Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
15-Oct-2008

  • A cut above

    15-Oct-2008

    You’d think that recruiters in the financial sector would be feeling rather drab these days. Not as far as Contact Recruitment is concerned. Headquartered in the square mile, surrounded by City slickers and snappy dressers, it should come as no surprise that the company was placed in the top 10 of London’s most stylish companies in October’s Esquire magazine. Managing director Uzair Bawany (seated second ...

  • Adecco France

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Adecco plans to axe 600 jobs

  • Admiral warns against aggressive price wars

    15-Oct-2008

    Hospitality recruiters should avoid a damaging price war as they compete to survive the recession.Paula Rogers, managing director at hospitality staffing firm Admiral, told Recruiter that hospitality recruiters must learn from the last recession in the 1990s when many went bust trying to compete on price.“Across the sector, hospitality recruiters were seeking to gain a competitive ...

  • Agency siege

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    Siege at Welsh driving recruitment firm

  • Agency workers

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Agency Workers Directive expected to be passed today

  • Agency Workers

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Agency Workers Directive passed by European Parliament

  • Agricultural recruitment

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Agricultural recruitment: National Farmers Union launches new text message recruitment service

  • All in good temp time

    15-Oct-2008

    As the recession bites, recruiters are increasingly looking at innovative ways of managing the candidate supply chain to improve gross margins.Recruitment agencies are seeing the commercial benefit of working in partnership with Slivers-of-Time, a web-based employment marketplace, which has linked up with agencies in London, Yorkshire, Cambridge and Liverpool.The government-backed initiative ...

  • Army pay

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    Senior army officers are underpaid, claims ex-military recruiter

  • Asia workers

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Asian working population to contract

  • Average salaries

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Average advertised salaries have dropped in last six months

  • Aviation jobs

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Price cuts will benefit consumers in short term but aviation jobs will still go, recruiter claims

  • Berkeley Scott

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    Berkeley Scott launches new website as it rebrands

  • 'Branch network is vital'

    15-Oct-2008

    Despite mounting cost cutting pressures, the branch network should be protected to help recruiters stay close and add value to their clients, according to Steven Kirkpatrick, Adecco UK managing director.He also defended the key role of branch mangers in the network, even though they were not pure revenue generators. “Our branch managers are the most important people in our structure — they are very customer focused, they are our business,” he said.However, Kirkpatrick ...

  • British managers

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Downturn seen as a challenge by most British managers

  • Broadbean deal

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Broadeban acquired by Associated Northcliffe Digital

  • Broadbean deal

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Independent job boards concerned at AND’s Broadbean acquisition

  • Business confidence

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Business confidence falls at fastest rate in 30 years

  • Business confidence

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    Business confidence hits new low

  • Call for delay with VAT hire concession

    15-Oct-2008

    A recruiter is calling for a delay in the removal of the VAT staff hire concession, which could cost employers using recruitment agencies £400m and could lead to fewer temporary staff being hired.Nabila Sadiq, managing director of Joslin Rowe Temporary, told Recruiter that with turmoil in the financial services sector, removing the concession would only add to clients’ woes. “There is so ...

  • Career choices

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Young girls want beauty and entertainment careers

  • Careers as recruiters for estate agents

    15-Oct-2008

    Recruiters are being inundated with applications from estate agents looking for careers as consultants, as redundancies in the sector continue to grow.Jonathan Mullin, associate director at rec-to-rec company Holland & Tisdall, told Recruiter he had noticed a massive increase in the number of estate agents approaching the company. “The number of estate agents we have placed has gone up by around 50% in the last six months,” he said.Angela Webb, director ...

  • Christmas cancelled

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Recession causes employers to cancel Christmas

  • Christmas entertainment

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Hospitality recruiter predicts Christmas humbug

  • Company acquisiton

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    IHR Group buys part of Ellis Fairbank

  • Compliance burden forces sale

    15-Oct-2008

    A recruiter has blamed the rising compliance cost of doing business for the sale of his company’s social care business.Miles Hunt, chief executive of Empresaria, which is in the process of selling its subsidiary the Cura Group, told Recruiter: “If you look at the trends, it is for bigger companies doing business, with smaller companies struggling to remain profitable. With all the compliance ...

