The Association of Social Work Employment Businesses (ASWEB) has been in discussions with Tim Loughton, the shadow minister for children, schools and families.
Andrew Thorne, chairman of ASWEB, told Recruiter that the talks focused on how agencies can raise the standards of social worker recruitment.
Finance and accountancy recruiter, Sellick Partnership has opened a new office in Derby.
The office will be led by Gill Turnock and Nikki Graham, providing financial recruitment solutions to commerce and industry, not for profit and public sector organisations across Derby, Nottingham and the East Midlands.
A recruitment consultant told a tribunal how her bullying boss forced her to watch a private striptease with him at a lapdance club.
The Sun reports that Rachel Kelly, 38, had pleaded to be allowed to go home instead and alleges that her manager, Danny Whelan, said it would be “unacceptable” and was subjected to a foul-mouthed tirade.
Financial services recruitment is recovering after a prolonged slump, according to data from pre-employment screening firm Powerchex.
Technical recruiter Morson International has entered into a two-year partnership with Jobcentre Plus to offer specialist job search support to help newly unemployed technical engineering professionals across the UK get back to work.
US recruiters and candidates can identify which cities are short of which occupations, courtesy of a supply and demand ranking by WANTED Technologies.
Procurement, supply chain and logistics specialists Proco Global Group has appointed Philip Donbavand to head up its supply chain division in London.
The former head of supply chain at rival recruiter Purcon will take responsibility for the direction and strategy of the division across the EMEA region.
More needs to be done to provide working mothers with flexible job opportunities and close the gender pay gap, according to social enterprise Women Like Us.
Multi-sector recruiter McGinley Support Services Limited (MSS) has agreed a deal to act as a service partner for DHL.
