hays' iPhone app

    09-December-2009

    International recruiter Hays has launched an iPhone application that allows users to search all available jobs on hays.co.uk site.

  • international news: India

    09-December-2009

    Over the past two years India has seen a reduction in GDP growth from 10% to 6.5%, so while the economy is still growing and it remains an exciting market, for most organisations it has felt like recession.

  • It's not all our fault

    09-December-2009

    I feel your shame, but you’re not all to blame

  • Keeping tabs

    09-December-2009

    Procurer of temporary agency labour de Poel has issued advice on how retailers can avoid employee theft in the run up to Christmas.

  • Licensing of recruiters only a matter of time

    09-December-2009

    Licensing of recruitment agencies in the financial services sector is only a matter of time, recruiters have heard.

  • LinkedIn targets student market

    09-December-2009

    Professional networking site LinkedIn is setting its sights on university students to create a new wave of members as it looks to further broaden its user base.

  • Local talent pool likely to fill Park Plaza vacancies

    09-December-2009

    The Park Plaza Westminster Bridge’s location is proving a boon to its recruitment plans in more ways than one.

  • LogicMelon offers ATA a mouthwatering platform

    09-December-2009

    ATA Recruitment, which specialises in the engineering, construction, rail, defence, aerospace and energy sectors, has become one of the first users of Optimal Internet’s LogicMelon multi-posting platform

  • Manufacturing

    09-December-2009

    Client discounting is obviously having an adverse effect on recruiters in the sector but manufacturing seems to be coming out of the doldrums

  • Melia new chairman at FourstaR Employment

    09-December-2009

    International welfare-to-work provider FourstaR Employment and Skills has appointed Robert Melia as chairman.

  • Meriton aims for SMEs

    09-December-2009

    A former consultant with HR specialist recruiter Resource Innovations has launched a resourcing consultancy, Meriton Advisers in Ashford, Kent, aimed at supporting SMEs.

  • Misleading escorts

    09-December-2009

    An internet ad on an employment website to recruit male and female escorts has been deemed ‘misleading’ by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

  • No ordinary call centre...

    09-December-2009

    … this was an M&S Money call centre, in one of the most competitive hubs in the UK - Chester. Luckily, MBA was up for the challenge

  • Nurturing growth in recruitment

    09-December-2009

    As the economy starts to emerge from recession, Colin Cottell investigates whether the lines of credit, which was once so freely given, are beginning to reopen to support the industry

  • Public sector savings? Don't make me laugh

    09-December-2009

    Chris Slay

  • Recruiters — get over it, that’s life

    09-December-2009

    Instead of complaining about poor performers, the good recruiters should get on with their own proposition

  • Reed jobs

    09-December-2009

    Specialist recruitment firm Reed is creating 400 new jobs to help meet an upturn in demand as employers look to expand their workforces totake advantage of improving market conditions.

  • soundbites

    09-December-2009

    “Do you think there will come a point when social media avenues will become so saturated that they will no longer be a useful tool for recruiting?”

  • Taking issue with keeping hold of your candidates

    09-December-2009

    Matt Burton, Matt Burton Associates (MBA)

  • The future of work could be in the home

    09-December-2009

    Richard DonkinAuthor of The Future of Work

  • 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.

  • Waterstones: candidates centre of online process

    09-December-2009

    Putting the candidate at the heart of online recruitment was the key message to emerge from a seminar organised by online recruitment consultancy Changeworknow held in London last month.