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Technology leads to pressure
Modern technology has made the job of a recruitment consultant more difficult and pressurised, according to the manager of JPA's commercial division.

Charlie Ryan, who set up the division in June last year as JPA looked to expand from its traditional rec-to-rec base, says technology has meant that "seconds count" when looking for candidates, leading to greater pressure.

"Technology m
Clients must get added value
Agencies need to "sharpen up their act" to ensure that they remain attractive to clients, a former head of recruitment at Royal Mail told Recruiter.

Mark Gilbertson, who now runs his own HR search and selection firm, Peak Talent, and has also worked for Cable & Wireless, said that agencies must stop their "scattergun" approach and ensure they retain relationships with clients.<
Local knowledge key in Japan
Japan offers some great opportunities for recruitment companies but patience is the key to a building a successful business, according to one recruiter with an office in Tokyo.

Mike Brennan, chief executive of Akamai, told Recruiter that firms looking to set up out in Japan needed to be awar
Springing ahead to new highs
Spring Group's share price reached a 52-week high last week, ahead of a company EGM at which shareholders approved its acquisition of IT/Telco recruiter Glotel. The price has risen steeply from 72p in early July to the dizzy heights of 85.75p. However, there are fears that the price has now gone too high, and that the Glotel acquisition is already factored into the current share price.
Indeed, it's a search engine

Indeed.co.uk is a new recruitment search engine that will enable job seekers to browse through vacancies taken from hundreds of UK websites, job boards, newspapers and corporate recruiters.

HIGHER EDUCATION RECRUITMENT
Boom in university and research jobseekers, says job board
Job board wins major contract
Job boards are more than capable of handling high volumes of business for large corporations, according to the operations director of Jobs4Medical.co.uk, which has just signed a deal with healthcare giant BUPA.

Jobs4Medical.co.uk has signed a deal with BUPA to provide its online recruitment service for all 26 of its UK hospitals.

The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed,
Empresaria buys Headway stake
Empresaria is to acquire 60% of Headway, a German recruitment company which supplies temporary staff in the personnel, logistics, engineering and industrial sectors.

Headway operates through 47 offices in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. The deal will cost Empresaria about £9.9m. It will raise £12m of cash by selling new shares.
STR move to new Portsmouth HQ

STR has moved to a new headquarters in Portsmouth in the Northarbour Industrial Estate. The office brings its 50 plus staff under one roof for the first time.



Manpower Professional Finance...

Manpower Professional Finance has appointed Emily Santos to its media and advertising division. She is responsible for part-qualified and qualified accountancy recruitment.

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