Wednesday, 08 February 2012

Recruiter
Vanessa Townsend Editorial

Vanessa joined Recruiter in April 2007 as production editor. She also covers the executive search and interim management sectors, and compiles the Soundbites and Diary of columns for the magazine. She has worked in publishing for over 20 years, and in the six years before joining Recruiter was a freelance journalist working on local and national newspapers, illustrated non-fiction books, and trade and consumer magazines.

  • Getting women on board

    16 November 2011

    Chairmen of top companies are definitely changing their attitudes when it comes to considering women for boardroom positions since the publication in February of Lord Davies’ ’Women on Boards’ report, according to executive search firms.

  • Hire for attitude to boost business

    16 November 2011

    Smith: recruitment is quite polarising

  • Berwick Partners' rebrand 'positive step'

    2 November 2011

    Richard Love

  • Brave new world of business

    2 November 2011

    How is technology, globalisation and the environment affecting the way we work? Vanessa Townsend reports

  • Goodman Masson's staff fund aids retention

    19 October 2011

    Hayward: trying to shape the industry

  • Recruiter start-ups go virtual to save on costs

    21 September 2011

    Denise Matthews

  • IRG gives voice to independents

    29 June 2011

    The Independent Recruiting Group (IRG) is appointing 12 regional directors to help manage its rapid growth, according to founder and group managing director Sean O’Donoghue.

  • Guy Hayward

    18 May 2011

    Vanessa Townsend met with the CEO of Goodman Masson

  • Step out of the present and develop future work models

    18 May 2011

    HR functions within organisations must prepare for the challenges and opportunities of the future by learning to experiment and develop new working models, according to the latest findings from the Future of Work [FoW] Consortium.

  • It pays to shift to emerging markets

    20 April 2011

    Companies wishing to take advantage of business opportunities in emerging markets need to be more flexible both in their pay structure and organisational models.

  • Legal eagles set up shop

    6 April 2011

    As the Co-op announces plans to offer legal services nationwide through its 300 bank branches, taking advantage of the upcoming deregulation of the legal market, some recruiters see this as a positive sign for job creation.

  • The Graduate attracts

    23 February 2011

    The Chartered Institute for IT (BCS) will launch an event in the style of The Apprentice TV programme called ’The Graduate’ to give IT students and recent graduates a head start in the competitive field of graduate employment in Yorkshire.

  • Gratton warns on future risks

    9 February 2011

    The rise of mega-companies and micro-entrepreneurs will have a real impact on recruitment in the future, according to Professor Lynda Gratton.

  • Recruit socially or fail

    8th December 2010

    Don’t ask why you should be on social media for recruitment, ask why you shouldn’t be. Although these words were said by one speaker, this seemed to sum up the essence of the Social Recruiting Conference 2010, held in London last week.

  • Forecasting tomorrow's world today

    24 November 2010

    Predicting what business will be like in the next decade is the challenge for the Future of Work consortium. Vanessa Townsend investigates

  • Former Huntress founders Love Success of new firm

    15 September 2010

    Two of the original founders of multi-sector recruiter Huntress have re-entered the recruitment sector with the launch of commercial recruitment company Love Success.

  • No crisis for China, says recruiter

    18 August 2010

    Despite its continued growth - bucking the stagnation of most Western economies - China is still a ’second world’ country which is evolving.

  • 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.

  • MediaLink brings new aspect to exec search

    23 June 2010

    US-based MediaLink’s newly-launched executive search practice can provide clients with a better service offering and do it more efficiently than traditional executive search firms.

  • Top delivery for Ortus

    23 June 2010

    Specialist HR recruiter Ortus dished up a winning candidate for restaurant chain Pizza Hut in its search for an HR business partner

  • Good leadership is more than a sum of its parts

    09 June 2010

    Defining what makes a great leader as opposed to a good leader was one of the questions at last month’s talent management conference in London, organised by The Economist.

  • Industry pays tribute to 'groundbreaker' Roberts

    17-February-2010

    Tributes and messages of condolence from people across the industry have been pouring in to Recruiter following the death of former REC chief executive Marcia Roberts MBE earlier this month.

  • Industry’s opposition to agency Regulations needs to be heard, says Djanogly

    Thu, 4 Feb 2010

    The impetus for any changes to the Agency Workers Regulations would have to come from industry, said Conservative MP Jonathan Djanogly.

