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Last month's announcement that media firm Reed Business Information (RBI) is to sell off its trade titles has sparked market speculation that the sale could ultimately unbundle the jobs sites of a host of powerful magazine titles.

Any such move could see a major jobs brand-owner cherry pick assets across a number of specialisms — creating a powerful and highly diverse jobs entity overnight,
County-specific job site network NewJobsIn.com is aiming to launch a website a month over the coming months.
Recruiters could be forced to put forward unemployed people on benefits as candidates for jobs, if the Conservatives come to power at the next general election.

Andrew Selous, the Conservatives shadow work and pensions secretary, told Recruiter that the party's policy of imposing an annual l
A deadline of 5 October has been set for candidates to apply for the chief executive's role at the REC.

An advertisement for the role in The Sunday Times on 9 September was headlined 'Are you ready to lead the Trade Association of the Year 2007?' Potential applicants were directed to the organisation's website for a full job description and person specification.

In addition
Recruiters need to form consortia to bid for 2012 Olympic contracts, the latest meeting of the Recruitment Society has heard.

The advice came from Tim Campbell, winner of cult television series The Apprentice and former graduate recruitment manager at London Underground.

Optimal Internet, which builds and manages recruitment websites for recruiters, is partnering with UK jobs search engine Workcircle to drive more traffic to its clients' sites.

Bruce Stander, managing director of Optimal, told Recruiter that it is the first of many more partnerships to enhance its

Publishing company Harper Collins has reached an agreement with employees over the use of agency workers and the allocation of overtime, after Unite union members voted to strike.

A HarperCollins spokesperson told Recruiter that the company had moved from employing staff on temporary contracts to using agency The Driving Edge.

He said: "HarperCollins has always used temporar
Speculation was growing last week that Dutch recruitment company Randstad might not be the only suitor seeking to acquire all, or part of, fellow Dutch global giant Vedior.

On 5 December, Randstad revealed that it had bought 10.23% of Vedior, following an announcement on 3 December from both companie
The 391 recruiters responding to the REC's call to show their local MPs 'the true face of recruitment' are getting a mixed response.

A Private Member's Bill being introduced by Andrew Miller, Labour MP for Ellesmere Port and Neston, is due to have its second reading on 22 February.
Best Companies, the employee engagement accreditation scheme, is to launch a job board for its 307 accredited companies.

The job board, which will launch in March, will be free for Best Companies accredited firms, and for companies that entered but did not quite make the grade, but who are working to
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