Mark Dempsey, the former applicant tracking system manager for TMP, has joined graduates jobsite Milkround Online to lead its Online Applications ATS product.
As client services co-ordinator for online applications, Dempsey will work with Milkround’s in-house IT team to develop a new ATS for release next year with clients such as NHS, NHS Scotland, Allianz and Glencore.
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New rules introduced today mean that lone parents with children aged 10 and over will start to get help to look for work rather than stay on benefits.
Assuming they are able to work they will move onto the lower paid Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) rather than Income Support, where they will have access to specialist advice and support on finding work.
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Retail recruiters have been given a boost after figures showed that high-street sales rose sharply at the beginning of October.
Online recruitment website Jobsite.co.uk has launched a new initiative enabling charity and volunteer vacancies to be posted free of charge on Jobsite.
The initiative, named ‘JobAid’, is both candidate and recruiter-focused. It will not only allow charities to reduce their running costs, but will also introduce volunteering and charity roles to a wider jobseeking audience.
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Profits increased at international recruiter Antal International for the year ended 31 December 2008.
Turnover rose to £13.2m from £8.9m in 2007, while gross profit jumped from £8.66m to £12.67m.
Operating profit in 2008 was £1.4m.
Job board, the Right Jobs Network, and Welsh UTV radio stations The Wave and Swansea Sound, have launched the first of its radio-backed geographical job boards in the UK.
The site, www.rightjobinwales.com, aims to offer a range of jobs to experienced candidates in the South Wales area.
A new scheme has been launched to acknowledge firms that employ apprentices.
The Apprenticeship employers’ badge, supported by the British Chambers of Commerce, highlights a firm’s commitment to apprenticeships and the company’s logos will then appear on the Apprenticeship website.
Professional recruiter Antal Russia has appointed Michael Germershausen as managing director.
Antal Russia is part of the global FiveTen Group.
Almost seven in 10 candidates admit to lying in order to get a new job, according to research from recruitment agency review site Hirescores.com.
The poll of 1,277 people found that 69% of candidates had lied in some way to get their job, with 36% lying about their referee and 90% lying on their CV.