Recruiters have been given until the beginning of August to ensure that all their agency staff are compliant with the requirements of the PASA (Purchasing & Supply Agency) non-clinical framework agreement.
Checks include testing for Hepatitis B even though many of the agency staff, such as clerical workers have no direct contact with patients.
In-house recruitment specialist Aspen Partners International has launched a new interim and contract service.
Aspen Partners has witnessed a rise in demand for contractors to deliver specific projects and sees this as just the start of a new trend.
The war for talent rages on as the recession has ensured that candidates are reluctant to move, according to HR recruiters.
Energy giant BP has appointed SAS, part of the Publicis Groupe network, as its single recruitment marketing communications supplier for graduate and experienced candidate attraction. Until now, BP’s recruitment marketing was conducted through multiple global suppliers.
Recruiters have been urged to play a key role in helping candidates that have been made redundant make the right career choice.
Louise White, director at Oyster Retail Recruitment, told Recruiter: “Recruiters can help people who have been made redundant and offer more advice - more structure in terms of CV and interview technique.
Spherion and hyphen, part of Spring Group, have established a strategic alliance to offer recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) on a global scale. The companies have joined forces to offer RPO solutions to clients’ across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
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The manufacturing sector continued to be battered by the recession but the service sector has shown some grounds for optimism, according to a new report from the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC).
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Directors and senior managers at Spring have received share options together worth more than £1.8m at today’s share price (38.7p), under the group’s long term incentive plan.