Almost a quarter (23%) of public sector jobseekers would be willing to compromise on pay to get public sector jobs, while only 4% would compromise on pension rights, according to new research from Totaljobs.com.
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Recruiters, employers and healthcare workers have welcomed plans for the introduction of a ‘skills passport’.
IT recruiter Parity has won a place on a number of new government Buying Solutions frameworks.
The contract sees Parity supply both ICT and Project and Programme Management (PPM) services through the Buying Solutions non-permanent Staff framework agreement.
First and second tier contractors to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been urged to embrace flexible working following the Comprehensive Spending Review by government, according to Beatrice Bartlay, managing director of multi-sector recruiter 2B Interface.
Former head of learning and development at Badenoch & Clark Julian Evans has joined recruitment training provider Lander Associates as an executive consultant.
Evans was responsible for establishing Badenoch & Clark’s training function from scratch.
Legal recruiter Tailored Solutions Recruitment has expanded its private practice fee earner division in South Wales.
The firm’s latest appointment is consultant Claire Pearce, who comes from specialist legal recruiter Hunter Scott.
Pearce will work alongside Tailored Solutions’ legal director Karen Jones in the South Wales market, working out of the firm’s Cardiff office.
Healthcare recruiter Mediplacements, part of The Placement Group, has won preferred supplier status for the supply of Locum Doctors to the Pro-Cure represented Trusts across NHS South Central.
This new agreement runs in parallel with the Group’s ‘Master Vendor’ contract for AHP’s & HSS staff across the region, which the company has retained since 2006.
The government has been urged to name and shame firms that run poor travel and subsistence schemes by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).
The use of agency staff is vital if NHS Trusts are to meet the requirements of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) which limits doctors to working 48 hours a week, according to the commercial director at healthcare recruiter Pulse.
Both the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and the Recruitment Employment Confederation (REC) say that plans to instigate a judicial review of Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) stand little chance of success.