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It’s bad news for traffic wardens, lorry drivers and strippers… a new poll has revealed the top 10 jobs which are least attractive to the opposite sex.
Workers on zero-hours contracts will have the right to request a contract with a minimum amount of work after six months with an employer, Labour leader Ed Miliband will say today.
The aptitude test, called the Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT), was devised by Bloomberg through the Bloomberg Institute, which was established in 2010, and headed up by New York-based Rob Langrick.
A US recruiting operations expert predicts that branding, advertising and the ability to engage with candidates will become “the true differentiator” in recruitment, and not direct sourcing, as technology and the amount of freely accessible information online about people level the recruiting playing field.
Recruitment industry observers suggest that a local presence in Germany is becoming increasingly important to successfully compete for business there.
Uniting Ambition, the multi-sector recruitment specialist, has hired Louise Laurie to its internal recruitment team.
Employers in sectors pressurised by factors such as low pay, high attrition, skills shortages and too few quality candidates say they could use an injection of innovation into their recruitment practices.
Engineering and technology will be the first sectors targeted to sign on to the Good Recruitment Campaign, which was launched last week by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
Recruitment services firm Penna is on the lookout for further acquisitions, following its £1.1m cash purchase of HR consulting firm Savile Group in December, according to Penna’s chief executive officer.
Efforts to employ more local people have become increasingly difficult in the digital age, according to Islington Council’s HR director.
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