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Recruitment's negative image in Loach's film
Ken Loach's film about the mistreatment of migrant workers has met with criticism from a recruiter which recruits staff from the EU.

It's A Free World, which was broadcast on Channel 4 on 24 September, has been described as "far removed from reality" and "out of touch".

James Molloy, group business development manager at Gloucestershire-based Omega Resource Group, told R
IT staff need to brush up on 'softer' skills
IT professionals need to develop their softer skills because IT has developed into a core business function, according to Sunil Duggal, a director with recruitment and training business Just IT.

Duggal told Recruiter that candidates needed to able to communicate "in a business sense" as organisations
MEN mines Manchester with mega jobs database
MEN Media, publisher of the Manchester Evening News, is putting together a database of jobs for the Greater Manchester area, bringing together the best of its recruitment advertising.

As well as the daily paper, MEN publishes 20 weekly newspapers and also owns Channel M Television, which carries recruitment advertising.

Called The Jobs Mine, MEN believes it will offer the biggest sin
UK economic slowdown hits recruitment sector
The slowdown in the UK economy is having an impact on recruitment, and as many as 4,250 agency jobs are set to go in the next year, according to a study from Plimsoll Publishing.

David Pattison, a senior analyst told Recruiter: "Recruitment agencies are excellent at their own PR.
Respect candidates and they will respect you
Recruitment agencies were told jobseeker feedback is crucial to recruit and retain the best candidates, during a Recruitment Society event in London last week.

Sally Emmett, partner at Cranleigh Recruitment, said candidates should be treated with respect, despite candidate feedback being well under 10
Social networking gets standardised and open
UK developers are already working on recruitment-related applications based on the OpenSocial standard, recently announced by Google.

OpenSocial means that for the first time, third-party applications can be developed for any social network that supports the standard.
Ex-Hays Smith launches executive search firm
Former Hays Construction & Property managing director Robert Smith has returned to the construction sector with newly launched executive search firm The Management Recruitment Group (MRG).
London gets LinkedIn to accelerate UK growth

Recruiters who use the online business network LinkedIn to find talent are likely to benefit from a growing UK candidate pool, following the network's expansion into Europe and the opening of a London office.

Elisabeth O'Donnell, LinkedIn international director, told Recruiter that the office will focus on accelerating the growth of membership in the UK and the rest of Europe, w

Staff sent home unpaid after Veritas collapse
Confusion and anger surrounded the apparent collapse of Veritas IT last week, as members of staff were sent home, contractors chased payment and the industry waited for an administrator to be appointed.

Rumours that the company had gone into administration emerged on 21 September and later that day a
Bugie to develop Antal's franchise businesses
Recruitment industry leader Doug Bugie is returning to the UK from several years of consulting in the US to take up the role of chief executive with the franchising arm of search and selection group Antal International.

Bugie will lead the development of Antal International Networks' two franchise bu
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