Recruiter
18 August 2010
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Alderwood helps 'lost generation'
18 August 2010
Education recruiter Alderwood Education has identified youth unemployment as a key plank in its growth strategy.
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NMW job fears
18 August 2010
Many thousands of job losses could result if the government amends the National Minimum Wage (NNW) regulations from 1 January in an attempt to reduce the exploitation of vulnerable workers.
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A cloud with a silver lining
18 August 2010
As workers feel more confident about the economy, millions will look to move, providing recruiters with new opportunities
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Aerospace sector raises manpower optimism
18 August 2010
Amid continuing economic uncertainty, the UK aerospace sector has offered up a bright spot this summer with the news that industry revenues rose by 5.4% during 2009 to £22.2bn, according to the UK’s AeroSpace, Defence and Security (A|D|S) trade organisation.
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Attach and apply on the move app
18 August 2010
TweetJobs and software developer Burnsoft, which are run by former recruiters Richard Sutcliffe and Nik Burns, respectively, have launched their iPhone app which includes the facility for candidates to send a CV.
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Banking transparency
18 August 2010
Britain’s banks have been urged to form truly transparent business partnerships with recruitment agencies by Liz Longman (below), UK director of independent recruiters’ network The Employment Agencies Movement (TEAM).
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Betfair takes a punt with in-house recruitment
18 August 2010
Former Dell recruiter Malcolm Kemp has joined Betfair as head of talent acquisition to bring recruitment in-house. The move is part of taking the online gambling firm to its next stage of growth.
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BlackBerry ban in Asia will threaten recruitment
18 August 2010
Potential bans on the use of BlackBerrys in India and in the Middle East is set to hit the world of recruitment hard, robbing both in-house and agency recruiters of a key communications tool.
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Book into Smart Resourcing to get inside track
18 August 2010
Places are selling quickly for Recruiter’s inaugural Smart Resourcing 2010 conference.
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Brigadier Jolyon Jackson
18 August 2010
An interview with head of recruitment for the British Army
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Buyer's Guide The buyer's guide to...Background checking
18 August 2010
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Can uk exports stop the double dip?
18 August 2010
Can an export-led recovery lead the UK out of recession and redress the balance in the labour market? Colin Cottell looks at the prospects
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Can't get the right sort of LinkedIn members
18 August 2010
I read the Bloggers with Bite (Recruiter, 21 July) with real interest as I work with senior executives trying to find new careers.
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Channel 4 seeks disabled talent
18 August 2010
Channel 4’s nationwide search to recruit disabled TV presenters for the 2012 Paralympics, announced last week, is a serious attempt to unearth new talent, and not aimed at filling quotas, according to the TV channel’s disability director.
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Chess moves for multiple contacts
18 August 2010
A new consultancy service, launched by the Chess Partnership, aims to put the hospitality recruiter at the centre of the sector’s community by building up multiple contacts across its clients’ businesses, according to chief executive Chris Sheppardson.
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City Comment
18 August 2010
Three common themes emerged during the recent Q2 results season - stronger than expected sales growth, a sharp rebound in profitability and reassuring comments regarding current trading momentum.
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Comment
18 August 2010
In the US, the state of Oregon had a law forbidding customers at petrol stations to pump their own petrol. In neighbouring states, the practice was legal and it was possible to save a few cents per gallon of petrol by doing so.
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Don't forget challenges of the past
18 August 2010
With news of increased revenue streams, recruiters can focus again on growing their businesses - having learnt the lessons of the downturn
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Gilbertson joins Lloyds as head of resourcing
18 August 2010
Mark Gilbertson is the new head of resourcing at Lloyds Banking Group, with responsibility for both retail banking and group operations.
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Going back to the floor
18 August 2010
If you have reached the top of an organisation, don’t forget to unite your team behind your example
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Indeed scouts in the Antarctic
18 August 2010
Jobs search engine Indeed has launched in 24 more countries, bringing its global coverage to 53, and 12 additional languages, making 24 in total. The new locations include Bahrain, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Kuwait, Russia, Taiwan, Turkey and Venezuela.
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Learn before you earn
18 August 2010
Like most people in our industry, I didn’t set out to be in recruitment. I did a degree in humanities and arts that simultaneously allowed me to also graduate in wine, women and song, with honours. However, such credentials didn’t help when looking for a job. Recruitment ticked lots of boxes so I found myself cold calling and making money. However, many years later, I bemoan the professional standards of so many recruiters. Is now the time for someone in academia to refine an appropriate ...
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Legal
18 August 2010
The legal sector has become more competitive, as M&A activity has fallen, so candidate numbers in this area have risen
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McAfee builds a better pipe
18 August 2010
Recruiter Stewart Brooks of communications security firm McAfee thinks he may have found the ’holy grail’ of recruitment: a talent pipeline in which talent is identified, primed, kept warm and delivered before it is needed.
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Net Natives gets inside Facebook for recruiters
18 August 2010
Recruitment services agency Net Natives is urging recruiters to act quickly when it comes to establishing a Facebook presence but warns that they must do far more than simply “fire people with jobs” and use such a page to add value and better engage with candidates.
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No crisis for China, says recruiter
18 August 2010
Despite its continued growth - bucking the stagnation of most Western economies - China is still a ’second world’ country which is evolving.
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Not shy and not retiring
18 August 2010
Government plans to abolish the default retirement age from October 2011 have been welcomed by employers, employers groups and UK unions as a victory for choice.
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Playing to people's strengths
18 August 2010
Debate is raging on methods for finding the best candidate for an organisation. Is a competency- or strength-based approach the best? Colin Cottell investigates
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Rebranding ReThink
18 August 2010
Full service business and technical recruitment specialist ReThink has undergone a major rebranding that aims to set the company apart from other recruiters by promoting its consultants’ accountability, experience, expertise, qualifications and consultative approach.
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REC is 'transparent' trade body
18 August 2010
We are writing in response to your article and editorial in the 7 July issue of Recruiter about the REC.
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Social concerns
18 August 2010
Three-quarters of graduate recruiters are concerned that accessing candidate information via Facebook and other online networks can get in the way of a “fair and measurable” recruitment process.
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Soundbites
18 August 2010
Is it better to recruit recruiters who have experience within a particular industry or is it equally valuable for them to be a good recruiter but with no previous sector knowledge?
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Unemployment down
18 August 2010
While UK unemployment has fallen, caution remains among candidates and employers alike. Figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal that the number of people unemployed in the UK fell by 49,000 to 2.46m in the quarter to June, marking the second consecutive month that unemployment has fallen, and the biggest drop since 2007.
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Web comment
18 August 2010
The following comments are all in response to ’Thousands of jobs could go if NMW regulations changed, warns Deloitte’ (28 July)
