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Strong interim demand expected from NHS

Mon, 6 Feb 2012

The NHS is expected to be at the forefront of public sector demand for interim managers this year, according to Interim Partners.

Contracts/Deals: Genesis takes on Resourcing Group

Fri, 3 Feb 2012

Social landlord Genesis Housing Association has signed a three-year deal to have recruitment across all temporary and permanent vacancies supplied by managed services firm Resourcing Group.

Axon turnover up 33% in 2011

Thu, 2 Feb 2012

Northern and Midlands executive recruiter Axon Resourcing has seen an increase of 33% in turnover in 2011, reaching £4.2m.

Recruiters and government defend agency spend

Thu, 26 Jan 2012

Following criticism in Parliament and the media of the use of agency staff in government departments, both staffing firms and the bodies involved have defended the costs and the value of temporary staffing provision.

INTERNATIONAL Ecuador: Rail sector to create 5,000 jobs

Wed, 25 Jan 2012

The second half of 2012 could see 5,000 jobs created through improvements to Ecuador’s rail service, reports newspaper El Telégrafo.

Private sectors workers would do it all again despite rising stress

Tue, 24 Jan 2012

Nearly six in 10 private sector workers would seek a private sector role if they were starting their career from scratch, according to The Hays Career Outlook Survey.

Contracts/Deals: GradWeb recruits rail interns

Fri, 20 Jan 2012

Entry-level recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm GradWeb has been appointed to provide recruitment services for the UK rail industry’s new ’Track and Train’ internship scheme.

Peake launches social housing division at New Directions

Thu, 19 Jan 2012

Steve Peake, former business director of Hays Specialist Recruitment, has been appointed to launch Welsh recruiter New Directions’ new social housing division.

INTERNATIONAL Ireland: Water creates 2,000 construction jobs

Wed, 18 Jan 2012

Environment, community and local government minister Phil Hogan says that 2,000 construction jobs will be created as a result of water reforms.

Adecco and Pertemps join Clegg on road to fairer society

Fri, 13 Jan 2012

Adecco and Pertemps People Development have joined a number of large businesses, including Tesco, Coca Cola and BP, in signing up to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s social mobility scheme.

HS2 to bring 60,000 job opportunities in London and Birmingham

Wed, 11 Jan 2012

Hopes that tens of thousands of jobs will be created by proposed rail link High Speed Two (HS2) have been raised as the transport secretary has approved plans for the project.

Hays sees net fee income growth of 8% despite decline in UK

Tue, 10 Jan 2012

Hays has seen net fee income across the group grow by 8% adjusted for currency for the quarter ended 31 December 2011 compared the same period in 2010.

Contracts/Deals: InGenesis wins US Air Force healthcare staffing contract

Thu, 5 Jan 2012

Texas healthcare solutions firm InGenesis has been awarded a Clinical Acquisition Support Services (CLASS) contract by the US Air Force, worth $992m (£638m) over five years.

CIPD forecasts 2012 jobs recession to be milder than 2008-09

Tue, 3 Jan 2012

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has forecasted a fall by 120,000 in the number of people in employment in 2012.

Contracts/Deals: Capita acquires Applied Language Solutions

Tue, 3 Jan 2012

Outsourcing company Capita has acquired translation and interpreting services firm Applied Language Solutions (ALS) for £7.5m.

INTERNATIONAL Canada: Atlantic region creates mainly low-wage jobs

Thu, 22 Dec 2011

Only one in five jobs created in Atlantic Canada in the last 10 years paid more than C$40k (£24.9k) annually, states The Canadian Press.

Itchy feet in the public sector, says Robert Walters survey

Fri, 16 Dec 2011

Just under half of all professionals believe they should change jobs every three to five years, with public sector workers the most open to moving more frequently, according to recruiter Robert Walters’s Career Insights Survey 2011, which can be viewed here.

Greater employer engagement key to service leavers finding work

Fri, 9 Dec 2011

Greater engagement between the Ministry of Defence (MOD), employers and other organisations is the key to getting service leavers from the UK’s armed forces into work, suggests Hugh Andrée, founder of ex-services recruiter ForceSelect.

Contracts/Deals: Radian selects Jobtrain e-recruitment

Tue, 6 Dec 2011

Housing, care and support provider Radian Group has chosen Jobtrain Solutions to provide an e-recruitment system, replacing the current paper-based process.Giles Heckstall-Smith, commercial director at Jobtrain, says: “Already working with organisations including Sheffield Homes, Southern Housing and The Crown Estate has given us plenty of experience in this sector.”

