Social network LinkedIn has announced the launch of Talent Pipeline, allowing companies to follow talent leads and keep track of “passive candidates”.
Talent Pipeline forms part of LinkedIn’s existing Recruiter platform and will not incur extra charges for users.
Less than a quarter of HR directors believe that men have an advantage over women in the workplace, according to research by financial recruitment consultant Robert Half.
Only 41% of HR directors surveyed said they had a specific plan in place or slated for future launch designed to assist women in the workplace.
Rushing to fill awkward pauses between interview questions is the biggest pitfall for interviewees, according to research by staffing service provider OfficeTeam.
The survey also shows that 60% of executives take into account the opinions of assistants, secretaries and PAs when evaluating new hires.
Stuart Hobbs
Only 11% of UK companies regularly weed out so-called ‘dead weight’, or staff with continually low engagement, say senior executives.
Actuarial professionals working on Solvency II projects have broken through the £1,000 per day barrier as insurers rush to meet the 31 December 2012 compliance deadline, according to business and technology recruiter ReThink Recruitment.
Technology recruiter Red Commerce has been sold by Inflexion Private Equity to Dunedin Capital Partners in a secondary buy-out.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Red Commerce chief executive Richard Vercesi headed the £44m (€49m) management buy-out and said that the recruitment company is now planning to grow across BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India and China] countries.
There are clear indications that permanent IT vacancies are being converted into contract roles, according to Sid Barnes, executive director, Computer People.
The findings have emerged from the IT recruiter’s June ‘Monitor’ of the sector.
