Recruiter
21 July 2010
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Army goes to private sector for recruitment
21 July 2010
The Army has chosen two consortia for the next stage in the outsourcing of its recruitment. The process is expected to result in the vast majority of recruitment functions being carried out by the private sector in 2012.
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Audits welcomed by FCSA members
21 July 2010
A director of the Big Four accountancy firm carrying out independent audits of prospective members of the FCSA (Freelancer & Contractor Services Association) says existing members have been “pleasantly surprised” by how much the audits “got under the skin of their businesses”.
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Beware of cyber-crime
21 July 2010
Jobseekers who use mobile devices such as Smartphones are increasing their chances of being victims of cyber-crime. A study by Webroot, an internet security software company, found that increasing numbers of people are revealing their exact location on the internet or being tracked via geolocation applications installed onto their mobile devices.
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BIS champions recruitment for future recovery
21 July 2010
I wanted to take the opportunity to set out what I, as employment relations minister at BIS, will do on behalf of the government to support the recruitment industry over the next Parliamentary session.
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Changes in the public sector workforce
21 July 2010
Cuts to the public sector will have many implications for UK plc. Louisa Redfern discusses the challenges facing both the workforce and business
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City comment
21 July 2010
As renewed economic uncertainty gathers momentum, with Europe especially in the spotlight, the immediate news on the UK labour market is contrarily quite positive. The latest release reports further reductions in claimants, rising vacancies and a strong rise in employment, albeit predominantly part-time, although total hours worked still fell slightly. The job market mix is changing as intermittent recovery requires a different combination of hours and work skills. This all underpins, ...
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Clampdown call on easy option of pre-packs
21 July 2010
One of the disappointing aspects of the current downturn is the failure of directors and business leaders to act responsibly and ethically towards the debts they create.
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Comment
21 July 2010
Everyone needs a mentor, a guide, a personal guru, if you will. and expertise.
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Construction
21 July 2010
Applications are on the rise but skills shortages remain, so recruitment agencies are urged to show employers the extra value they can add
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Contract news
21 July 2010
HCL on spending spreeHealthcare Locums (HCL) has entered into conditional agreements to acquire the entire issued share capital of UK specialist nursing and healthcare staffing locum business Orion, the business and assets of Australian medical staffing business LML and, subject to shareholder approval, the business and assets of specialist nursing locum recruiter Redwood Health.
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Co-operative captures Cooper as food HR head
21 July 2010
Rowena Cooper, former retail resourcing manager at Wm Morrisons Supermarkets, is joining the Co-operative as head of HR - resourcing and performance management, food retail.
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Covering all credit angles
21 July 2010
With the market continuing to show signs of volatility and the spectre of insolvencies hanging over businesses, Scott Beagrie explores the state of credit insurance and why it is still important for recruiters to have it
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Eploy technology helps secure RPO contract for Atlan Resource
21 July 2010
Atlan Resource Solutions has won a recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) contract with communications company T-Systems and will be using a customised version of eploy’s online recruitment and applicant tracking software to manage the customer-candidate interface.
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Finding the cogs in the machine
21 July 2010
What impact will government cutbacks have on interims working in the sector? Kurt Jacobs discovers there are still plenty of opportunities
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FiveTen taps Kazakhstan
21 July 2010
Kazakhstan is currently underdeveloped as a recruitment market but its potential is “enormous”, according to Natalia Kurkchi, country manager of the newly launched Antal Kazakhstan.
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Focus on opportunities for women
21 July 2010
Employers shouldn’t ’push the female agenda’ but rather highlight how men and women can boost their careers
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Give the youth of today a voice
21 July 2010
Recruiters can showcase hidden skills to prospective employers that the young people do not know they have, according to Jayne Mee, group people and customer experience director at Barratt Developments.
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Goodman Masson lead women on a career path
21 July 2010
A City-based financial services recruiter has decided to address the problem of securing a career infrastructure for women to reach the highest levels in the recruitment industry.
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Green Park event highlights agency value
21 July 2010
Recruitment agencies can only build strong relationships after they have demonstrated their value to clients.
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Interims let go
21 July 2010
Interims are being let go as the use of agency staff has come to a grinding halt, according to the chief procurement officer of a government office.
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ITHR tops recruiters
21 July 2010
IT Human Resources (ITHR) is the top recruitment agency among a raft of recruiters in the Sunday Times International Track 100. The new league table ranks the top 100 private companies in Britain which have the fastest-growing international sales.
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It's coming your way...
21 July 2010
Gareth Jones on Executive search firms can’t run and hide from the inevitability of social search
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Knowledge is power for opportunity
21 July 2010
Miles Davis Managing director, BBL Medical - an HCL company Whatever the future holds for recruitment, there will always be opportunities and for many recruiters this will lead to taking a more specialist approach
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Optimism despite spending predictions
21 July 2010
Until the government’s spending review is revealed in the autumn, no one knows the affect on recruitment, but it may not be all doom and gloom
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Pharma recruiter goes globally mobile
21 July 2010
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Randstad benefits from 'more unified approach'
21 July 2010
Randstad’s acquisition of Vedior has led to a more collegial way of working between the old Vedior companies, according to Brian Wilkinson, a member of the Randstad board, and country manager for the UK.
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Search is on for Olympic volunteers
21 July 2010
London 2012 needs 70,000 volunteers with “dedication, focus, grace under pressure and adaptability”, according to a spokesperson for the games.
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Servants of the people
21 July 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron reminded civil servants attending the Civil Service Live conference earlier this month that they are “the servants of the people of this country. They [the people] are the boss”.
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Smart resourcing
21 July 2010
DeeDee Doke hears from speakers at the conference
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Soundbites
21 July 2010
“With huge job losses expected in the public sector, how easy will it be for those affected to find jobs within the private sector?”
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stakeholder comment
21 July 2010
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Start up and scale up with the cloud
21 July 2010
TriSys Business Software is launching a cloud-based version of its recruitment software, which is being hosted by Amazon Web Services.
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The rise and fall of...
21 July 2010
A new book by Antal International founder and chief executive Tony Goodwin and business writer Jamie Oliver explores the stories behind the spectacular failures of 16 well-known entrepreneurs. And to celebrate the book’s launch, Recruiter gave away three signed copies of How TheyBlew It.
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The road less travelled
21 July 2010
Kuoni was looking at its branding in the travel sector, as well as needing a new head of PR. EMR was tasked with finding this specialist role
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Web Comment
21 July 2010
Paul Mouland, senior consultant, Placement UK
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web comment
21 July 2010
Phil Wratten In response to ’Fractional work. The next small thing?’ (Recruiter, 7 July)As true as this article appears to be with regards the stats quoted, the union movement in some areas/industries will still have its head in the bucket of sand denying ’change’! CHANGE when HANDLED PROPERLY is a GOOD thing – it saves stagnation!
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Yell for jobs in Belfast
21 July 2010
Up to 60 new jobs are to be created in Belfast by the international business directory Yell. As part of a recruitment drive in Northern Ireland, Yell has vacancies for telesales consultants, who specialise in giving marketing advice to predominantly small businesses.
