Recruiter
26-Nov-2008
-
2009 predictions
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Bosses make 2009 economic predictions
-
Adecco acquisition
Mon, 1 Dec 2008
Adecco completes acquisition of DNC
-
Adecco chairman
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
-
Age discrimination
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
Recruiters and employers face a raft of legal challenges from applicants exploiting age discrimination legislation
-
Agency workers
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
REC urges recruiters to lobby MPs now to influence government over Temporary (Agency) Workers directive
-
Agency workers
Thu, 4 Dec 2008
REC urges recruiters to lobby MPs over Temporary (Agency) Workers directive
-
Allied Healthcare
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
Revenues and gross profit margin up for healthcare recruiter
-
ATSCo makeover aims to broaden its reach
26-Nov-2008
The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) will begin 2009 with a new name and a newly expanded potential membership pool.The ‘T’ for ‘technology’ in ATSCo’s name will be replaced by a ‘P’ for ‘professional’ as the trade body extends its reach beyond IT, technology and engineering to other recruitment sectors (see box). The move is designed to draw other professional sectors — broadly ...
-
ATSCo transformation
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
REC’s Green responds to changes
-
Aviation recruitment
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
right4staff: Aviation Solutions takes off!
-
Berkeley Scott ads targets tube travelling jobseekers
26-Nov-2008
Berkeley Scott is going underground in a bid to coax candidates into taking up jobs in the hospitality sector.The recruiter is to roll out a two-week advertising campaign on London Underground in December. Mark Darby, managing director at the hospitality staffing firm, told Recruiter that the adverts aimed to reach out to the mass market.The adverts were targeted at an array ...
-
Crunch DMC tracks the way for online ad spend
26-Nov-2008
Recruiters can monitor the effectiveness of their overall online recruitment advertising spend via a new tracking and evaluation system and service.Provided by Crunch Digital Media Company (DMC), the technology behind it is ADTECH’s Helios IQ platform, widely used by web publishers to manage and evaluate online advertising.Richard Purvis, managing director of Crunch DMC and formerly of ...
-
Dealmakers
26-Nov-2008
Antal’s US ambitionInternational executive recruiter Antal International Network has partnered with SearchPath International, a US recruitment agency. Tony Goodwin, Antal’s chairman and chief executive, said: “Partnering with SearchPath gives us the next key piece in the global jigsaw in the US.”Kelly partners AribaInternational staffing recruiter Kelly Services has partnered with spend management solutions ...
-
Diary dates
26-Nov-2008
27 November: Recruiter networking evening.Marks Hotel, 110 Bath Street, Glasgow. 6pm start.Contact Andy Daniel on 0207 970 4814 or email andy.daniel@centaur.co.uk2-3 December: JSB Managing Reorganisations, restructurings and Redundancies. Two-day interactive seminar.Hilton London Euston, 17-18 Woburn Place, London WC1H 0HT. Contact 0208 371 7000 or visit www.jsbonline.com
-
Diary of... Paul Belton, operations director, Pari Passu
26-Nov-2008
Paul Belton, operations director, Pari PassuSundayMy working week begins at 7am with a round of phone calls to financial institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates. As Fridays and Saturdays are the weekend out there, Sunday morning is the best time to catch people. The UAE region has one of the fastest growing banking sectors in the world and, as such, is a key ...
-
'Don't let technology take us away from recruiting'
26-Nov-2008
The impact of technology in recruitment has been over-estimated and recruiters should not ignore tried and trusted methods.John Nurthen, a senior executive at Randstad Holdings, told the Recruitment Community Europe Global Recruitment Conference in Amsterdam that “new doesn’t mean superior”. “What’s wrong with classified advertising [for recruitment]? It works well,” he said.Video CVs ...
-
Don't write off KPIs — just use them properly
26-Nov-2008
In response to Simone Sharples’ comments regarding key performance indicators (KPIs) (Recruiter, 12 November), it is clear that she has unfortunately been on the receiving end of some pretty poor management ideas. Having so far helped some 110 recruitment companies to maximise their potential (in terms of people development, sales and profit), I have occasionally been in the fortunate position of being able to re-educate managers who believe that KPIs are simply about making hundreds ...
