As the REC announces its Institute of Recruitment Professionals, replacing the individual membership, Colin Cottell asks industry leaders and individual consultants whether the trade body’s new offering is merely tweaking with the current set-up or giving much needed respectability to an industry desperate for more professional recognition
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With a number of successful healthcare staffing firms under her belt, Healthcare Locums’ founder Kate Bleasdale is reluctant to rest on her laurels. Colin Cottell reports
Although the implementation of the Pensions Act is not until 2012, recruiters, engaged with temporary workers and industry leaders, are raising concerns about the cost and red tape burden that would be involved in implementing it. Colin Cottell looks at its possible impact
Saving time and money is one of the main reasons for engaging a back office support provider. Graham Simons looks at the benefits that can be achieved by implementing such solutions
The number of people unemployed in the UK increased by 21,000 between August and October to 2.49m, the highest figure since the three months to March 1995.
Recruiters seem all too quickly to negotiate down their fees, but this negates all the benefits and undermines our role
What’s the difference between an entrepreneur and a wage earner, or a fast lane junky and a slow lane plodder? How about the difference between a philanderer and a settled husband, or an adventurer and a ‘stop-at-home’?
Co-operating with your competitors may not necessarily be such a bad practice in these tough economic times. Christopher Goodfellow investigates the rise in the number of joint bid arrangements and shows how it is benefiting recruiters in many areas