  • Former recruiters launch stress programme

    03-February-2010

  • T is for talent in China

    03-February-2010

  • Meriton aims for SMEs

    09-December-2009

    A former consultant with HR specialist recruiter Resource Innovations has launched a resourcing consultancy, Meriton Advisers in Ashford, Kent, aimed at supporting SMEs.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Blair urges industry to put Women 1st

    28-October-2009

    Despite 59% of workers in the hospitality, leisure, tourism and travel (HLTT) industry being female, just 6% of hospitality company directors are women, compared with an average across all industries of 12%.

  • Tracy Burrell

    14-October 2009

    Vanessa Townsend interviewed the HR & training manager at Nottingham’s Domestic & General site

  • Public sector cuts? Bring on the interims

    30-September 2009

    Providers and clients alike can see the need for more interims in the public sector - at least in the short term. Vanessa Townsend reports

  • Searching the networks

    30-September 2009

    Penny Power: humanity networks

  • Diversifying law recruits

    16-September 2009

    Nick Root

  • Employers keep the UK working at Monster's jobseekers' career fair

    16-September 2009

    Brian: exceeds all expectations

  • Equity participation key to growth for specialist recruiter Investigo

    02-September 2009

    Investigo’s equity participation scheme is one of the main reasons for the company’s recession-busting growth, according to one of its directors.

  • Spring interest may spark wave of agency takeovers

    12-August 2009

    Last week IT recruiter Spring Group confirmed it had received a proposal about a potential cash offer for the company. Along with the recent acquisitions of Napier Scott and Whitehead Mann, it suggests that after a relatively quiet period, M&A (mergers and acquisitions) activity could be about to take off.

  • Elite reveals names of dream boardroom team

    12-August 2009

    Elite Leaders has announced a number of high-profile individuals who will make up its non-executive director (NED) service available to companies, The Elite Faculty (Recruiter, 22 July, p10)

  • Growing need for NEDs

    22-July 2009

    Ambitious recruitment owners are realising that having a ‘wise owl’ to call on is essential, especially in challenging times. Vanessa Townsend looks into whether the role of the non-executive director is the elixir for businesses

  • RIG wins battle of covenant breaches

    22-July 2009

    A recent court case against a breach of a restrictive covenant has highlighted the damage caused by former consultants leaving with more than a ‘Good Luck’ card in their possession.

  • SMEs turn to outside help

    22-July 2009

    Recruitment firms looking for experienced personnel to help them through the toughest climate in decades are turning to non-executive directors (NED).

  • Disneyland Paris opens gates to cast of thousands

    08-July 2009

    Candidates attending London’s Disneyland Paris recruitment event last month will be allocated their own Disney recruiter, even if they are unavailable for the jobs this season.

  • Sammons’ diversity code

    27-May-2009

  • Twitter to woo work

    27-May-2009

    Twitter may be viewed as just another social networking site, wasting employees’ time and preventing them working, but is this really the case? Vanessa Townsend looks at the business benefits of Twittering

  • Legally binding

    13-May-2009

    Anecdotal evidence points towards an increase in the number of employmentrelated legal claims being brought against recruiters. Vanessa Townsend investigates

  • HB RIDA offers business strategies to recruiters

    15-April-2009

    HB RIDA, a joint initiative between Hamilton Bradshaw Private Equity and the Recruitment Industry Development Agency (RIDA), has been set up to help ownermanaged recruitment firms grow in today’s marketplace.

  • Hitting back at client clauses

    15-April-2009

    Client companies are waging war on recruitment service providers, seeking to impose their own contracts, which often contain potentially harmful clauses. Vanessa Townsend looks at the possible problems and how recruiters can push back against these conditions or insure against them

  • Search starts to pick-up following hiring freeze

    18-Feb-2009

    Felix: companies are planning their way-out of recession

  • IMA launches Institute for interim managers

    04-Feb-2009

    Atkinson: important initiative

  • Food retailers on look-out for top executive talent

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Large companies in food retailing are bucking the trend and are placing a strong emphasis on searching out the best in human capital, according to an executive search recruiter.

  • International executive search firms’ new appointments and office openings

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    US executive search firm Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson has appointed Theodore M Gregory as managing director, diversity practice, in the firm’s New York City and Washington, DC offices.

  • Sound bites 21st February 2007

    Wed, 10 Dec 2008

    How do oyu alleviate stress among your staff?