-
Editor's comment
26-Nov-2008
The topic of our featured cover story in this issue will no doubt lead to heated debate within the industry. The upcoming transformation of ATSCo, soon to be APSCo, is a big step for that organisation itself. Clearly, there are ramifications for the recruitment industry as a whole and potentially for the other membership organisations that represent recruiters.
-
Email communication
Mon, 1 Dec 2008
Workers favour facemail over email
-
Engineering jobs
Thu, 4 Dec 2008
EEF urges government action to help industry facing 100,000 job cuts
-
Expansion to give ATSCo a louder voice
26-Nov-2008
Reaching out beyond its tech borders, trade body ATSCo will undergo a makeover at the end of the year,emerging as APSCo. DeeDee Doke reports.
-
Finance jobs
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
Demand for risk, audit and compliance jobs rises dramatically
-
FPR meeting
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Recruiters urged to forge greater links with government due to recession
-
FPSG staff raise cash facing flying fears head on
26-Nov-2008
Is it a bird? Is it a bi-plane? No, it’s John Hailstone, managing director of FPSG (First People Solutions Group). And no, he’s not making a last-ditch attempt to get on ITV’s I’m a recruiting celebrity, get me in there… It was all part of a weekend of ‘fun and extreme activities’ in Spain to get staff to step outside their comfort zone. Leading by example, Hailstone — he’s the one in the natty red ...
-
Graduate recruitment
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Deloitte records 40% increase in graduate applications
-
Harvey Nash
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
Revenue is up 34% in the last quarter at Harvey Nash
-
Hexagon results
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Hexagon profits up
-
How can I attract private equity?
26-Nov-2008
Investment from private equity sources is slim in this current climate. Yet the recruitment sector must be ready to attract investors back once the markets recover
-
How to get the most out of staff team building days
26-Nov-2008
Boosting staff morale in either team building exercises or interoffice events is even more important in today’s climate and shouldn’t be seen as a non-essential cost.With economic doom and gloom all around, staff morale and retention is more important than ever before.
-
HR recruitment
Mon, 1 Dec 2008
Business requires HR professionals who understand business, say recruiters
-
Immigration rules
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
Points-based immigration system will affect recruitment
-
INTERNATIONAL
26-Nov-2008
Minnesota-based NCS Pearson, one of the recruitment agencies to supply airport security screeners in the wake of 9/11, has agreed to pay a $5.6m (£3.77bn) settlement to the US Federal Government. The payment was made to resolve allegations that it overcha
-
IT rate cuts spread across sector
26-Nov-2008
Cuts in IT contractor rates by investment banks continue to spread across the financial sector as banks bring fees into line.Roy Dungworth, director of IT recruiter Modis International, told Recruiter he has seen cuts of 6-15% from the financial organisations he deals with. “At the moment it seems to be the way the financial institutions are going. It’s incestuous; when they find out that ...
-
Job cuts
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
MFI and Google to cut jobs
-
Jobcentre recruitment
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
-
Jobseekers 'go direct to employers'
26-Nov-2008
The economic downturn is bad news for recruiters and job boards, but good news for employers, according to the head of careers at Google.Luke Mckend told the Recruitment Community Europe Global Recruitment Conference 2008 in Amsterdam that with the number of jobs advertised online dropping, according to October’s Monster Employment Index, this was “potentially worrying” for job boards and agencies.However, he said that with job-related searches on Google up 57%, ...
-
Kelly Services
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Kelly Services wins Fujitsu contract
-
Leisure
26-Nov-2008
Clients are prepared to look outside the leisure industry for managers, so recruiters need to be able to source candidates from different sectors and think outside the box
-
Margins are holding up despite falling revenues
26-Nov-2008
Competition and market forces are reducing revenues but margins are still being maintained, according to BDO Stoy Hayward’s review of the latest data outputs from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking (RIB).Changing market dynamicsThe number of people unemployed has now reached 1.82m, the highest for 11 years, according to Office for National Statistics’ figures. With commentators predicting that this will rise towards 3m before it starts to get ...
-
Markets hit by job losses
26-Nov-2008
The stock market has been pricing in a significant economic downturn for some time now. However, the severity of the job cuts announced over the last two weeks across many sectors has caused a further fall in prices as investors fear they may have underestimated the scale of the problems facing both the UK and global economy.In the last two weeks we have heard of planned job cuts from BT, Rolls Royce, ...