  • Construction sector — in Cape Town

    15-Oct-2008

    Last month, Gemma Pope, consultant at rec-to-rec firm Aston Taylor, travelled to Cape Town as part of a project to help build homes for families in the townships to alleviate poor housing (see Diary of…, left). Aston Taylor co-sponsored Gemma’s trip, run by the charity Habitat for Humanity/Desmond Tutu Community Build, where over 120 people from across the globe took part in building 20 homes for families ...

  • Consumer-look to Thomas UK's online testing site

    15-Oct-2008

    Thomas International, provider of people assessment services, has responded to demand from recruiters and launched a new website, making it easier and quicker to access its online tests and assessments.Managing director of Thomas International UK, Peter Farrow, told Recruiter that the online assessment market has grown exponentially and wants to ensure its users’ online experiences match ...

  • Contract wins

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    Recruiters need to be more innovative about winning contracts due to downturn

  • Dealmakers

    15-Oct-2008

    MBS seals dealRecruitment process outsourcing provider Manpower Business Solutions (MBS) has been chosen by Engineering manufacturer KSS (Key Safety Systems) to manage recruitment for its engineering and manufacturing facilities, according to HR news website HR Hub. The programme will manage all full-time positions and hiring processes at KSS in North America, China, Germany, Romania, Mexico, Korea, Japan, Italy and the UK.Contracts ...

  • Demand for litigators on increase

    15-Oct-2008

    The recent failure of investment banks has created an increased demand for litigators, according to legal recruiters.Scott Gibson, director at legal recruitment firm Hughes Castell, told Recruiter he had seen a 20% increase in demand for litigators to handle disputes between shareholders and banks during the recent failures of numerous investment banks. “Lehman Brothers did not have a single litigator ...

  • Diary dates

    15-Oct-2008

  • Diary of... Gemma Pope,  recruitment consultant-cum-builder, Aston Taylor

    15-Oct-2008

    Gemma Pope,  recruitment consultant-cum-builder, Aston TaylorMondayFirst day of the build and the rain is torrential! We meet at Mfuleni School [Mfuleni is the township] to meet our home owners and wait for the rain to stop before we can get started. It doesn’t happen. We lose a whole day of building, but hey — us recruiters love a challenge and it just makes the team ...

  • Dream jobs

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    British workers who can’t get their dream job, are satisfied with their current role

  • Economic downturn

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    One in five firms unprepared for downturn

  • Eden Brown scheme to be repeated

    15-Oct-2008

    A one-year equity scheme at multi-sector recruiter Eden Brown was so successful that the company will offer a second version next year.The first scheme, which ended last June, led to the distribution of more than £1m of equity among Eden Brown recruitment consultants, chief executive Ian Wolter told Recruiter.“Literally, the amount you billed during that period denoted how many ...

  • Editor's comment

    15-Oct-2008

    You couldn’t have made it up. Living through the last few weeks has had enough ups and downs, surprise twists and shocks to last a year for even the most driven news junkie.

  • Employment law

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Employers may rue reducing staff pay and benefits, lawyer warns

  • Executive remuneration

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Downturn causes half of companies to review executive remuneration policy

  • Financial recruitment

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Financial recruitment: 'Britain already in recession', financial recruiter claims

  • Financial recruitment

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Financial recruitment: Number of financial jobs fall as collapse of banks takes effect

  • Flexible working

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    CIPD claims delay to flexible legislation “sends completely the wrong message”

  • Flexible working

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Candidates seeking work from home doubles

  • Get the best from your CRM system

    15-Oct-2008

    Maintaining good relationships with candidates and clients alike is the lifeblood of any agency. A well- managed database system can help in your customer service successClient and candidate information is the lifeline of any recruitment business. Organise it well and it boosts customer service and seriously enhances targeting. Yet for many businesses, it doesn’t reach its potential.The ...

  • Green jobs

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Greener motoring initiative could create 10,000 new jobs

  • Green working

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Most UK workers do not think green efforts impact global warming

  • Hospitality recruitment

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    Hospitality recruitment: ‘Business as usual’ for hotels as Travelodge opens new hotels

  • HOT 100: The firms most likely to beat the recession

    15-Oct-2008

    Comparing recruitment to football may be stretching the point, but when facing a daunting opponent with the ability to hit you where it hurts — in this case ‘Recession Rovers’ — strong defensive qualities are needed, preferably combined with some ‘flair’ players. Maybe a few Italian-style defenders, together with a certain Portuguese winger would fit the bill.

