The capital's voters go to the polls tomorrow [1 May] to choose the next mayor of London, but what are the leading candidates' views of the recruitment industry?The credit crunch has hit the financial services hard but agencies report that the economic downturn is throwing up opportunities for recruiters both within the sector and the wider job market.
Sometimes the right solution for clients means thinking outside the traditional recruitment boundaries and educating the client on the benefits that are available to them if they are prepared to just think differently.
The Ultimate Recruitment Company has appointed Tom Waddell as its new managing director for Scotland.
The recent turmoil in the world’s financial markets, which has claimed among its victims such former stalwarts of the financial world as HBOS and Lehman Brothers, will have wide ranging and profound consequences, according to specialist financial recruiters.
Times may be hard, but companies still need to make acquisitions - and it’s more important than ever to follow the golden rules
Increasing numbers of redundancies, vacancies plummeting at a record pace and the prospect of global recession is enough to make even the most hardened recruitment stalwart wince.
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.
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
