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Charity begins with the wedding
When it came to celebrating the 29 April nuptials of Hill McGlynn international director Peter Marston, the wedding gift register at John Lewis probably was not the best place to start hunting for the perfect present.

Peter and his lovely fiancée, now wife, Karen wanted something extra special.
Fishing for the right equipment
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 do i make 25 staff redundant?
We have been told by our head office to cut costs by £1 million by the end of the month, and that we have to do this by letting staff go. This means losing 25 members of staff! What do we do?
How to get a brand and get ahead
In an increasingly competitive industry, how easy is it to differentiate your recruitment company from all the others?
Q&A: Can you make e-auctions work?
If e-auctions work for the supply of goods, then why not the supply of temporary labour?
To gain enlightenment, buy my book
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
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
Quick guide to setting up an agency
A reader's letter in the Daily Mirror this month asked the Biz columnist: "I would like to set up an employment agency in the area where I live. Can you give me any advice on how to do this?"

Biz, trying to be helpful, asks: "Have you any experience of running an agency or at least working in one?" He continues: "It's not the sort of business you can just set up out of the blue.
De Poel's managers keep on trucking
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
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".
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