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REC advert seeks 'non-threatening presence'

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.

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Olympics is too big an opportunity to miss

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.

Partnership aims to achieve optimum effect

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

Strike urges Harper to agree on agency use

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

Is Randstad's offer for Vedior a done deal?

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

Recruiters lobby MPs on controversial bill

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 set to launch new job board

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

Unions not anti agency workers' commission

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said the union had not closed the door on supporting a commission to settle the dispute over proposed legislation to give temp agency workers equal rights to permanent staff.

Speaking at a CIPD meeting to discuss Andrew Miller's Private Member's Bill, which calls

Recognise and reward achievers, not leaders

Employers need to provide opportunities for growth in order to attract and harness the best talent, according to Donna Miller, Europe HR director for Enterprise Rent-a-Car.

Miller, who was speaking at the Employee Benefits Conference and Exhibition 2007 in Islington, London on 3 October, told an audi

Clients ignore ageism laws with rec-to-recs

Recruiters are frequently asking rec-to-rec companies to break the law on age discrimination, the chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s rec-to-rec sector group has said.