Shares in Michael Page International have risen to yet another high, following the group's first-quarter trading update.
The financial recruitment specialist said first quarter gross profits were £105.4m, up 33.2% on the same period a year earlier.
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Peter Flannery, managing director of Select Education, was among the other speakers at the Forum.
He said it was important to understand the people working in your recruitment business and to weed out the "terrorists".
He said it was important to understand the people working in your recruitment business and to weed out the "terrorists".
Employers will have to think differently about where the next generation of leaders is coming from, according to one management guru.
Bruce Tulgan, founder of US-based research and training company rainmakerthinking.com, was addressing the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's 'Human Resources Developing' conference last month.
He said the rules of the workplace had b
Somerset-based Biznus Solutions Recruitment has launched a specialist IT division. The company has taken on consultant Ewen Alcorn to support the launch.
New French president Nicolas Sarkozy faces "quite a challenge" to revamp France's labour laws when he takes up his new post today (16 May), according to the head of a body which represents temporary agencies across Europe.
Denis Pennel, managing director of the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Eurociett) and a French national, told Recruiter that he felt condi
Denis Pennel, managing director of the European Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Eurociett) and a French national, told Recruiter that he felt condi
IT recruiter SThree has signed a six-month deal for Conkers.net to be its European job posting partner for the company.
SThree has already been using Conkers' services to post jobs on job-boards in the UK for the past three years, but now wants to extend its reach to the continent.
SThree has already been using Conkers' services to post jobs on job-boards in the UK for the past three years, but now wants to extend its reach to the continent.
Following the recent success of TMP Worldwide's US careers fair in the online universe, Second Life, similar events are planned for the UK and French markets.
Companies attending the US event, which took place on the recruitment communications agency's own Second Life island, included eBay, Hewlet
GRS Risk, the international risk search firm, has reported a 100% increase in demand for enterprise risk specialists by the fast moving consumer goods sector over the past year.
It says demand has been prompted by recent high-profile fraud and manufac- turing cases and the increasing regulatory burden for consumer brands.
Sam Duggan, senior consultant at GRS Group, told Recruiter
It says demand has been prompted by recent high-profile fraud and manufac- turing cases and the increasing regulatory burden for consumer brands.
Sam Duggan, senior consultant at GRS Group, told Recruiter
Michael Page International's share price rose 23.5p (4.5%), after it reported record second quarter gross profit of £121m, an increase of 38%. Page's results also boosted the rest of the industry, in particular SThree, whose shares rose 17p following the announcement.
A US job-board which recruits senior managers in the £50,000 a year salary bracket is to launch over here in the autumn.
The site, which is used by a number of Fortune 500 companies in the US, including TimeWarner and Microsoft, turned over $30m (£14.6m) last year.
TheLadders.co.uk is different to most job-boards in that the candidate pays a subscription to use it, as opposed to c