Replacing strikers with temps? Recruiters will not touch it with a bargepole

Tue, 29 Nov 2011

Jonathan Wadsworth, a director of healthcare and social care recruiter Charles Hunter Associates, tells Recruiterthat tomorrow’s strike will have minimal impact on the business.

Appointments: Brigadier Jackson heads to Serco

Mon, 28 Nov 2011

Appointments: Glasgow 2014 appoints Scott as HR chief

Wed, 23 Nov 2011

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has appointed Jan Scott as head of human resources.

Construction sector continues to build

Mon, 21 Nov 2011

Construction project starts increased 6% year-on-year for the three months to October, according to the latest index from construction industry supplier Glenigan.

Ex-forces recruitment body attracts 80 new employers a month

Tue, 15 Nov 2011

G4S ready to meet Olympics contract changes

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

The firm supplying security staff to the London Olympics says it is ready to meet the challenges of supplying more staff than originally planned.

Appointments: Axon recruits Tavender

Mon, 14 Nov 2011

Commerce, professional services and public/not-for-profit recruiter Axon Resourcing has hired Lucy Tavender as senior consultant, concentrating on the permanent industry and commerce market across the North of the UK.Lucy was previously regional manager at Michael Page, where she spent eight years, having spent the previous five years in professional practice, including several years at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Half of public sector would not recommend own job

Wed, 9 Nov 2011

Nearly half of public sector workers would not recommend a job in the sector to those whose career is just starting out, a survey by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark has shown.

People leaving jobs reaches 13-year low

Wed, 9 Nov 2011

The number of people leaving their primary occupation between April and June this year was 674,000, or around 2.4% of the UK workforce, a drop of 42% from the peak of 1.17m in 1998, according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data.

Jobs-wise, the grads are all right

Mon, 7 Nov 2011

UK graduate employment is increasing steadily, with graduate level jobs at a record high, according to the Higher Education Careers Services Unit’s (HECSU’s) annual ‘What Do Graduates Do?’ report.

NEET blackspots named

Fri, 4 Nov 2011

Cities where as many as one in four young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET) have been identified in research by The Work Foundation and the Private Equity Foundation.

Contracts/Deals: Accenture gets DWP work

Thu, 3 Nov 2011

The Department of Work and Pensions has awarded management consultancy firm Accenture a seven-year contract for the customer-facing section of its working-age benefits system Universal Credit.Accenture will in turn partner with IT firm Atos, who is Accenture’s main sub-contractor on the initiative.

Appointments: Debenham leads four to new Taskmaster office

Wed, 2 Nov 2011

Melonie Debenham has been appointed business manager of  multi-sector recruiter Taskmaster’s new Hull office.Daniel Collier and Hannah Thomas also join the team as consultants in the permanent and temporary divisions respectively.Julie King also joins as a consultant, working across both the temporary and permanent divisions of the business.Taskmaster’s clients include blue-chip firms, local authorities, universities and the NHS.

Northern Ireland’s civil service in growth during freeze

Tue, 11 Oct 2011

Despite a recruitment freeze, the Northern Ireland Civil Service’s headcount has grown by 1.1% in the past two years, according to BBC News.

Middlesex University and FDA union launch student mentoring scheme

Fri, 7 Oct 2011

Middlesex University and public sector union FDA have launched a pilot study that will see students from a variety of backgrounds receive mentoring by senior public sector workers, helping them land top graduate jobs.

Parity prepares for growth

Tue, 16 Aug 2011

IT recruiter Parity Group is preparing for growth as it has seen a return to operating profit, according to interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2011.

Public sector roles plummet

Wed, 10 Aug 2011

The number of new public sector roles has continued to fall in July, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.The index posted a reading of 140 in July, down from 141 in June, while the number of public sector job opportunities saw a 15% decrease for the month.Meanwhile, the transport and logistics sector was the top growth industry annually for the sixth consecutive month, while marketing, PR and media also witnessed strong annual growth.

