The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has indicated that the opportunity for recruiters to supply temporary and interim workers on a large scale ahead of 2012 London Olympics could be over.
Consultants with experience of the sector they are selling into have helped spur Recruitment Now, based in North-East England, to contract wins.
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the UK intelligence and security organisation, is reporting significantly increased traffic to its careers website following placement of virtual billboard ads in a number of computer games in a bid to attract top IT talent.
Kate Clemens, head of GCHQ
Mynextsalesjob.com boss Rani Kaur believes that there is an untapped talent pool available to recruitment firms if they are prepared to offer staff the flexibility of home working.
UK job boards are under constant attack from internet hackers and scammers putting recruiters and candidates at risk, according to the managing director of one of the US's biggest jobs boards.More than nine out of 10 recruitment agency bosses and managed service providers believe the government should implement an accreditation scheme for providers, according to a survey by umbrella company 3Sixty.
The survey found that 61% said they "strongly agreed" with the idea, while 30% "agreed".
Broadbean, which provides multiple job posting and applicant source tracking services, has announced an exclusive partnership with the online referral and reward recruiter, Zubka.
A channel has been set up so that any of Broadbean's clients can post vacancies through its AdCourier posting system to Zubka for free.
Recruitment-to-recruitment firm Aston Taylor is to introduce a new share option scheme for all its members of staff next month.