Bonfire of the red tape vanities

The abolition of the licence created a free-for-all, with the result that the standing of recruitment consultants soon declined to a level comparable to that of today’s politicians.
Tue, 24 March 2015 | By Terry Knight

FROM APRIL 2015’s RECRUITER MAGAZINE

Paul Farrer makes a good point (‘When red tape would be a good thing’, Soapbox, Recruiter March 2015).

I have been around long enough to remember when I paid £114 to the Department of Employment for the...

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