Recruiter
25-November-2009
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Agencies react to the recession
25-November-2009
A survey of recruitment agencies has revealed how the industry is coping with the downturn and their actions to prepare for the future
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Bah, humbug to Scrooge employers
25-November-2009
Firms should be wary over reining in Christmas celebrations, according to the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) - soon to become the Institute of Internal Communication.
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Brands bemoan lack of global service
25-November-2009
A seamless global offering is the missing essential ingredient in outsourced recruitment services, creating a gap that is being sorely felt by current clients of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firms.
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Buying Solutions hits back at discriminatory claims
25-November-2009
Buying Solutions has hit back at allegations that its auditors are discriminating against foreign nationals, and accused recruiters of passing on “incorrect information” for which it bears no responsibility.
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City comment
25-November-2009
Kean Marden, ABN AMRO
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Comparison site calls for more transparency from job sites
25-November-2009
A new online planning and buying directory has revealed a lack of transparency when it comes to costs by some job sites and highlights that many lack any e-commerce facilities.
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Contractor opt-out
25-November-2009
Contractors have retained an opt-out of the Conduct of Employment Agencies Regulations, following a campaign involving three industry groups.
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CV ownership: an agency's nightmare!
25-November-2009
Fighting over who owns a candidate or their CV is harming the professionalism of the recruitment industry
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Editor's comment
25-November-2009
The resourcing department at law firm Eversheds is putting their money where their mouth is.As we report in this issue, Eversheds has developed a well thought-out, two-tiered payment system, in connection with external recruiters, which defines how it wants its recruitment partnerships to work. Their external agency partners may not like the new specifications but there will be no question about what is expected of them. Then they can choose not to work with Eversheds, if ...
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Eversheds brings in 'partnership system'
25-November-2009
International law firm Eversheds is introducing a number of changes to its relationship with recruiters, aimed at encouraging a partnership approach.
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FPSG in Council deal
25-November-2009
First People Solutions Group has won a £6m care at home services contract with Midlothian Council.
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Harvey Nash surge
25-November-2009
The chief executive of Harvey Nash says the company has seen an improvement in trading conditions.
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HR must link more with business needs
25-November-2009
Human resources professionals must address businesses’ failure to manage human capital risk and ensure workforce capacity and capability.
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International news: Canada
25-November-2009
Every year Canada experiences a nurse shortfall of over 3,000 professionals, a figure which is further compounded by one of the world’s highestimmigration quotients and an ageing population demographic.
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Legal fallouts of checking candidates' profiles
25-November-2009
Checking publicly available information, such as a prospective candidate’s social media page, might be technically lawful but may not be best practice, said Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed.
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Lehman Bros collapse began shift to direct resourcing
25-November-2009
Just over a year since the collapse of financial services firm Lehman Brothers, a senior RPO head said this event was the catalyst for the investment banks’ shift away from pure vendor management to direct resourcing.
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Lorna Bryson
25-November-2009
DeeDee Doke spoke with the head of resourcing for Tesco
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Macildowie appoints two directors to board
25-November-2009
Financial and HR recruiter Macildowie has appointed two new directors to its board.
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More power to the employer brand
25-November-2009
In the final part of Recruiter’s analysis of the recruiter.co.uk survey on the future of recruitment, DeeDee Doke looks at the responses from thein-house recruiters and how they see the industry emerging
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More sexy than my boots
25-November-2009
Recruiters: please please me - as much as my boots do!
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No ethics in this compromise to fit in here to end
25-November-2009
I agree with the article ‘Employers not impressed by Jobcentre Plus’ £1k’ incentive’ (Recruiter, 11 November 2009) that stated it needs to do more to improve its service to employers.
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Online marketplaces gear up for future
25-November-2009
Online recruitment marketplaces are gearing up to take advantage of a more cost-conscious employer and recruiter as the economy emerges from recession.
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Placement like clockwork
25-November-2009
Placing abroad can bring its own challenges, and when Vine Resources was tasked with finding a specialist for Swisscom, it seemed a tall order
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Presenteeism on the rise?
25-November-2009
A major cause of presenteeism is the extent of family ‘caregivers’ in the workplace (recruiter.co.uk, 18 November). Their issues are long term and occur across the spectrum.
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Putting the client at the centre of the partnership
25-November-2009
Recruitment process outsourcing is still in its infancy, especially outside the US. Vanessa Townsend discovers that the industry is evolving at an extremely fast pace - for both providers and clients alike
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Reed’s free postings
25-November-2009
Jobs board reed.co.uk is offering recruiters up to a million free job postings to mark the ninth anniversary of its Freecruitment service.
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Renewables
25-November-2009
The world may be calling for greater use of renewable energy, but the industry itself still has a dearth of specialised engineers in the sector
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Social sites
25-November-2009
The joint announcement from Twitter and LinkedIn that they are to partner with one another sets a precedent and opens up further possibilities for the integration of business and social networks, according to PR company Punch Communications.
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Soundbites
25-November-2009
“Do you think it’s a good idea to offer more or higher rebates as a way of maintaining loyalty, especially during these recessionary times?”
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Starbucks strategy percolates through to Olympics
25-November-2009
International cafe chain Starbucks Coffee is using workforce demographic data to plan for a predicted peak in demand its Canadian business will experience during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next February.
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Strategic hiring a must, employers urged
25-November-2009
Employers should not assume they will have access to a ready supply of talent when the recession ends, according to the managing director of Hudson, English regions.
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The buyer's guide to...Background checking
25-November-2009
A background checking or employment screening service relieves the recruiter and resourcing departments of the time-consuming business of verifying a candidate and the accuracy of their claims in a job application or CV.
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Treat me more like a business woman, not a clothes horse!
25-November-2009
In response to your Personal Development article (recruiter.co.uk) ‘Five tips for women at the top’, I think that there are a lot more important tips for women in business than what to wear!
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Understanding online jobseekers
25-November-2009
In these times of high unemployment, the need to understand the changing behaviour of online jobseekers is becoming increasingly important to recruiters
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web comment
25-November-2009
While striving to improve the capabilities and standards of nursing staff through higher levels of training seems an admirable aim, extending time training before qualification will only further delay the arrival of locally qualified nursing, which will add to the requirement to recruit from overseas
