The number of firms being chased for bad debt is increasing at an unprecedented rate, according to debt recovery firm Lovetts.
Lovetts says the total value of claims being taken through the courts by Lovetts on behalf of its clients in Q1 this year up 97% on Q1 2008, while the average claim was up 60%.
Consulting and real estate advertised vacancies continue to decline, while there has been a rise in the number of public sector and medicines posts in the past six months, claims management jobsite Experteer.co.uk’s jobs monitor.
Multi-sector recruiter Hays has entered the 2009 Global Corporate Challenge (GCC), in support of the largest employer health initiative in the world.
Recruiters raised £2,500 for this year’s One Deal Comic Relief campaign.
The One Deal initiative asked recruitment firms to donate the proceeds of ‘one deal’ or other sum to the Comic Relief charity.
Benefits for recruitment firm donors include a ‘thank you’ certificate and a One Deal web button to put on their website to show they have donated.
Graduates favour detailed job descriptions on jobsites, according to findings from graduate recruitment website Milkround.com.
The Agency Workers Directive should be dropped in favour of a new two-tier system which would allow ‘vulnerable’ agency workers to retain their rights after 12 weeks, according to the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC).
The Guardian’s apparent move onto recruitment agency turf by representing candidates who have applied for jobs online has been characterised as “the wrong service, at the wrong time”.
Beginning on 15 June, the campaign will start with outdoor media, including posters and bus side advertising. Initially the campaign will run across the London Underground network and on buses throughout the Greater London area.
The outdoor advertising activity will be complemented by a wide-ranging digital campaign, targeting jobseekers across a variety of sites.
Career progression remains the main reason for changing jobs for specialists, middle and senior managers in Russia and the CIS, according to a survey by Antal Russia.
Canadian executive search firm Pinton Forrest & Madden has been chosen for two new searches.
The Vancouver Board of Education trustees has selected the search firm to recruit a new superintendent of schools for School District No 39 (Vancouver), following the announcement that Chris Kelly is to retire.