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What is the fascination with recruitment consultants and water? In the last issue of Recruiter we covered Spring's effort in the Great River Race for its chosen charidee.

The end of taper relief for capital gains tax on the sale of businesses announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in October is already having a significant effect on recruiters selling their businesses.

Increasingly unstable financial markets and potential competition with a burgeoning economy in Asia mean recruiters need to look for proactive candidates to compete in the marketplace.

With globalisation becoming more important in the UK, the race for talent highlights that increasing numbers of empl

The increase in employment law over the past few years has meant that now smaller companies see the need for HR staff.

The mini-rally in recruitment stocks in March seems to be behind us after Michael Page's first-quarter update spooked investors. Page reported strong growth in most areas with the exception of banking.

Charities cite notorious examples of spoof profiles on social networking sites as they seek to stop recruiters using data from such sites to vet candidates.
Returning to our — apparently — never ending tales of amusing deeds carried out by candidates in interviews, job board CareerBuilder has issued a Top 10 of unusual interview 'techniques' in the UK. The following is in no particular order of outrageous merit.

We always kick off the week with a team meeting that addresses new business, existing assignments and any issues that the team is facing.

A German employer is being taken to an employment tribunal for firing three non-smokers and replacing them with smokers who "fitted in better".

Thomas Jensen, head of a telesales company in Büsum in northern Germany, is unrepentant. "Smokers have always been our best employees.
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