-
Medico recruiters call for talks with government
26-Nov-2008
Medical locum recruiters believe NHS Professionals — the NHS staffing arm — will gain an “unfair competitive advantage” when the VAT staff hire concession is removed next April. The recruiters are calling for a meeting with the government to discuss the change.At the moment, under the VAT staff hire concession, recruiters supplying medical locums to the NHS only charge VAT on the commission rather ...
-
MLS plan to repay evicted recruiter
26-Nov-2008
York recruiter Julie Griffiths was overjoyed when landlord MLS Group promised to return her deposit after ejecting her from her offices just six months after she had moved in.Griffiths’ multi-sector agency, Pletts Personnel, trading as Drake International, was one of 22 businesses forced from their rented offices in the Tower Court complex in Clifton Moor, when owner MLS Business Services closed ...
-
More than just horsing around
26-Nov-2008
Following on from the 29 October’s issue of SmallTalk, and with the risk of turning into Equine Monthly, Recruiter has come across yet more evidence of horses being used to enhance leadership and team-building skills.Pauline Redpath, director of Aberdeen-based international recruiter Source People, decided to enlist a little horse power to help hone her employees’ leadership ...
-
Navigating new waters? Charting new territories
26-Nov-2008
It’s all very well opening new offices in the Middle East, but recruitment agencies should give careful thought who to send out there. DeeDee Doke spoke to recruiters on the ground for first-hand experience
-
Oak Tree
Mon, 1 Dec 2008
Oak Tree Recruitment relaunches site
-
One-stop StepStone for Scottish public sector jobs
26-Nov-2008
A local government jobs portal has received 110,000 unique visits and 38,000 applications since its phase one roll-out began in mid June.Launched officially at the beginning of November, myjobscotland features career opportunities and jobs for all 32 Scottish local authorities (more than 30,000 vacancies) and is integrated with StepStone e-recruitment software. It is believed to be the biggest implementation ...
-
Opening time
26-Nov-2008
New division for Cavendish MaineMulti-sector recruiter Cavendish Maine has launched a new division for the energy, environmental and specialist engineering sectors. The launch follows the company’s expansion in to new premises in Bristol.Hays Telecoms expandsHays Telecoms has opened new offices in Basingstoke, Hampshire and Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. Lee Chant, managing director at Hays Telecoms, said: ...
-
Osirian hosts Expo on planning
26-Nov-2008
Planning and project controls specialist recruiter Osirian Consulting recently held an Expo dedicated entirely to planning and cost control in association with the world’s largest group of planners, www.planningplanet.com.Delegates and exhibitors from all over the globe attended the event at Reading Town Hall earlier this month.It was organised to create an opportunity to share information, ideas and discuss the current issues and future prospects within the ...
-
People Moves 26th November 2008
26-Nov-2008
Engineering recruiter ATA has appointed Andrew Hardaker as managing director of ATA Selection, as the company restructures into separate operating brands.
-
Professional presenters point the way
26-Nov-2008
Recruitment firms can triple the performance of their website by using professional TV presenters to guide visitors to specific pages, according to research carried out by Virtualpresenter.co.uk. Steve Smith, co-founder of the company, told Recruiterthat over a six-month period statistics indicate that video presenters are far more effective at attracting clicks than static images or text.“If a visitor is asked to click here and look at something by a presenter, ...
-
Public procurement
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
Glover Committee sets guidelines to ensure level playing field
-
Putting candidates' credentials to the test
26-Nov-2008
From basic checks on spelling and numeracy to more sophisticated testing of managerial tasks, skills testing can add value and enhance reputations. Sarah Coles investigates
-
Randstad fills top jobs from within
26-Nov-2008
Recruiting managers from outside Randstad is “a waste of money”, according to the company’s chief executive.Ben Noteboom told an audience of analysts and investors at Randstad’s head office in Diemen in the Netherlands that 50% of managers recruited from outside the company “fail”, so it was better to develop Randstad’s own staff.Noteboom said that in five years the company’s management development programme Blue Sky had “more or less” filled the shortfall of ...
-
REC commission
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
REC urges government to listen to recruiters’ concerns over Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive
-
Recruiter's annual forum open for bookings
26-Nov-2008
Recruiter is holding its third annual forum next spring at London’s Thistle Marble Arch hotel.
