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Recruiters asked to be vigilant
City of London Police is warning recruitment agencies to be vigilant after a fraudster scammed recruiters out of £300,000.

Letters have been sent out to City recruiters about the fraudster, who sends out a false CV securing its fictitious owner a job with the non-existent overseas company and the recruitment agency pays the wages of the temporary worker.

Companies are being asked to
Odgers opens office in the City
Middle management recruiter Odgers Select is fighting back against the anticipated job fallout from the credit crunch by opening an office in the City of London.

Odgers Select managing director Kester Scrope told Recruiter: "Whilst market conditions in the City are tough our growth is driven by the demands of our clients...
Bugie extolls franchise virtues
The key to effective franchising centres around a common message and driving that message home, said Doug Bugie, chief executive of Antal International Network and iWorklife, addressing delegates at Recruiter's second Annual Forum.

The American, who has 22 years experience in franchising, having worked in 25 countries
Driving agencies need regulation_2

Driver agencies are calling for the sector to be closely governed after a shortage of consultants revealed a worrying lack of understanding of legislation, which includes driving time and licence controls. Agencies believe this could have fatal consequences.

Mobile internet yet to take hold

Mass market adoption of the mobile internet may be further away than predicted.

According to the 2007 Mobile Phone Report by Continental Research, the percentage of those using features, such as accessing the internet and downloading video, decreased in eight out of 11 activities tracked.

Clamping down on candidate fraud
Although research into misleading job applications has shown a fall in the number of jobseekers trying to falsify their CVs, fraudulent applicants still cost the industry millions of pounds. Ross Wigham finds out what recruiters need to do to help their c
Website to choose best 'umbrella'
The former managing director of PAYE umbrella company OrangeGenie, Peter Warren, has launched www.umbrellasupermarket.com, a website to compare umbrella companies.
Regulations hit holiday pay rate

Recruiters are changing their employment contracts and modifying the amount of rolled-up holiday pay they pay out, according to one employment lawyer.

With a rise in statutory holiday entitlement from 20 days to 24 to take effect from 1 October, Rob Eldridge, employment partner at law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner, said two of his clients had raised the hourly rate for rolled-up holiday p

Network Group aims for expansion

Network Group Holdings, which launched on the Alternative Investment Market on 17 September, is looking to defy the uncertainty in the financial markets and acquire a recruiter in the sector.

Chief executive Jon Smith told Recruiter: "Uncertainty brings opportunity.

IProfiles puts nail in CV coffin
SkillsMarket, the specialist recruitment industry software provider, has exclusively told Recruiter that it has raised £3m to finance a planned expansion of iProfiles, its online CV.

The software allows jobseekers to display their CVs, with changes instantly replicated across all databases held by iProfiles recruiters, and enables recruiters to compile candidate shortlists using searchable
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