... with fewer working hours to cover and a focus on allowing more time off (rather than, say, higher pay), agencies could find themselves ... in combination with a general tendency for employers to be more open to flexible working, employees may experience an increasing need for ...

... things are going well. Jobs are coming in, you’re making more placements than ever, and clients are happy. But while your agency’s ... Incentive and Motivation Week. “Employees are demanding more choice,” adds Coles-Porter, “and employers are trying to building a ...

... life is too short," she says. This statement reveals perhaps more about Rawding herself and her enormous career successes than it does about ... in that my opinions are biased," she says. "But I’m also more aware of all the issues surrounding a particular discussion, which means ...

... Market research shows that today’s shoppers buy products more on the image of the company and less on its specific attributes. Shareholders are also more discerning. In the US, the Dow Jones index of environmentally and socially ...

... be prepared to listen to suppliers, as they generally know more about what they supply than buyers do. However, bringing out ... procurement function, or refocusing an existing one to a more strategic understanding of supply markets. With the right organisation ...

... were reflected in the targets for 2005. Barclays employs more than 4,300 temporary staff with an annual spend of £200 million. Two ... dug deeper it found 490 people earning a total of more than £72 million, making an average salary above that of most of the ...

... US is the world's largest and most Tsuccessful economy. With more than 146m people in work, one beneficiary of the country's economic ... pleasantly surprised." "Everybody is a bit different, but more than anything they are high energy and people instinctive," says Hindman. ...

... tears. But like the bloodied film hero, McGeorge has had more than his share of knockdowns and setbacks. And just like Rocky he keeps on pulling himself up from the canvas and coming back for more. Today, after the recruitment business he set up in 2004 went ...

... if they haven’t yet been implemented. However, the more I thought about it, the more I realised that there are usually two extremes in contract development. ...

... business travel agencies, with buyers clearly eager to learn more about these exotic imports from the US. Business travellers are rapidly ... of travel. This means, he believes, that online agencies are more innovative commercially. An example of this is the block buying of hotel ...