Emap launches HSJjobs.com and LGCjobs.com

Thu, 21 Jul 2011

Business-to-business multi-platform media group Emap has launched public sector job boards HSJjobs.com and LGCjobs.com.The sites are powered by Emap’s titles Health Services Journal (HSJ) and Local Government Chronicle (LGC).HSJjobs.com reaches candidates in the senior health market, with a readership of 70,000 across HSJ and its affiliate networks, whilst LGCjobs.com has an audience primarily of managers across local government, utilising LGC’s readership of 39,000.

Employers must support local initiatives more

13 July 2011

£20,000 bursary to boost teacher recruitment could be waste of money, says Dunn

Mon, 27 Jun 2011

Government proposals to boost recruitment of teachers for subjects with the greatest shortage, by paying students up to £20,000, could turn out to be a waste of money, according to a director of Randstad Education.

Pinnacle Group explores opportunities for AIM re-admittance

Wed, 22 Jun 2011

The board of public sector recruiter Pinnacle Group is “exploring opportunities” to re-admit the company to AIM as a shell company.

UK unemployment falls sharply

Wed, 15 Jun 2011

UK unemployment fell by 88,000 to 2.43m in the quarter from February to April, the biggest drop in unemployment since August 2000.

Reed Job Index: vacancies up 18%

Mon, 6 Jun 2011

UK job vacancies in May were 18% higher than a year ago, according to the latest Reed Job Index.However, the Index fell for the second month running, down 4 index points (3%) in May compared to April, indicating demand for staff is falling.Public sector jobs are around half the level they were in December 2009. However, the Reed Public Sector Job Index rose by 9 points in May to 59.

Public sector faces talent exodus

Wed, 25 May 2011

Almost half of public sector workers (45%) face redundancy or are seeking alternative private sector employment, according to research from international recruiter Hays.

Public sector workers feel ill-equipped for private sector work

Mon, 23 May 2011

Two-fifths (41%) of public sector workers think they would need to upskill to find work in the private sector, according to research of over 1,000 public sector workers by recruitment consultant Badenoch & Clark.

‘Masses still to do’, CBI tells Clegg

Thu, 19 May 2011

The government has “masses still to do” to encourage business to grow, invest and create jobs, the CBI’s president told the Deputy Prime Minister at the CBI’s annual dinner last night.

A fat cat attacks back!

6 April 2011

Are the public sector top dogs really as pampered as the media portrays them?

Census fails to mask plummeting public sector roles

Tue, 22 Mar 2011

Public sector vacancies are falling “considerably”, according to Karen Masterson, director at Working Links.

Appointments: PPMA picks Anne Gibson as new president

Tue, 22 Mar 2011

Anne Gibson, head of HR and organisational development at Norfolk County Council, will take over as president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) later this month.The current vice president of the PPMA for the last year takes over from Dean Shoesmith, executive head of HR at the London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton, who has served in the role for the last year.

Contracts: Capita Group buys Talis Information

Mon, 7 Mar 2011

Public sector recruiter Capita Group has bought Talis Information (TIL) for £18.5m, with a further £2.5m dependent on profit performance in the year to 31 March 2012.TIL provides management software and managed services.Capita chief executive Paul Pindar says: “The acquisition of TIL will enable Capita to offer a wider set of services to the further and higher education markets and to local authorities, where we have a strong client base.”

Government cuts take toll on Parity Group

Thu, 3 Mar 2011

A reduction in government expenditure has taken its toll on Parity Group, according to the IT services firm’s unaudited preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010.

Capita records ‘robust results’

Thu, 24 Feb 2011

Public sector staffing specialist The Capita Group has recorded “robust results”, according to its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2010.

Public sector recruiters to gain from Vetting and Barring reforms

Fri, 11 Feb 2011

Public sector recruiters are the big winners following the government’s review of the Vetting and Barring scheme, according to Tom Hadley from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

StaffShare service helps retain and spread knowledge across sectors

9 February 2011

Thirty local authorities will be among the first users of StaffShare, an online skills exchange which aims to connect employers with under-utilised employees who are available for secondment.

Public sector pressures see Servoca revenues fall

Wed, 26 Jan 2011

Outsourcing and recruitment solutions provider Servoca has seen revenues fall as “uncertainty and pressures” have taken their toll on the public sector, according to the group’s preliminary announcement of results for the year ended 30 September 2010.

ForceSelect flies over to see British troops in Afghanistan

Wed, 22 Dec 2010

Ex-military recruitment consultancy ForceSelect has provided some Christmas cheer for members of 2 Para during a fact-finding mission in Afghanistan.

