Mike Wall, group sales director of Jobsite, winner of the Best Multi-sector Job Board award “We are thrilled to have won this award. We were up against some stiff competition in our category.
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Too often, the in-house vs agency recruitment dilemma is the most provocative debate on tap within the recruitment community. Or which kind of social media will work best for a particular organisation.
Recruitment has always involved the art of matchmaking, as demonstrated by Ruth Moran (managing director of Ruth Moran Consulting Rec2Rec) who married Neil Prestwich (formerly of Hays). See picture, right.
The notion that workers are “systematically coerced into working on a flexible basis” needs to be dispelled. So says Simon Noakes, chair of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Construction Group.
UK employers have been urged to conduct an assessment on the impact of impending AWR regulations by Brian Wilkinson, head of Randstad UK. Wilkinson’s comments follow Randstad research, which shows 37% of employers are unfamiliar with the regulations, due to come into force in October.
The role of the PA [personal assistant] is growing with PAs expected to take on more responsibilities, according to new research by Poolia.
The research shows more than 90% are now also dealing with office management, as well as being expected to turn their skills to events management (83%), HR (67%) and finance and accounting (73%).
High Court cases involving confidential data theft from the workplace have risen 313% in the last year, says commercial law firm EMW.
EMW says that High Court claims have surged from 23 cases in 2008 to 95 in 2009.
Jobs growth was maintained at “solid pace” in December, according to the latest Report on Jobs from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG. The report reveals permanent staff placements and temporary staff billings both continued to rise in December, though the rates of growth recorded were slightly weaker than the three-month highs of November.
Firms are set to get smaller, resulting in fewer corporate recruiters involved in the recruitment process. According to recruitment guru Kevin Wheeler, there will be smaller recruitment departments and more recruitment being outsourced to recruitment process outsourcing organisations (RPOs).
US jobs reached a two-and-a-half year high in February, according to Gallup’s job creation index.
The index posted a two-and-a-half year high of +12 for the month.
The score reflects 30% of employees nationwide saying their employers are hiring and 18% saying their employers are cutting headcount.