Judgethejob.com, a new website which allows jobseekers to review experiences of working with a particular company, has launched.
The free service permits users to read company reviews posted by anonymous posters, get expert advice and tailored career recommendations, and be alerted to relevant vacancies.
In response to your story ‘Employers screen using social networking sites’ (recruiter.co.uk, 14 January), we recognised this trend last year and produced a guide to help candidates manage their online reputation.
What a lot of candidates forget is that a wayward comment here or a dodgy picture there can have severe ramifications for their career prospects.
Following the launch in December of mentoring firm to recruitment SMEs, Loveworklife, Paul Jacobs has told Recruiter he is fully booked for the whole of January and well into February.
Freelance Professional Services (FPS) is to offer immigration, CRB services, tax returns and rebate assistance in addition to its UK umbrella company service under the new FPS Group brand.
Retail and financial services will be the most important areas of activity in China in 2010, according to a Shanghai-based headhunter.
Technical recruiter NRL Group’s sales and profits rose last year.
Between January and December, NRL’s sales increased 3.3% to £74m, while gross profits rose by 4.7% over 2008’s figures.
Transport and logistics recruiter WSS Recruitment has opened for business.
The firm, set up by mother and daughter Margaret Coupland and Lorraine Turnbull, will provide staffing solutions primarily to blue chip companies in the industrial, transport, logistics and automotive sectors.
International provider of engineering and IT outsourcing solutions and professional staffing CDI has recorded heavy losses in its Q4 results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
CDI recorded a net loss of $6.9m (£4.4m) in Q4, a Q4 operating loss of $6.4m and a net loss of $19.9m.
Freelance fee rates have fallen by 8%, according to a report from online consultant network Skillfair.
The survey of 40,000 independent professionals shows that the average daily fee rate reported for 2009 was £523, an 8% decline on 2008.