Cuts will see greater collaboration in recruitment services

Tue, 14 Dec 2010

Significant cuts to the public sector purse will result in local government having to work together to achieve economies of scale in procuring recruitment services, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) and HR director, Sutton and Merton Councils.

Adapting to public sector shifts

8th December 2010

Colin Cottell looks at the prospects for recruiters supplying central government as the spending cuts begin to bite

Shoesmith urges caution on fewer job loss predictions

Tue, 30 Nov 2010

Dean Shoesmith has urged caution on the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR’s) “speculative” downward predictions for public sector job losses.

One in four public sector workers fear axe

Mon, 29 Nov 2010

One in four public sector workers think it is likely they will lose their jobs, according to the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD’s) quarterly Employee Outlook survey.

Agency staff spend rises

24 November 2010

Spending on agency staff rose by 42% at just one central government agency despite a public sector recruitment freeze, Recruiter can reveal.

Councils turn to transformation programmes

Tue, 23 Nov 2010

Councils are increasingly seeking project managers and business analysts to oversee transformation programmes, according to Nicola Linkleter, executive director, public sector, Badenoch & Clark.

Public sector accountancy contractors fall

Mon, 15 Nov 2010

The proportion of accountancy contractors working in the public sector has declined from 44.2% to 38.6%, according to research by contractor services provider giant group.Just 30.4% of contractors predict the public sector will produce the most job opportunities over the year, in comparison with 39.6% in Q3 2009.The research from giant also shows that 6.5% of accountancy contractors are currently out of work for 90 days or more compared to 7.6% a year ago.

Public sector firms expect cull

Tue, 9 Nov 2010

Most public sector organisations (54%) think spending cuts announced in last month’s comprehensive spending review will see headcount fall in their department, according to research from public sector recruiter Capita Interim Management.

Adecco and Badenoch & Clark host career clinics for public sector workers

Fri, 22 Oct 2010

Recruitment giant Adecco and Badenoch & Clark will host free career clinics to help public sector employees prepare for the jobs market, following this week’s comprehensive spending review.

Public sector making cuts as ‘fair as possible’

Tue, 19 Oct 2010

The public sector is actively working to ensure long-threatened job cuts are as “fair as possible”, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Manager’s Association (PPMA).

Public sector cuts agency staff

Mon, 18 Oct 2010

Two thirds of public sector agencies have seen cuts of more than 20% reduction in temporary staff placements compared to three months ago, according to new survey from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

Graduates still keen to work in the public sector

Mon, 18 Oct 2010

Graduates remain keen to enter the public sector despite impending cuts, according to research from The Guardian.

Public sector must pay to secure top talent, says Right Management

Mon, 20 Sep 2010

The public sector needs to offer competitive salaries to attract key talent, according to Tony Thornell, head of public sector at Right Management.

Public sector staff could cross over

1 September 2010

James Stevenson, Managing director, Morgan HuntThe implications of the Budget may be more profound than expected for the whole economy, not just the public sector

Public sector employee trust in employers plummets

Fri, 6 Aug 2010

Just 16% of public sector employees say they trust their senior leaders, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Cost-cutting public sector interims a ‘breed apart’, says Shearing

Mon, 2 Aug 2010

Interim executives capable of making much needed cost savings in the public sector are a “breed apart”, according to Tony Shearing, director at  buying solutions interims supplier of Interim Executives IMS Executive.

Appointments: Four new consultants join Liquid Personnel

Wed, 28 Jul 2010

Specialist social work recruitment consultancy Liquid Personnel is continuing to expand with the appointment of four new consultants.John Oliver joins the dedicated London team and Stephanie Moss has joined the Midlands team.Elsewhere, the North of England team has been bolstered with the addition of Callum D’Souza and Stuart Ward.

Appointments: Eximius Group hires across its brands

Mon, 26 Jul 2010

Eximius Group has launched the first of its public sector brands, Eximius Social Care, and appointed Mark Fearon from Hays as Eximius Social Care director.

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

FPB urges public sector contractors to honour 10-day payment terms

Tue, 13 Jul 2010

Public sector 10 day payments are not being passed along the supply chain, according to research by the Forum of Private Business (FPB).

Staff let go as use of agency staff stops

Fri, 9 Jul 2010

Staff 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.

