Not only must the sector deal with the fallout from the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, but it has to come to terms with an ageing workforce
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“With the major parties issuing their election manifestos, what are you hoping the next government will offer to help the recruitment/resourcing industry?”
Call-centre operatives are in high demand as the sector starts to recover from the recession, but finding and retaining staff is no easy task
Faced with the recruitment of thousands of new hires over a period of years, HR consulting and outsourcing solutions firm Hewitt Associates has started to build a global sourcing operation.
In Recruiter 3 March, the HR director of The British Library Mary Canavan said references were dead. How useful do you find them? And if you don’t use them, what do you use to assess candidates?
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In response to ’Don’t believe the social media hype’ (Recruiter, 31 March)
In the same way that the internet changed how we booked travel and has drastically impacted travel agencies, social media will eliminate the middleman for jobseekers and job providers. Social media isn’t working for recruiters but it’s working for everyone else.
Since my previous column, staffing share prices have continued their relentless drift upwards and most of the sector bellwethers now trade at levels not enjoyed since 2007.
Group Bel gets Active
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority has revoked the licence of one gangmaster, while another has been fined for operating without a licence.
Gangmaster Ian Cooper, who is based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, has been fined £300 for operating without a gangmaster licence at Peterborough Magistrates Court.
One in four people would quit their job without securing a new post, according to research from assessment firm Psychtests.com.