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While we're sure there are many recruiters out there who have the requisite level of fitness needed to run a marathon, recruitment technology firm Broadbean has gone one better and is sending its mascot to run the race this year.

Beanman will be one of thousands taking part in the 26-mile race on 22

Child's play for Pareto boss _2

It was sweet success for Jonathan Fitchew, of graduate training and placement firm Pareto Law, on CBBC's Beat the Boss, with former Apprentice contestant Saira Khan.

On the programme, Cheshire-based Fitchew was one of three business executives in a team that designed Rapfreeze — an ice

Inspiring interview techniques _2

Pascale Vernetti, who describes himself as an "independent assessor on large recruitment campaigns", has clearly had enough.

Vernetti emailed the Recruiter newsdesk to share his grief at the behaviour of some of his candidates — and some of his examples are amazing.

These include one candidate who kept his anorak and rucksack on throughout the entire interview, and the cabin c

Fishing for the right equipment _2

Job board giant fish4jobs is renowned for the technology used on its website and earlier this month it invited representatives from advertising agencies to reveal its new advancements.

The technology on show was literally astounding.

How to get a brand and get ahead _2

In an increasingly competitive industry, how easy is it to differentiate your recruitment company from all the others?

To gain enlightenment, buy my book _2

Guidance on all things 'human resources' comes from many different sources, it seems.

Hence the diverse range of speakers at last month's Human Resources Development conference run by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

However, one speaker stood out at the conference more than most… a certain Ajahn Brahmavamso, a Buddhist monk, who dispensed wisdom on 'Workplace Ha

Getting hung up on the gobbledygook _2

At the Recruiter Annual Forum last week, we were most relieved to hear Rosaleen Blair of Alexander Mann Solutions tell the audience that as recruiters "we should be careful not to get hung up on terminology", having begun her talk explaining that her company was involved with recruitment process outsourcing.

In the panel discussion and audience questions following her excellent prese

De Poel's managers keep on trucking _2

Recruiter's cover boy John Simmonds, managing director of de Poel Consulting, let it slip that his account managers all have toy lorries bearing the liveries of their clients on their desks. Chairman Matthew Sanders even goes on eBay to snap up lorries of new clients.

These boots were made for trampling _2

A Jobcentre in Norwich has gained national news coverage for carrying an advert for a dominatrix in a kinky torture dungeon. The successful candidate, it said, can earn £100 a day "for wearing leather and stomping on S&M fetishists who enjoy being trodden on".

Cashing in on the political climate_2

With the power-sharing agreement in Northern Ireland underway and apparently running smoothly, business is being attracted back in a big way. And it seems that now is a very good time to be in recruitment in the province, as Ben Jones found out