South-East, South-West and East Midlands council jobs portals to launch

Thu, 8 Jul 2010

Following the launch of NorthEastJobs.org last year, jobseekers in the South-East, South-West and East Midlands will soon be offered a one-stop shop on the web for council jobs in their area. The three regions are developing linked recruitment portals as part of a programme funded by Communities and Local Government and delivered by the North East Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.

Cost cutting creates demand for six sigma specialists

Tue, 6 Jul 2010

Public sector cost cutting plans have seen increased demand for ‘lean manufacturing’ and “six-sigma” senior experts, according to provider of interim management solutions Interim Partners.

Effective communication required to retain and nurture key talent, says Shoesmith

Mon, 5 Jul 2010

Public sector HR departments have been urged to communicate effectively with staff in order to retain and nuture key talent in the wake of the coalition government’s emergency budget.

Emergency Budget 2010: Post-announcement reaction

Wed, 23 Jun 2010

The recruitment industry has been giving its reaction to the Budget following George Osborne’s announcement yesterday.

Emergency Budget 2010: VAT increase to 20% in January

Wed, 23 Jun 2010

The Chancellor announced that VAT will increase from 17.5% to 20% from 4 January 2011.

Recruiters, get niche to work with public sector

23 June 2010

Imminent cuts in public expenditure will have a dramatic effect on day-to-day recruitment in the public sector, but recruitment agencies that understand public sector organisations’ strategic workforce needs will continue play an important role.

Ark Home Healthcare buys care providers

Tue, 22 Jun 2010

Newly-formed Ark Home Healthcare has gained backing from private equity partners Ashridge Capital and Core Capital to purchase three local care providers in the South of England.

Prospects bleak as 16,500 finance jobs to go in public sector cuts

Mon, 21 Jun 2010

Public sector accountants and finance staff will be hit hard by this year’s public spending cuts, according to research by international finance and accounting recruiter Ambition.

MSP models at risk of becoming unsustainable, says Green

Wed, 9 Jun 2010

Managed service provider (MSP) models of supplying staff to the public sector are in danger of becoming unsustainable, according to the chief executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Public sector executives will struggle to land roles, says InterExec

Wed, 2 Jun 2010

As public sector executive vacancies plunge, senior executives will struggle to find similar positions in the private sector, according to executive search firm InterExec.

Morgan Law announces recruitment drive

Thu, 27 May 2010

Public sector cuts require sector to work smarter, says Shoesmith

Tue, 25 May 2010

Proposed £405m cuts to local government expenditure will hit back office services and cause councils to work smarter, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) and HR director, Sutton and Merton Council.

Public sector in need of ‘long-term sustainable reform’, says REC

Mon, 24 May 2010

Chancellor George Osborne has been urged to focus on “long-term sustainable reform” of the public sector over short-term cuts by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

Medical recruiters key to meeting NHS challenge

Mon, 17 May 2010

Niche medical recruiters have a key role to play in meeting the recruitment needs of the NHS as higher than expected spending cuts loom, according to Vicky Scott, operations manger at Jobs4Medical.co.uk.

Hays and KCC create careers transition website

Wed, 12 May 2010

Public sector recruiter Hays Public Services and Kent County Council have partnered to create a careers transition website.The interactive site supports Kent County Council employees who are affected by reorganisation over the coming year. Employees will be able to search for jobs and improve their CV writing, job searching techniques, interviews, competencies and salary negotiation.

Contracts: Capita’s deals with Virgin Money and Sheffield City Council

Tue, 11 May 2010

Capita is in the final stages of negotiations of a deal with Virgin Money, the group has announced in an interim management statement covering the four months to 30 April 2010.

Recruiters add value in public sector pay deals

Tue, 4 May 2010

Recruiters have a key role to play in working out pay deals in the public sector, according to Mike Cooke, lead officer of pay and reward at the Public sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) and director of organisation development at the London Borough of Camden.

Council's creative job placements

28 April 2010

A Lincolnshire district council is putting its creativity to work to match job candidates and skills with jobs through the government’s Future Jobs Fund Scheme.

Hays urges public sector HR to support staff

Thu, 22 Apr 2010

Public sector HR departments have been urged to think about ways they can support staff both emotionally and practically as the sector prepares to cut headcount.

Security guidance poses problems for recruiters

Mon, 19 Apr 2010

Current security clearance guidance poses problems for recruiters in defence and government sectors, according to David Leyshon, managing director of CBSbutler.