  • Hot hexagon is really flying high

    15-Oct-2008

    A focus on efficiency has taken Hexagon to number two in the Hot 100, writes Christopher Goodfellow.

  • How do i comply with the competition rules?

    15-Oct-2008

    Competition rules are in place to ensure that, in our industry, recruiters get a change at an equal share of the business pie. If you follow this advice, you shouldn’t infringe any laws

  • Human Resources

    15-Oct-2008

    Demand for human resources (HR) staff has dropped, as companies focus on contract and interim personnel to see them through structural change.

  • IT graduates

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    IT recruitment: Dearth of IT graduates to blight public services

  • IT recruitment

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    IT recruitment: Nine in ten IT professionals worried about losing jobs

  • IT recruitment

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    IT recruitment: London and South East loses 8% share of IT jobs

  • Jobseeker behaviour

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Employers miss top talent by failing to adapt to new jobseeker’s behaviour

  • Jobsite and Totaljobs go into battle for Scot jobs

    15-Oct-2008

    Scotland remains a key battleground for job sites, as the country shows resilience through the economic downturn.Multi-sector job boards Jobsite and Totaljobs.com are eager to grow their stake in the buoyant Scottish recruitment market.Jobsite launched a £15m television and radio campaign last week, which has been significantly remodelled for the Scottish market to reach 81% of 23-45-year-old ...

  • Jobsites redesign

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Redesign for MyJobGroup network

  • Look outside your usual box

    15-Oct-2008

    Rather than dismiss prospective consultants with backgrounds outside sales, such individuals may be the answer to your prayers

  • Management buy-out

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    NDK International purchased by management

  • Manpower results

    Wed, 22 Oct 2008

    Manpower releases third-quarter results

  • Market indicators: Salary survey spells falling earnings for recruiters

    15-Oct-2008

    The earnings of fee generators in recruitment are falling in seven key sectors — accounting and finance; banking and investment management; commercial; HR; insurance; legal; and technology and telecoms — Recruiter can exclusively reveal.The results of rec-to-rec firm Heywood Associates’ annual salary survey, which focused on these seven sectors, shows recruiters in the banking and investment management sector have been hardest hit, with a drop in on-target earnings ...

  • Media jobs

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Media jobs: Freelancers and companies to showcase work on new site

  • Mobile sites' usefulness to be scrutinised next year

    15-Oct-2008

    Recruiters may soon have access to more tangible information regarding the overall effectiveness of using mobile devices for recruitment.The next release of the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) in February asks respondents which device they have used to look for a job, including mobile technology such as a BlackBerry, PDA or other mobile internet device. Mobile trade association, ...

  • New site for more global candidates

    15-Oct-2008

    Michael Page International has launched a new website for international candidates to reflect the increase it has seen in professional and qualified candidates looking outside of their home country for a career move.Oliver Watson, regional managing director at Michael Page International, told Recruiter it is also seeing increased international interest from clients. “Clients with international operations that offer overseas postings want to see candidates with international ...

  • Northern Ireland

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Online hiring in Northern Ireland reaches record high

  • Not all it's cracked up to be

    15-Oct-2008

    Colin CottellIt’s been another difficult couple of weeks for recruiters, with only three shares in our table registering a price rise.With valuations in the sector continuing to fall, as stock markets take fright over the prospects for the economy, directors will be questioning whether the advantages of being listed are all they are cracked up to be. While raising money in the market and providing liquidity to shareholders is a piece of cake ...

  • Office opening

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Pedersen & Partners opens new Dubai office

  • OFT investigation

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    Randstad under competition investigation

  • Oh, for the old-fashioned letter

    15-Oct-2008

    We’ve come across a rather worrying trend in recruitment that might deserve extra training to be given by recruiters to their consultants. The trend is the apparent inability of certain consultants to master the art of Bcc* or the Forward button in whatever email programme they use. Take, for instance, the consultant from a certain IT company, who sent details of a job out to more than 200 prospective candidates — along with all their email addresses. An interested manager replied to ...

