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Would the real David Brent...

A jobhunter on the OnRec.com forum pages found himself in a dilemma recently after a rec-to-rec company lined him up with a new job.

Alarm bells started to ring after he was handed the following poem written by one of the company's directors, which could have come straight from the pen of David Br

Do you want hires with that?

Recruitment giant Adecco has weighed into the debate regarding whether the term ’McJob’ is derogatory.

Keep it close to your chest...
T-shirt slogan seen on the train: 'Many positions to fill'. A perfect T-shirt for a recruiter, but alas for UK recruiters, this gem was picked up in a market — in India.

Opening time 22 August 2007

Search for JFL's new website
JFL Search & Selection has launched a new website, www.jflrecruit.com.

MRL expands in the Middle East
MRL Financial has expanded its operations in the Middle East by opening a second office in Doha, Qatar.

Faster than a runner Beanman
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
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
Have you heard the one about...?
REC chairman Gary Irvine co-chaired Recruiter's Forum last month. He is from Northern Ireland but doesn't quite have the same comic timing as his compatriot Frank Carson. By his own admission, he fluffed the punchline of a joke. As Carson might say, "It's the way I tell 'em."

Good-lookers need only apply

A Polish businessman has started a row after opening a nationwide chain of cafe-bars and promising to employ only sexy waitresses.

Henryk Jankowski, who plans to open a chain of 16 cafe-bars across Poland, says: "Ugly women need not bother applying to become waitresses in my cafes.

Big Brother's Lesley bows out

Unfortunately, our predictions regarding the staying power of our very own Ambassador of Recruitment have come true and ex-headhunter Lesley Brain has left da house (the Big Brother one, that is).

Inspiring interview techniques
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
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