Optimism tempered by public cuts

14 April 2010

Permanent placements by recruitment agencies rose at the fastest pace for over 12 years, while temp billings also increased sharply

SCC rolls out task force

14 April 2010

Surrey Council Council (SCC) is rolling out a ’recruitment task force’ concept across various parts of the organisation following its success in driving down its vacancy rate for children’s social workers.

Sir Peter Gershon confirmed as keynote speaker at REC’s public sector summit

Mon, 12 Apr 2010

Tory efficiency adviser Sir Peter Gershon has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) public sector summit in June.Gershon will reveal how efficiency plans will impact on the industry at the summit, held in central London on Tuesday June 8, which brings together HR procurement experts and recruiters to explore public resourcing over the next five years.

Pay increase cap could hit public sector talent

Fri, 26 Mar 2010

The public sector could face difficulties attracting top talent following the Chancellor’s introduction of a pay rise cap, according to Dean Shoesmith, president of the Public Sector People Managers’ Association and HR director at Sutton and Merton Council.

Budget 2010: Public sector pay increase cap to freeze recruitment

Thu, 25 Mar 2010

The public sector pay increase cap, announced by the Chancellor yesterday, is likely to stall recruitment into the sector, according to Kieran Ryan, managing director of The Synergy Group.

Public sector cuts could bring new career paths

17 March 2010

Public sector faces high percentage of employment appeals

Tue, 16 Mar 2010

More than a third (37%) of employment appeals are made against public sector employers despite the sector accounting for just 22% of the UK workforce, according to research from commercial law firm EMW Picton Howell.  The private sector, which employs three-quarters of the UK workforce (75%), is involved in just 56% of employment cases.  Jon Taylor, head of employment at EMW Picton Howell, says: “Many employment cases arising from the raft of redundancies in ...

UK public sector cuts hit employment outlook

Fri, 5 Mar 2010

The UK and US jobs markets are heading in opposite directions, according to analysis from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Public sector in for ‘very difficult time’, says Swindon Borough Council HR director

Wed, 3 Mar 2010

The public sector is in for a ‘very difficult’ time whoever wins the next election, according to Jack Markiewicz, lead officer on talent management at the Public sector People Managers’ Association and HR director at Swindon Borough Council.

Major public sector job cuts ‘unavoidable’

Tue, 2 Mar 2010

Major job cuts in the public sector are unavoidable, according to Adrian Slater, director at recruitment outsourcer Alexander Mann Solutions.

Brent Council selects StepStone Solutions

Fri, 26 Feb 2010

London’s Brent Council has selected StepStone Solutions E-recruitment to manage online recruitment across the council.

REC calls for new approach to public sector resourcing

Tue, 23 Feb 2010

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has announced that it is to launch a campaign to influence politicians and other decision-makers and to demonstrate how recruiters bring added value to public sector employers.

Labour Market Outlook survey predicts public sector jobs pain

Mon, 15 Feb 2010

Further redundancies and a marked decline in hiring intentions in the public sector, dominate the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)/KPMG quarterly Labour Market Outlook survey.

Public sector

03-February-2010

The uncertainty regarding the extent of cutbacks post-election is going to make it a tough year for recruiters in all areas of the public sector

Free public procurement course launched

Tue, 26 Jan 2010

A free online public procurement course has been launched by small business minister Lord Davies and the chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne.

Purple House appointed by Buying Solutions

Fri, 22 Jan 2010

HR recruiter Purple House has been awarded a place on the Buying Solutions non-medical non-clinical framework agreement.Under the three-year framework, Purple House will supply contract HR professionals to NHS Trusts, primary care trusts and other public bodies.

Good time for new start, says Woods Ballard

20-January-2010

The former finance director of Morgan Hunt who launched Day Webster in December says now is the perfect time to set up a recruitment business.

NHS contract awards

20-January-2010

Since the beginning of the year, a number of recruiters have been awarded places on the Buying Solutions framework agreement to provide recruitment services to the NHS. These include: healthcare recruiter Meridian Health, IT staffing firm Concept IT, multi-sector recruiter Incite Solutions (ISL), accountancy, HR and procurement recruiter Volante Hobbs, multi-sector recruiter Specialist Recruitment Services, healthcare recruiter Nursing Solutions, multi-sector staffing firm Central Employment ...

