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The chief executive of Adecco Group in the UK and Ireland says he is worried that recent trends are moving recruitment away from the all-important human element.

Resource Group, an international supplier of skills and recruitment to aerospace, aviation and defence sectors, has acquired BAE Systems Cwmbran Training College.

The college, formerly known as Dundridge College, is a CAA training provider for air traffic control, electronic warfare, air defence and aviation English.

Thomas International says that good leadership qualities include decisiveness, empowering others and openness to change - all reflect aspects of emotional intelligence.

It adds that high levels of emotional intelligence are essential for ministerial candidates to win the hearts and minds of voters, and once elected, will be a vital determinant of success at 10 Downing Street.

I am writing regarding ’The importance of interviewing - it’s not a tick box exercise!’ (Recruiter, Bloggers with bite, 28 April). At last a blogger with real bite who also makes sense.

A recruiter has urged the coalition government to provide further funding for skills development of care workers.

Many recruiters jumping on the social media bandwagon risk failing to take advantage, according to the founder of Tweetjobs.

Richard Sutcliffe, who launched Tweetjobs last autumn, told Recruiter: “There are a lot of people who are looking to dip their toes into social media, but they don’t know how to do it.”

As public sector executive vacancies plunge, senior executives will struggle to find similar positions in the private sector, according to executive search firm InterExec.

The firm says that it has seen senior executive vacancies in the public sector drop by more than two thirds in the three months from February to May.

Agency recruiters who want to get into HR should move in-house first, according to the head of HR at Deloitte.

IT recruiter Concept IT has reported increased turnover for 2009 and has seen “some return to normality” in trading conditions, according to Chris Short, managing director.

The firm’s results reveal:

Executive search firm Kinsey Allen International has appointed Debbie Bennett as marketing director.

Bennett will be responsible for building and expanding the Kinsey Allen International brand and supporting the firm’s with a focused marketing strategy.  

She joins from professional training company BPP, where she helped build BPP’s premium law school brand.

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