Danny Done, managing director, Portfolio PayrollMonday
Kick the week off with an 8.30am meeting with my team leaders to review figures and set the week's agenda.
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Danny Done, managing director, Portfolio PayrollMonday
Kick the week off with an 8.30am meeting with my team leaders to review figures and set the week's agenda.
Japanese temp recruitment agency People Staff Co has hit on a novel way to solve the local skills shortage for front desk staff — the company is hiring out robot receptionists.Its MItsubishi Wakamaru robot, a mere snip at £500 a day or £12,000 for a whole year, can identify visitors, have simple con
Lucy Walker MD, Lucy Walker Recruitment
Principal consultant at Computer People
Tobias Reed, chief executive, EPCglobal
A US Air Force base set in the East Anglian countryside proved a honeypot for recruiters. Ben Jones went to see how such events work for ex-military personnel in the UK
In what must be one of the most popular recruitment drives of the century, a condom manufacturer is looking for people to test its range of products. Durex wants a panel of 5,000 people who are single, married or in couples to take part and "report their experiences" of using their condoms and lubricants. Applications close on 30 April.
Full rights for temps?
While I fully concur with the view that all agencies should be licensed to operate, as we were until 1993, I don't agree that all temporary workers should have the right to the same pay and conditions as permanent employees as a matter of course.
With claimant numbers down, surely recruiters are struggling for candidates? Vanessa Townsend finds the opposite is true
Sarah Besant is the recruitment industry's latest reality TV star.Sarah, a consultant with Gloucester-based rec-to-rec agency Ashley Associates, has been wowing the nation with her shockingly bad culinary skills on Kitchen Criminals, a BBC show dedicated to finding the nation's worst cooks.