  • Online fraud

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Jobsite and Garlik join forces to fight online fraud

  • Opening Time

    15-Oct-2008

    Interim launch for Ramsey HallSouthampton and Manchester-based talent management specialist Ramsey Hall is launching an interim division to operate alongside its executive search and occupational psychology practices. Matthew Davis, who was appointed as director on 1 October, will be responsible for launching the new division.Growing iSourceiSource Group, comprising iSourceIT and Demanding People, has ...

  • Outsourcing market

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Outsourcing market slows in last quarter

  • Pay gap

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    Discrimination not the cause of gender pay gap 

  • People Moves 15th October 2008

    15-Oct-2008

    Majithia to lead Emerson Chase City’s growth in finance sector

  • People site good news for niche recruiters

    15-Oct-2008

    Niche recruiters are benefiting from a recruitment comparison website that has levelled the playing field between small and larger recruiters.Nigel Banister, director at leadership management recruiter GMD, told Recruiter that Peoplecompare.com, which was launched in July, had proved to be a cost-effective way of helping them gain exposure and spread their name as the site allows recruiters to appear in more than one industry sector.The site works by ...

  • Petition all temp staff to show the benefits

    15-Oct-2008

    Perhaps all employment agencies should ask their temporary workers to sign a template letter which states that they are extremely happy with their conditions and value the benefits that temporary work gives them (recruiter.co.uk, ‘Labour Conference’, 25 September). For example, freedom of choice as to whether to work or not and yet still receive holiday pay and benefits — a choice that people in permanent positions don’t have.All the signed letters could then be sent to ...

  • Recruiter acquisition

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    Broadbean acquired by Associated Northcliffe Digital

  • Recruiter acquisition

    Wed, 17 Dec 2008

    EPCglobal purchased by MPS Global

  • Recruiter Administrations

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Recruitment and business service sector firms entering administration up by 266%

  • Recruiter appointment

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Hays has appoints Tim Cook as managing director of the UK and Ireland

  • Recruiter award

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    Kate Bleasdale is entrepreneur of the year

  • Recruiter Awards

    Tue, 16 Dec 2008

    Recruiter Awards registration now open

  • Recruiter deal

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Monster and On Demand launch new online recruiting platform

  • Recruiter deal

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    Monster and Comcast to offer recruitment services on demand

  • Recruiter results

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Prime People releases trading update

  • Recruiters can always turn to invoice financing

    15-Oct-2008

    I read with interest the comments by KPMG’s Alan Nolan in your feature ‘Storm batters the minnows’ (Recruiter, 17 September).I agree that the big banks are certainly squeezing recruitment customers’ credit limits, but believe that the invoice finance industry is actually in a unique position to help small and start-up firms in these difficult economic times. Invoice financing is often crucial in providing an injection of working capital, as well delivering ongoing cashflow ...

  • Recruiters fear that banks will foreclose on covenants

    15-Oct-2008

    Heavily indebted recruitment companies are in danger of breaching their banking covenants and could see their banks foreclose on them as a result of the crisis in financial markets, a recruiter has warned.Dean Kelly, chief executive of Synarbor told Recruiter, that with banks reluctant to lend because they needed to shore up their own balance sheets, and with recruiters’ revenues under pressure ...

  • Recruiters still needed in construction sector

    15-Oct-2008

    McCall has noticed lately that some of the larger technical recruitment agencies have let some staff go (recruiter.co.uk, ‘Construction recruitment’, 25 September).However, we have seen a rise in the market of the smaller companies recruiting more specialist recruiters and have aggressive plans for expansion, despite the credit crunch. These clients tell me they are always on the look out for good strong billers. As Simon Middelboe said: “You can never have enough good people. ...

  • Recruiters urged to lobby MPs over AWD definitions

    15-Oct-2008

    A recruiter who sits on the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) agency workers commission has urged agencies to voice their opinions to the REC and lobby MPs to mitigate the potentially damaging effects of the European Agency Workers Directive (AWD).Jeanette Robinson, managing director of accountancy recruiter Cavill Robin- son, said recruiters’ main concern was the need to establish ...