-
Recruiters call for closer links with Jobcentre Plus
26-Nov-2008
Jobcentre Plus needs to work more closely with recruitment agencies or fail potentially thousands of skilled people, writes Julian May.Those who have been made redundant after working for 20 years will become “institutionally unemployable”, said Catherine Johnstone, of Catherine Johnstone Recruitment.She made the warning to employment minister Tony McNulty as agencies joined ...
-
Recruitment advertising
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
Publisher offers 50% off recruitment advertising
-
Rewarding reserves
26-Nov-2008
Recruiters who have wisely left cash in the bank for a rainy day are finding their funds are helping them weather the recession. Graham SimonsinvestigatesAs the recession tightens its grip on the UK, some recruiters are raiding their rainy day funds. But they are the recruiters in the best shape because they have rainy day funds to raid.Jane Brumby, a director at Apple ...
-
Rise in job frauds leads to launch of SAFER forum
26-Nov-2008
Scams aimed at defrauding the recruitment industry and jobseekers may increase as a result of the current economic troubles, Jobsite chief executive Keith Potts has warned.
-
Salaries fall
Fri, 28 Nov 2008
Average advertised salaries have fallen nearly £10,000 in one month
-
Searle still has Spring in step
26-Nov-2008
Colin CottellIn a year in which the number of profit warnings by FTSE 250 companies has already reached 57, compared to 34 for the whole of 2007, the last two week period was yet another reminder that the markets can be harsh and unforgiving places for recruitment businesses.One recruitment business which continues to suffer from the ‘invisible hand’ of the market is Spring Group. The company’s share price which, as recently as January, stood ...
-
Soundbites
26-Nov-2008
Do you think there are any positives for the recruitment industry during the recession, and if so, what opportunities do they offer recruiters or your business in particular?David Jones Managing director, Eden Resourcing“Any company that is well prepared to survive the downturn will only see the full benefits once the initial effects of the recession have taken place. ...
-
Stand up for retainers
26-Nov-2008
Recruiters know that strong talent responds to headhunt campaigns. But are the benefits of retained processes acknowledged by clients? It seems unlikely when research continues to show that clients feel the services carried out by consultancies just aren’t worth the money.Are we as recruiters really making an effort to change these perceptions? Although retained work can offer good financial rewards, it doesn’t always run smoothly and can be frustrating. Many lengthy negotiations ...
-
Tax relief raises cautious voices
26-Nov-2008
The government could be close to making an announcement on travel expenses for workers who work through umbrella companies or who are directly employed by agencies on overarching contracts of employment.Recruiters were anticipating an announcement on whether tax breaks for these workers should be abolished in the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report (Monday, 24 November).The government has ...
-
Travel recruitment
Thu, 27 Nov 2008
Travel recruitment: Recruitment in the travel industry has halved since the summer
-
Travel recruitment
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Travel recruitment: Air France-KLM profits slump proof travel is bloodied but recruitment continues
-
UK economy
Wed, 26 Nov 2008
Britain set to be hardest hit by recession out of G7 countries
-
Understanding key to cracking China
26-Nov-2008
Recruiters who ignore social conventions and culture in China face missing out on business opportunities in this emerging market.As a survey of 2,300 white collar candidates in seven industry sectors by Maximum Employments Marketing Group revealed, there are many myths about recruiting in China; for example, that Chinese professionals prefer Western managers. However, as the Recruitment Community ...
-
Web Chat
26-Nov-2008
No MSV? No problem!In response to the News Analysis, ‘Caring about candidate quality’ (Recruiter, 20 August), I work in supplying technical staff to the public sector, and my colleagues and I have become increasingly frustrated with the increased use of MSVs (managed service vendors). These arrangements serve no purpose whatsoever as regards improving the recruitment processes.We have actually had to stop supplying to certain clients due to the incompetence ...
-
WHO'S FIRING
26-Nov-2008
Banking giant Citigroup said it planned to shed 52,000 jobs, with losses falling ‘particularly heavily’ in London and New York.Royal Bank of Scotland is to cut 3,000 staff from its global banking and markets division in the next few weeks.Plumbing and building materials firm Wolseley is to cut 2,300 more jobs, the majority in the UK. The company has already cut 5,000 posts since August.Multi-media group Virgin Media ...
-
WHO'S HIRING
26-Nov-2008
l Department store John Lewis is to open a new e50m (£40m) store (its first outside the UK) in Dublin, Ireland, creating 800 jobs.