Look to public sector for job security say senior managers

Tue, 12 Jan 2010

The public sector will have the best job security this year, according to senior executives polled by job site TheLadders.co.uk.

Failure to cut public spending will hit long-term growth, says cebr

Mon, 11 Jan 2010

A failure to cut public sector spending will hit long-term economic growth, according to a study by economics consultancy cebr.

Positive signs for South Africa region

Tue, 15 Dec 2009

The Kelly Group, a South African service provider in the employment industry, says it is encouraging that 22% of the 750 companies which took part in the Manpower global survey in November expect an increase in hiring in the first quarter of 2010.

Comply with standards or risk business failure, recruiters warned

Tue, 1 Dec 2009

The importance of ensuring that medical and health recruiters meet Buying Solutions’ compliance standards was highlighted at a seminar in London last week.

FPSG in Council deal

25-November-2009

First People Solutions Group has won a £6m care at home services contract with Midlothian Council.

War for talent abating at local councils

Wed, 18 Nov 2009

Recruitment and retenion difficulties at local councils have reduced dramatically, according to the latest Local Government Workforce Survey.

Call for schools job board to go

11-November-2009

A new government-backed free recruitment service for schools and local authorities threatens jobs and should be scrapped, according to the chief executive of an education job board.

Hot 100: Morgan Law leads the pack

11-November-2009

The influx of recruiters into the public sector as a ‘safe haven’ from the hard hit private sector is affecting margins, but the impact of these new entrants will be short-lived.

Project Search launches to help people with learning difficulties into work

Fri, 30 Oct 2009

Internships designed to help people with learning disabilities into work will be tested by employers across England, minister for disabled people Jonathan Shaw said today.

European staffing industry will benefit from introduction of AWD

28-October-2009

The Agency Workers Directive “will be a boon to the staffing industry in Continental Europe”, according to the general manager Europe of Staffing Industry Analysts, a research company.

Record growth at Morgan Law

Fri, 23 Oct 2009

Public sector recruiter Morgan Law has seen record growth in the last year with around 50% increase in business turnover, to almost £37m, while net fee income has grown by over 30%. Partner Simon Law says: “We decided to face the predicted downturn with a bullish, positive attitude, offering our clients the best value in this highly specialised sector.  Despite increased competition, we have increased our client roster, expanded our services and continued our national expansion ...

Hays Public Services finds team for IPC

Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Public sector recruiter Hays Public Services has recruited a diverse start-up team for the new Bristol-based Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC).

Government purchasing policy to dictate IT’s fortunes

Fri, 9 Oct 2009

Government purchasing policy will dictate the fortunes of the IT sector, according to Bernard Brown, partner and head of business services at KPMG and former head of consulting at IT services firm Atos Origin.

Healthcare

30-September 2009

Nursing shortages and more stringent immigration rules have led to tough times finding suitably qualified healthcare staff

Soundbites

30-September 2009

What do you think the impact will be of the government’s new 21,000 apprenticeships in the public sector?

Public sector still relatively strong

Thu, 17 Sep 2009

Public sector employment rose by 13,000 in the second quarter of the year, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics. In comparison, employment in the private sector fell by 230,000.

Attenti opens for business

Thu, 3 Sep 2009

Public sector recruiter attenti has opened its doors for business.

Rise in public sector demand for interims

Wed, 26 Aug 2009

Public sector interim management placements has outstripped the demand in the private sector for the first time since tracking began in 2006.

Economic growth hinges on public deficit, claims BCC

Fri, 21 Aug 2009

While the recession may be coming to an end, prospects for economic growth may be hampered by the public deficit.

Public spending failing to kickstart construction recruitment

Wed, 12 Aug 2009

Government pledges to bring forward £3bn of public spending in the construction industry from 2010-11 to the current year to mitigate the effects of the downturn, have yet to feed through to recruitment, according to recruiters in the sector.

Buckinghamshire County Council links with Hays

Mon, 27 Jul 2009

Buckinghamshire County Council and multi-sector recruiter Hays have combined to introduce a system for jobseekers, aimed at improving the applicant experience and saving the council £690,000 in its first year.The new recruitment service will:facilitate easier job searches and applications county council using online recruitmentcut application time applications take to process and keep applicants in touch with progressbuild a talent pool of quality ...

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.

