The second consecutive rise in the Reed Job Index suggests the UK economy may be rebalancing towards the industrial sector, according to James Reed, chairman of reed.co.uk.
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Sales software provider Silverline will provide its services to ProTech Specialist Technical Recruitment and procurement and purchasing recruiter Beaumont Select.
Paul Flynn, commercial manager for Silverline, says: “Beaumont Select and ProTech are both specialised staffing businesses in their own right… this really demonstrates the flexibility of Silverline.”
The diversity of UK boards over the last 24 years has changed for the better, but the link between executive pay and performance remains hard to discern, reports an Economic and Social Research Council-funded study by the University of Exeter Business School.
Upstream, a global marketing technology and solutions provider, is using ’gamification’ as a tool to attract and engage the right candidates for its marketing campaign manager positions.
The company has designed an online challenge to appeal to jobseekers on the move and offering them a more rewarding experience, as well as driving better response rates for the applications.
The UK’s lack of language skills essentially constitute a £7.3bn annual ’tax on trade’ for the country, according to a report published yesterday by the charity the Education and Employers Taskforce.
Just under half of all professionals believe they should change jobs every three to five years, with public sector workers the most open to moving more frequently, according to recruiter Robert Walters’s Career Insights Survey 2011.
Innovate CV is launching a new online interview tool, which is available to agencies that use its white label service, which allows recruiters create branded CVs with their own logo to distribute to clients. The company is also opening a US office in New York and is currently carrying out beta testing with a number of US recruiters.
Market mapping and talent pooling specialists Talent Works International (TWI) have continued their global expansion by opening their first office in the US.
The move is part of the firm’s continued drive to commit to supporting its clients’ businesses in identifying and engaging with the world’s leading talent, according to a statement released today.
The Capita Group has been appointed as preferred bidder by the London Borough of Lambeth to form a collaborative partnership.
I couldn’t agree more with the headline ’Stop being psychologists’ of Ben Fletcher’s article (’Bloggers with Bite’, Recruiter 15 June). In fact, I would go further and say that it applies not just to agencies but to employers as well, because all too often neither is very good at it!