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).
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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.
Employers should take advantage of the recession to hire people now, says James Caan, serial entrepreneur and recruiter.
Speaking to employers in the charity sector at a London event yesterday evening (18 June), Caan said that his own organisation, private equity business Hamilton Bradshaw, was doing just that - even when there was no specific vacancy.
Recruiters have responded positively to an online marketplace called TalentPuzzle that allows employers to post vacancies along with the percentage placement fees they are willing to pay a recruiter for a successful candidate introduction.
Despite the recession, a new study by recruitment industry analysts Plimsoll Publishing has awarded 427 of the UK’s top 1,000 agencies a strong financial rating for their outstanding financial performance.
Chernick: some agencies screen better than others
A landmark ruling has extended powers to protect disabled workers.
The House of Lords has found that people with a physical or mental condition which varies in severity over time should still be termed disabled if there is a good chance the condition would become substantial again in the future.