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
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
More than 70 people made their way to Wapping in East London to hear a debate organised by the Recruitment Society on the role of universities in preparing graduates for work.
The chairman of the REC's board of directors says the recruitment trade body is "in good hands" with acting chief executive Helen Reynolds, in the wake of CEO Marcia Roberts' departure.
Support is growing among MPs to extend the remit of the Gangmasters Licence Authority (GLA) from agriculture and food processing to other sectors, including construction and hospitality.
Recruiters are casting doubt on whether an urgent review of recruitment checks on overseas staff working in the NHS that has been ordered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown will produce concrete results.