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Strictly curious
Anyone convinced that recruitment and retention is all about the best man (or woman) for the job, would have been shocked by the departure of the athletic Gabby Logan from the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing in favour of the more co-ordinationally challenged Kate Garraway.
Back from abroad

Britain's manufacturing sector has shed tens of thousands of jobs as companies have moved the work abroad to low cost countries such as China, India and Eastern Europe. Colin Cottell investigates

Keeping the cream

Recruiters need to find out about what benefits push the retaining button to keep and attract performers to their business.

Calls at Christmas
As recruiters to contact centres gear up to take on next month's festive surge in demand, Colin Cottell finds out what to bear in mind to make sure you get right person for the job
Part-time wins out

Senior level professionals in the finance sector are tending to work for several companies rather than be full-time at one. Colin Cottell investigates

Depressing thought
The end of January saw the most depressing day of the year. Apparently our blue feelings at this time of the year are brought on by the bad weather, Christmas debt and broken resolutions. However, confusingly varying sources suggest the most depressing day took place every day between 21-24 January, and in the US it takes place on 15 April — which also happens to be the deadline to file US taxes.
Homework challenge

More employers are offering flexible working as a benefit, but will this concession prove to be a given in the future workplace? Julian May looks at what is happening in recruitment

Gary's in top gear
It's not often you go to work one morning and end up driving home in a brand new Porsche Cayman, but that's what Blue Arrow's Gary Saville did.

When Saville started as branch manager at Blue Arrow's Sheffield office, it was one of the lowest-performing Blue Arrow branches in the country.
Banking on the cab
With economic conditions the way they are worldwide, it seems that the US is turning its core values on its head.
Lee scrubs up fine
Having washed vast quantities of dirty laundry in public, just one of the fun tasks meted out to candidates on BBC's The Apprentice, former recruiter Lee McQueen is still in with a chance to become Sir Alan's latest trainee.

The next task was to offer tasty pub grub to the lucky drinkers of a H
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