Recruiters need to be more creative if they want to attract the top talent in the IT industry, according recruitment media buyer Barkers.
Matt Alder, head of digital at Barkers, told a recent Future of IT Recruitment event in London that recruiters and employers need to start listening and taking
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Recruiters face unlimited fines under new corporate manslaughter laws introduced last week.From 6 April businesses found guilty of neglecting health and safety which results in the death of staff or members of the public, face sanctions including unlimited fines.
Poor customer service is increasingly vying with harder legislative issues as an area of focus for the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
Claire Walker, the REC's head of professional standards, said the organisation's new emphasis on informal mediation work has led to more incidents of softer intervention.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) launched its marketing, media and communications sector group earlier this month to improve standards in the sector. 
Recruitment agencies working in the construction industry have come in for heavy criticism for overcharging and poaching candidates in a report by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE).
Western Australia is going through a mining boom, creating a desperate skills shortage for engineers, geologists, metallurgists, as well as teachers and healthcare professionals to support the influx of workers to the area, according to Rupert Merrick, manager of Opportunities Australia Expo.The Lon
A former Michael Page International consultant has lost his case for unfair and constructive dismissal at Reading Employment Tribunal.
Nigel Francis-McGann, a consultant in Michael Page’s Reading office, claimed he was unfairly dismissed in February 2006, after telling his managers he wanted to leave the company as he was not being given opportunities to progress his career.
Unite, the trade union that represents around 25,000 workers in the UK meat industry, has attacked Marks & Spencer for what it claims is its failure to deal with "essentially Dickensian practices" of agencies that supply staff to the company's contractors
Separating yourself from the also-rans and improving performance was one of the themes of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation's (REC's) IT & Comms Sector Group conference held in London at the end of February.
A recruitment law expert has warned recruiters to make it clear that they have specific guidance from their clients on the checking of non-EU temps and contractors' right to work in the UK or face the risk of a £10,000 on-the-spot fine.
Kevin Barrow, partner in the recruitment and resourcing group at law firm Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, told Recruiter that from a practical and lega
Kevin Barrow, partner in the recruitment and resourcing group at law firm Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons, told Recruiter that from a practical and lega