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'Level playing field' plea to unions for employers
Recruiters are set to be targeted by a renewed drive from unions in the aviation and logistics sectors.

The Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) has highlighted these sectors because it perceives them to have a high number of casual or contract workers.
Call for more openness in candidate teacher checks
A Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) survey of 36 education recruitment agencies has revealed that 75% believe more must be done to restore public confidence in teacher background checks.
Clients need contractual relationships with agents
Recruiters and clients need a clear contractual relationship to work well together, according to a representative from a charity for the homeless.

Pete Jeffery, executive director of HR, audit and facilities at St Mungo's, said that the organisation was evaluating the way it used agency staff in order to keep tabs on spending.
Boom in interims should lead to client partnership

Recruiters of interim managers should adopt partnership approaches with their clients to achieve better results.

That's the view of Tony Evans, chairman of the Institute of Interim Management, who spoke at last month's meeting of the Recruitment Society.

Evans told members that an increasin

Fall in agency use is no need for panic, says CIPD
UK businesses' use of recruitment agencies fell again last year, with expense cited as the main turn-off for companies, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's latest study on recruitment, retention and turnover.

The survey of 905 employers found that 73% of businesses still used recruitment agencies in 2006, which is down from 76% in 2005.

The report's au
Agencies send check lists out to ensure compliance

Recruiters are carrying out detailed checks with umbrella companies and other tax scheme providers to ensure that they are compliant with the new tax legislation relating to managed service companies (MSCs).

Staged pay-rise not good for nurses, claims agency
Nurses are losing out on pay due to a staged wage increase, claims Kate Harris, commercial director of healthcare recruiter Pulse.

Harris says that health secretary Alan Johnson's proposal of a pay-rise for the lowest-paid staff in the NHS is not as positive as it might first appear, particularly fo
Fish4jobs updates search and filters to hook users
Fish4jobs revealed a raft of developments when it met with advertisers to dispel rumours that it is in trouble after its shareholder Northcliffe Media pulled out.

Chief executive, Joe Slavin, told the London meeting earlier this month: "We keep hearing rumours that we are in trouble but we aren't.
Former army chief to take leading role at Benchmark
Benchmark, the specialist executive search consultancy, has appointed the former chief of the general staff of the British Army, General Sir Mike Jackson, as non-executive chairman.

General Sir Mike will act as a mentor strategist and senior consultant in the aerospace, defence and security practice,
Recruiters embrace links with 'hot' social networks

JobTonic's recently announced partnership with social network MyNeighbourhoods is yet more evidence of the importance the recruitment industry is placing on social networking websites to attract candidates.

Nick Goldstein, general manager of the referral recruitment website, saw MyNeighbourhoods m

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