JPA Recruitment has expanded in to the Irish market with an office in Dublin. The operation will be headed by Ann-Marie Smee, who has moved across from the Edinburgh office.
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PAYE employment services company Parasol has opened a London office in Clerkenwell.
The stock market continues to reach new highs, but not all investors will enjoy the benefits. Small investors in some of the UK's smaller recruitment companies must sometimes wonder if it's worth the aggravation. Take Multi Group, for example.
Modern technology has made the job of a recruitment consultant more difficult and pressurised, according to the manager of JPA's commercial division.
Charlie Ryan, who set up the division in June last year as JPA looked to expand from its traditional rec-to-rec base, says technology has meant that "seconds count" when looking for candidates, leading to greater pressure.
"Technology m
Charlie Ryan, who set up the division in June last year as JPA looked to expand from its traditional rec-to-rec base, says technology has meant that "seconds count" when looking for candidates, leading to greater pressure.
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Agencies need to "sharpen up their act" to ensure that they remain attractive to clients, a former head of recruitment at Royal Mail told Recruiter.
Mark Gilbertson, who now runs his own HR search and selection firm, Peak Talent, and has also worked for Cable & Wireless, said that agencies must stop their "scattergun" approach and ensure they retain relationships with clients.<
Mark Gilbertson, who now runs his own HR search and selection firm, Peak Talent, and has also worked for Cable & Wireless, said that agencies must stop their "scattergun" approach and ensure they retain relationships with clients.<

Mike Brennan, chief executive of Akamai, told Recruiter that firms looking to set up out in Japan needed to be awar
Spring Group's share price reached a 52-week high last week, ahead of a company EGM at which shareholders approved its acquisition of IT/Telco recruiter Glotel. The price has risen steeply from 72p in early July to the dizzy heights of 85.75p. However, there are fears that the price has now gone too high, and that the Glotel acquisition is already factored into the current share price.
Indeed.co.uk is a new recruitment search engine that will enable job seekers to browse through vacancies taken from hundreds of UK websites, job boards, newspapers and corporate recruiters.
Boom in university and research jobseekers, says job board
Job boards are more than capable of handling high volumes of business for large corporations, according to the operations director of Jobs4Medical.co.uk, which has just signed a deal with healthcare giant BUPA.
Jobs4Medical.co.uk has signed a deal with BUPA to provide its online recruitment service for all 26 of its UK hospitals.
The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed,
Jobs4Medical.co.uk has signed a deal with BUPA to provide its online recruitment service for all 26 of its UK hospitals.
The deal, the terms of which have not been disclosed,