Rob Sheppard, everyrecruiter.co.uk
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Putting the candidate at the heart of online recruitment was the key message to emerge from a seminar organised by online recruitment consultancy Changeworknow held in London last month.
By focusing their job search almost exclusively on the London area, graduates could be missing out on better job opportunities with regional employers, according to research by graduate recruitment website GradFutures.com.
New figures from pre-employment screening firm for financial services Powerchex reveal a 2% increase in job offers from the previous month, raising hopes of a lasting economic recovery.
Technical recruiter Entech Technical Solutions has been awarded a master vendor contract with aftermarket support and backup engine firm Cummins UK.
The contract begins immediately and covers supply of technical and non-technical staff throughout the UK and Ireland.
Demand for temporary workers is set to decrease in the US by 3.8%, according to the latest employment prediction from the Palmer Forecast.
The Palmer Forecast predicts a 13.7% decline in temporary help for Q4, less than the actual figure of 12.8% decline due to lower than expected unemployment figures and solid GDP growth.
Female interim managers need to develop their professional skills to stand the best chance of winning business this year, according to a survey of 700 women interim managers from InterimWomen, the UK business forum for female interims set up by Interim recruiter, Russam GMS.
Hundreds of thousands of debt-ridden workers will call in sick due to the January wage stretch, according to the Institute of Payroll Professionals (IPP).
As the third week of January is the most financially difficult time of the year, the IPP says many employees will be absent from work as they unable to afford to travel to the office.
The jobs market in the UAE grew by 8.3% last year and will continue growing in 2010, according to figures from online recruitment portal Careertunity.com.
A complaint against a radio advert from Reed.co.uk, which was criticised as offensive to Germans, has been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The advert featured a man speaking to his boss who responded angrily and loudly in German. The voice-over said: “Boss a bit of a tyrant? Find your perfect boss on the UK’s biggest job site …”.