Recruiter
24-June 2009
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Adecco: off shopping?
24-June 2009
With valuations still well their below their peak, the elephant in the room remains the acquisition intentions of Adecco, whose new chief executive Patrick De Maeseneire started work at the beginning of June.
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Bespoke's site cuts fee for clients
24-June 2009
A recruitment company’s new website which allows the client to search its database for candidates is a response to clients not wanting to spend as much on recruitment fees, says the firm’s managing director.
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Bristol to 'bounce back briskly'
24-June 2009
Bristol-based recruiters believe theirs will be one of the fastest cities to recover economically.
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Business as usual for the repositioned NHS PASA
24-June 2009
A director of NHS PASA (Purchasing & Supply Agency) has scotched suggestions that the organisation is set to disappear following last month’s announcement that its functions are to be taken over by Buying Solutions (see recruiter. co.uk ‘NHS PASA to close’, 17 June).
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Candidates caught in short-term trap
24-June 2009
Candidates are falling foul of the benefits trap, preventing recruiters from making placements because they are unable to take on temporary work.
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Catch on to web tools or miss out
24-June 2009
Recruiters must adapt to the relentless challenge posed by social media or die, last week’s meeting of the Recruitment Society heard.
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DEALMAKERS
24-June 2009
Barnes Kavelle lights up Havells - Idex adds on Addenda - Talascend grabs Bullhorn - PASA chooses Digby Morgan - Penna adapts with Bond
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Diary of...Carl Booth
24-June 2009
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Don’t forget your roots
24-June 2009
I enjoyed reading the article ‘Raynaud’s vision for Hudson’ (Recruiter, 27 May). Obviously the UK market is important to Hudson and the next CEO is a key appointment that, with Ms Raynaud’s presence in the UK, they do not want to take any chances on not finding the right person. Yet among all the good stuff about ‘change agenda’, ‘riding the storm’ and the like was this apparently innocuous sentence: “We like to think of ourselves as a talent management company rather than ...
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Dragon’s assistant
24-June 2009
James Caan is on the lookout for a finance manager, reporting directly to him, for his Mayfair-based private equity firm, Hamilton Bradshaw. Presumably the successful candidate will be told: “You’re good with my money and for that reason, I’m investing in you.”
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Editor's Comment
24-June 2009
The revelation that recruiters don’t feel able to supply temporary staff to the London Borough of Waltham Forest because they fear that their candidates won’t pass the borough’s screening process is a shocking indictment of standards in some section of the industry.
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Extrastaff wants appeal to go ahead
24-June 2009
Industrial recruitment firm Extrastaff is considering requesting a judicial review, following the revocation of its gangmaster licence by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).
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Green whisky? What’s all that about?
24-June 2009
Another press release which caught our eye straight away began thus: “All recruitment businesses should follow the lead set by the Scottish whisky industry…”. Our attention was immediately grabbed. However, we read on: “… by pulling together to minimise the impact on theenvironment.”
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How to...give your candidates a head start in interview
24-June 2009
Recruiters are having to up their game to get their candidates past the finishing post to secure that much sought-after job. Are your candidates ready to take the leap?
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Hunting down the rogue gangmasters
24-June 2009
Chairman of the GLA, Paul Whitehouse, spoke to Christopher Goodfellow about the authority’s approach
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INTERNATIONAL
24-June 2009
Ireland - Canada - New Zealand - Spain - India
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Job creation will take time to improve, despite growth
24-June 2009
The economic upturn will come slowly for recruiters, with employment rates lagging long behind GDP growth.
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Joint attack against the rogues
24-June 2009
Discussions are currently underway with the Gangmasters Licensing Authority and the major supermarkets to work out a protocol to protect the rights of workers and clamp down on those suppliers which flout the law. Graham Simons investigates the co-operation between the responsible UK retailers and the agency that fights labour exploitation
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Leigh succeeds Bateson in chief executive role at SHL
24-June 2009
David Leigh has been chosen to succeed John Bateson as chief executive of assessment company SHL Group.
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MEDIA & CREATIVE
24-June 2009
Despite gloomy results from the latest Monster Employment Index, the sector is determined to to put on a brave face and look to the future with optimism
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OPENING TIME
24-June 2009
Idex open Mancunian office - AGR updates website - New enegy job board - Drakes opens three offices - Cambridge gets new Hays IT
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Recruiter bounties posted in online site
24-June 2009
Recruiters have responded positively to an online marketplace called TalentPuzzle that allows employers to post vacancies along with the percentage placement fees they are willing to pay a recruiter for a successful candidate introduction.
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Riding the Google Wave
24-June 2009
Specific applications for the recruitment sector of Google’s recently announced Wave application may yet be unclear but there is no doubt that it will be a powerful communication and collaboration tool.
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Screening is the difference
24-June 2009
For employers today, sourcing candidates is not the problem, but time spent screening them is
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Serving up
24-June 2009
To coincide with the Aegon International tennis tournament in Eastbourne last week, the south-coast branch of The Sammons Group has launched a high-visibility poster campaign in the town.
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SkyBlue's training is safely on track
24-June 2009
Philip Wedderburn (pictured on the left) is learning signalling at SkyBlue’s purposebuilt track at Duddeston Rail Branch facility near Birmingham.
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Soundbites
24-June 2009
Over the past six months, what innovations have your company adopted to win more business?
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Talent ‘tough’ for charities
24-June 2009
Attracting professionals with skills who will work for salaries that UK charities can afford is one of the most critical issues facing the socalled Third Sector, according to charity executives.
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Temps fail Borough's stringent screening
24-June 2009
Recruiters who continually submit staff who fail screening at a London borough are being removed from its preferred suppliers list.
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Tender movements
24-June 2009
Online tendering for recruitment contracts is prevalent in the public sector, but there is still opposition from some quarters. Colin Cottelllooks into this electronic movement
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The start of M&A activity
24-June 2009
The market is currently trading sideways after a strong run over the last two quarters. We are starting to see some green shoots of recovery in the economy and investors are split between those who think the rally will continue and those who think the market is running out of steam.
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Turning a corner out of the recession
24-June 2009
James Phillipps reports on a list that reveals the sector’s resilience
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We didn’t see this one coming
24-June 2009
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Web Chat
24-June 2009
Recession is an excuseIn response to ‘Recruiters’ reactions to end of the recession claim’ (11 June), we hear lots of pessimism, and company directors and the government wanting to talk the economy down. But I believe it is just a smokescreen for firms within our industry to hide behind for poor performing staff and management. Over my three offices we have been averaging six new clients a month and have seen turnover continue to increase. Malcolm ...
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Web TV channel to educate jobseekers
24-June 2009
The founder of an online career resource believes a lack of investment by the recruitment industry in training jobseekers to search for a job online is making life more difficult for the UK’s 2.2m unemployed.
