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Firms merge is electrifying
McGinley Recruitment Services has merged with JSB Rail to create a specialist electrification service.

Holtby Turner lands deal
Holtby Turner, a senior level people recruitment and development consultancy, has been selected by European
Concerns that NHS PASA (Purchasing & Supply Agency) framework recruiters supplying clerical staff to the NHS are required to meet identical contract criteria as those supplying medical staff (Recruiter, 20 February) have received a sympathetic hear

Look back in the history books to chapters covering the climactic years of 1989-90, and it could seem as though every issue of international importance had come to a stopping point with nowhere else to go: the Cold War had ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and Margaret Thatcher left 10 Downing Street. Where could the world go from there?

The education system is failing children because it doesn't focus on employability, Recruiter's Annual Forum heard, as attendees expressed worries about its effect on the future availability of candidates.

Paul Farrer, CEO of PFJ, said at the Panel Session: "The education system is all wrong, it's not built around employability.
The housing slump in the US has cost 87,962 jobs in the financial services industry, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a consulting firm.
Greatfleet buy. Greatfleet has confirmed the acquisition of Qualitas, the Dublin and Edinburgh-based recruitment group, for an initial consideration of £3.4m, made up of a mixture of cash and shares.
28 November: Recruiter Regional Networking Event, sponsored by RBS and JPA. Hotel du Vin, Church St, Birmingham. For more information, contact Andy Daniel on 020 7970 4814 or email [email protected].
Recruitment agency owner and businesswoman Sarah Anderson CBE has been appointed to the new government Commission for Employment and Skills (CES).

Anderson, who is currently on the board of Networkers International and runs her own specialist catering employment business, Hamilton Mayday Group, joins
Sue Brooks, managing director of Ochre House, called on delegates at Recruiter's second Annual Forum to build recruitment process outsourcing around knowledge transfer.

The founding member of the Workforce Development Group rejected the notion that RPO should adopt a traditional buyer/seller relationship.

Interim managers are still seen as a threat by some companies who have a negative image of the job they do, according to the managing director of PiR Interims.

Carolyn Douthwaite told Recruiter that the role of an interim manager can still be thought of as negative, particularly if they are involved in crisis management or company restructuring.

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