1) Judging the business too soon
• This job is hard work and we have to accept it… But things will change over time
• The first few months of cold marketing are tough but give it time and the role becomes much more satisfying. Your cold marketing calls become warm calls to people who know you.
Patrick De Maeseneire, Adecco
Adecco’s agreed acquisition of professional staffing company MPS Group signals the end of the company’s ‘big’ acquisition phase.
Legal, accountancy and financial services recruiter Rise Professions has appointed Bill Guthrie as its new managing director.
Guthrie joins Rise Professions from HR Consultancy where he was commercial director and is charged with building a finance team within the business.
An article appeared in the online edition of recruiter.co.uk on 13 October (‘Postal strike to delay CRB checks’), looking at delayed CRB disclosures as a consequence of the postal strike and the effects this is having on candidates and recruiters. The article pointed to a general consensus from recruiters that they are solely reliant on the postal system to process CRB checks.
The Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies (Agett) in Spain is predicting further rises in unemployment.
The latest report published by Agett entitled ‘Avance del Mercado Laboral’ (Developments in the Labour Market) predicts that in the fourth quarter of this year a further 190,000 jobs will be lost in Spain, according to a story by Staffing Industry Analysts.
British management is surprisingly optimistic about coming out of recession, compared to their US counterparts, according to a study by executive careers site TheLadders.
Procurer of temporary agency labour de Poel has issued advice on how retailers can avoid employee theft in the run up to Christmas.
A report by the Centre for Retail Research suggests that employee theft is increasing in the retail sector and that workers are the most prolific of shoplifters in the UK.
HR recruiter HR GO Malaga’s team trip to the Gibraltar office last week was held up by over 400 angry council workers protesting over unpaid salaries.
Private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw Human Capital (HBHC) has acquired Sagitta Recruitment.
Previously Quay, Sagitta Recruitment extends HBHC’s presence in housing, education and social care sectors.
