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Training jobless to fill skills gap
The UK must lead its unemployed citizens to gain skills that are now lacking in the British workforce, said Jim Murphy, minister of state for employment and welfare reform.

Murphy spoke last week at the launch of recruitment conglomerate Vedior's review of the UK's skills shortage, 'Is the UK up to the job?'.

With help from the private sector, unemployed people on disability and the
Trend still positive for recruiters
Hays' share price rose 3% immediately after it revealed it's expecting a 35% growth in net fee income in the permanent market, but finished 1.25p down in the period. IT recruiter Harvey Nash also released an upbeat trading statement, reporting a 20% increase in turnover in the quarter ended 30 April, compared with the same period last year.
Sick pay ruling may help recruiters
A Court of Appeal ruling that agency workers are not entitled to statutory sick pay (SSP) if they are engaged for less than three months is expected to benefit the recruitment industry.

Matthew Tom, an employment lawyer with Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, told Recruiter: "This has to be good news for those agencies who supply short fixed-term temporary workers.
TB checks could bar locums from NHS

Recruiters say the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) has introduced an 'unwritten rule' barring locums who have not had a check for tuberculosis (TB) from working in the NHS.

Recruiter understands that PASA decided in March that all locums working through agencies must have immunity

Technical sectors big in rec-to-rec
Commercial/industrial, IT and professional services continue to be the busiest sectors in recruitment-to-recruitment, according to latest statistics from McCall.

The figures reveal commercial/industrial made up 29% of its business, ahead of IT on 24% and professional services on 21%.

Joint-managing director Julie O'Neill told Recruiter: "Technical recruitment is fast growing
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Job boards seen as a career resource
Job boards are being used more by passive jobseekers as a career resource, rather than by active jobseekers, according to research from Monster.

It found that 10.3m passive jobseekers used job boards in the UK (46%), compared with 6.51m active job seekers (29%) and 5.84m non-jobseekers (26%).

Mo
Technology 'won't replace recruiters'
A new report on the future of managed services in recruitment brings good news to agency recruiters: technology won't replace recruitment agencies in UK business.
Tap into the talent pool of the USAF
Looking for a well-educated, untapped pool of talent?

A recruitment fair will be held at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, on 25 July for US military personnel leaving the military and for spouses of US airmen who are currently assigned to the UK.

Organisers of the event say that highly-skilled US Air
Strong interest in council contracts
More than 80 recruiters have expressed an interest in a £50m two-year contract to provide temporary workers for Birmingham City Council.

The contract, worth £25m per year and starting in January, is to provide workers across a range of sectors, including social care, education procurement, horticulture and HR.

Senior procurement officer at the council, Stephanie Prutton, told Recruit
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