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Multi-sector recruiter Kellan Group has seen losses fall in half-yearly results or the six-month period ended 30 June 2011.

The group’s results reveal:

HR business partners rather than HR managers are the order of the day for UK HR departments, according to professional services staffing specialist Badenoch & Clark’s latest ‘Talent Spotlight’.

Everyone’s favourite ghoulish recruiter Rentaghost is set to make a comeback on the big screen, reports The Times.

According to the paper, 20th Century Fox is developing a film version of the much loved 1980s British children’s TV show which featured such characters as Timothy Claypole, Miss Popov, Dobbin and McWitch as the ghosts for hire.

Randstad Interim Executives has strengthened its team with two key appointments.

Antony Flagg joins as senior consultant within the financial services and banking practice. Previously with professional recruiter Hamilton Blake, Flagg has 10 years of experience recruiting interim managers and permanent executives across financial services sector.

Andy Heap has joined multi-sector recruiter Pebble People as branch manager.

Heap has 16 years’ industry experience.

Pebble People is supported by recruitment start-up consultancy Jark Joint Ventures.

The UK is the top country in Europe when it comes to hiring freelance workers to work online, according to a report by online work platform Elance.

Elance’s European Online Employment Report shows a 55% increase in the hiring of web freelancers by UK businesses on the Elance site since Q3 2010. 

Language is the key to making a job advert attractive, not salary, regional job board operator MyJobGroup.co.uk has concluded.

UK companies are anticipating employee base pay rises of 3% in 2012, while companies across Western European are predicting pay rises averaging 2.7%, according to Mercer’s latest pan-European pay data.

Multi-disciplinary recruiter Xact Placements has appointed Greg Neale as a resourcer.

Neale joins the IT support division of the company as a ‘fast track’ recruit hoping to reach consultant status in the next few months.

Neale previously worked for GCS Recruitment Specialists as a resourcer.

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