  • Recruitment advice

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Recruitment advice: Resourcing professional urges recruiters to show imagination when sourcing candidates

  • Recruitment practices

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Hiring the wrong worker costs UK SMEs £69m a year

  • Re-emerging in good shape

    15-Oct-2008

    As the financial crisis begins to bite in the real economy and predictions that UK unemployment will soar to well over two million next year, senior reporter Colin Cottell asks recruiters who is best placed to survive the recession?On the face of it, the current doom and gloom about the economy is not great news for recruiters. Nevertheless, few in the industry see that the current downturn, which ...

  • Regional recruitment

    Mon, 20 Oct 2008

    Recession will affect all of UK including the South-East, recruiter predicts

  • Retail recruitment

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Retail recruitment: Food price drop could buoy retail jobs

  • Retail recruitment

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Retail recruitment: Recruiters needed more than ever in a candidate heavy market

  • Retail recruitment

    Thu, 23 Oct 2008

    Retails recruiter urges retailers to cash in on extra funding

  • Russia is new land of opportunity for ambitious recruiters

    15-Oct-2008

    Russia offers major business opportunities for recruiters — but foreigners conducting business there must be prepared to take a long-term view of success, say professionals familiar with its commercial environment.

  • Second languages

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Sacre bleu! UK workers do not see value in second language

  • Senior recruiters

    Mon, 27 Oct 2008

    Senior recruiters upbeat on future, despite recession

  • Shares could be at lowest

    15-Oct-2008

    An unforgettable few weeks for the UK economy and equity markets, which have been characterised by extreme volatility, banking collapse and, finally, aggressive government intervention. At times we have experienced echoes of the 1920s/1930s, as some queue to empty their bank accounts and hoard cash or gold. Parts of Europe are already in recession and, if not already, the UK will follow soon.However, ...

  • Soundbites 15th October 2008

    15-Oct-2008

    Stephen HaguesManaging director, Foundation Resourcing“We won’t be spending on job sites, as unemployment rises will mean candidates desperate for work, with plenty of time on their hands, will call up constantly, wasting time. We won’t be diversifying into new markets — there’s nothing more effective than a recession at sinking new ventures without established client relationships. ...

  • Square One move for Highams' Pye

    15-Oct-2008

    Highams Systems Services chief executive Dave Pye has stepped down to take on the role of managing director at specialist IT recruiter Square One. He joined AIM-listed Highams in January 2007.The day-to-day business of running Highams, which now focuses entirely on IT recruitment for the insurance sector, has been turned over to the company’s former lead salesman Mark de Lacy and former financial controller/head ...

  • Steven Kirkpatrick

    Fri, 6 May 2011

    Steven Kirkpatrick stands down at Adecco

  • Transport recruitment

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    Transport recruitment: Driving recruiters urged to proritise fuel efficiency

  • Travel recruitment

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Travel recruitment: Airport alliance to boost Dutch and French travel jobs

  • Travel recruitment

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Travel recruitment: Recruiters awaiting ‘take off’ of market

  • Unemployment figures

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Unemployment rates rise in September

  • VAT concession

    Thu, 16 Oct 2008

    REC urges VAT concession rethink as unemployment rises

  • WHO'S FIRING

    15-Oct-2008

    l Swiss bank UBS has said it will cut 2,000 investment banking jobs and will reorganise the unit after being hit hard by sub-prime losses.

  • WHO'S HIRING

    15-Oct-2008

    Budget supermarket chain Asda is hiring people to staff its store expansion plan across the UK. It is to expand the number of stores across Northern Ireland. The supermarket giant will also create 60 jobs with the opening of a £9m hi-tech recycling centre on Wearside today.Global financial services provider Barclays is set to create scores of new jobs in Liverpool as the banking powerhouse’s retail function prepares to launch the second of its UK-based Proactive ...

  • Worker confidence

    Tue, 28 Oct 2008

    Two thirds of British workers have confidence in their companies

  • Working mothers

    Wed, 13 Apr 2011

    Recession causing mothers to return to work

  • Working mothers

    Wed, 13 Apr 2011

    Government urged to do more to help employers realise skills of working mums

  • Working week

    Wed, 15 Oct 2008

    Maximum 60-hour working week to be imposed

  • Work-life balance

    Tue, 21 Oct 2008

    Firms reap benefit of work-life balance programmes

  • Work-life balance

    Fri, 24 Oct 2008

    Half of young workers consider leaving job due to poor work-life balance