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In the wake of hasty pay cuts announced at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for contractor staff, one recruiter of contract staff to banks tells Recruiter that banks and City organisations have learnt that they must treat such staff better.

An upcoming add-on to leading social networking site LinkedIn’s Recruiter tool promises to “do all the work” in employee referrals for employees who might be considering referring friends for jobs at their organisations.

Draft reforms to pre-pack deals could hit recruiters hard by forcing them into liquidation, according to Rachel Jenner, corporate insolvency solicitor at Farleys Solicitors.

Logistics recruitment firm Transline Resource Group has appointed Jason Richards as operations director.

Richards, a former Blue Arrow corporate account director, takes up his role with immediate effect, operating from the firm’s operational office in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester where ultimately the remainder of the national sales team will be based.

Growth in the number of new professional jobs was stable in June, according to the latest Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor.

Welfare-to-work provider Pertemps People Development Group (PPDG) has won a two-and-a-half year contract by the Skills Funding Agency to work with up to 500 school leavers.

The contract runs until December 2013 where the team will work with school leavers to ensure they are prepared for the journey into work or education, have an appropriate CV and an action plan to secure a position.

International executive search firm Boyden has appointed Trina Gordon (right) as its new president and chief executive.

Half of British IT workers received a salary increase in the last year, compared with Germany (73%) and the Netherlands (69%), according to findings from the IT Job Board’s most recent Job Market Survey.

While the UK’s beleaguered construction sector continues to struggle, the challenge for construction firms is to recruit passive talent.

So says Christina Thom, employer brand & resourcing manager at housebuilder Barratt Homes.

The sector’s Glenigan Index for June fell by 24% on a year ago, as weakness across many sectors continued.

Although a third (33%) of retailers are considering recruiting school leavers for graduate roles, most (61%) do not have specific programmes in place to recruit this demographic.

This is according to research carried out by talent management provider SHL.

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