Interim Performers awarded NHS PASA Commercial Resources Framework

Mon, 15 Jun 2009

Public sector, finance, HR interim management service provider, Interim Performers has been awarded the NHS PASA Commercial Resources Framework.

Cuts in NHS to boost demand for locums

Fri, 12 Jun 2009

An expected contraction of £15bn in NHS finances between 2001 and 2015, identified in a report published on Wednesday is good news for recruiters, according to Kate Bleasdale, vice chairman of Healthcare Locums.

‘Positive’ increase in new teachers

Thu, 11 Jun 2009

Over a fifth of teachers believe that the increase in teaching applications is positive, because the so-called ‘credit crunch teachers’ are bringing new skills and experience with them, according to a recent survey by Hays Education.

Balfor wins place on framework

Mon, 8 Jun 2009

Balfor Recruitment Group has been appointed by the Department of Health (DoH) and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) as one of the suppliers on the commercial resource framework.

Capita completes £523m AXA deal

Mon, 1 Jun 2009

Capita has signed a £523m deal to become the strategic outsourcing partner of AXA Sun Life (AXA) to administer 3.2m mature life and pensions policies.Under the 15-year partnership, Capita will provide customer servicing, policy administration, claims activity and related IT support to a proportion of AXA’s business. The service begins today (1 June).

Worcestershire Council tenders for MSP

Tue, 26 May 2009

Worcestershire County Council is inviting tenders for the managed supply of temporary workers in a contract worth approximately £6m a year.

ICO prosecutes Metro3 Staffing

Fri, 22 May 2009

 Public sector and social care recruiter Metro3 Staffing has successfully been prosecuted for offences under the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

Confusion following PASA closure

Wed, 13 May 2009

Recruiters are claiming they have been left in the dark by the Department of Health (DoH) following the announcement that NHS PASA (Purchasing & Supply Agency) is to be closed within the next 12 months.

Senior appointments at Morgan Hunt

Wed, 8 Apr 2009

Public sector recruiter Morgan Hunt has announced a number of senior appointments.

Lack of funding affecting construction recruitment

01-Apr-2009

Recruiters worry that the government’s aim to put construction workers back on site through ambitious civil projects has not led to job creation.

Nurses’ pay lags behind bosses

Fri, 27 Mar 2009

The pay of NHS bosses in England rose by more than three times that of nurses last year.

Local authorities' cost savings to hit recruiters

18-Mar-2009

Capita acquires CHKS

Fri, 20 Feb 2009

Capita has acquired healthcare information and quality improvement firm CHKS from Healthcare Knowledge International for £11.6m.

Eden Brown increases profits

Mon, 9 Feb 2009

After tax, profits at multi-sector recruiter Eden Brown rose to £1.01m for the year ending 31 March 2008, compared to £980,000 for the previous year. Turnover in the company’s core recruitment business grew by 7% to £53.7m.

Public sector: Comensura wins Bournemouth Borough Council contract

Wed, 21 Jan 2009

Comensura has won a contract from Bournemouth Borough Council to manage the recruitment of all the council’s temporary staff.

Hays becomes an agile giant in Cook's vision

14-Jan-2009

Public sector: Hays Public Services bucks overall trend

Thu, 8 Jan 2009

Hays Public Services grew its net fee income by 10% in the quarter  ending 31 December 2008 compared to the same period in 2007.  In comparison, the company’s net fee income for its UK business as a  whole fell by 22%.

Public sector: Recession draws recruits

Mon, 5 Jan 2009

Jobs in the public sector are becoming more popular due to the recession, according to new research.The research, from England’s Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), shows there has been a 40% increase in recruitment enquiries for jobs in teaching, the civil service and the charitable sector.The survey also showed that applications for jobs in the civil service have increased by 33%.

Public sector: Solace Enterprises “contributes” to town hall bosses’ pay hikes, claims The Sunday Times

Mon, 5 Jan 2009

Headhunting executive public sector recruiter Solace Enterprises was “contributing to burgeoning pay packets for chief executives”, according to The Sunday Times newspaper.

Synergy Group remains positive for 2009

Fri, 12 Dec 2008

Despite the government’s historic bailouts and an eye-watering fiscal stimulus, one recruiter remains positive about a whole raft of opportunities in the public sector next year.

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 ...

Public Sector

6-Feb-2008

The public sector has tough challenges ahead, with increasing pressure on budgets, yet it still needs to attract and retain top staff