Any incoming government needs to do more to develop engineering talent to meet a talent shortfall in the UK’s ... Spencer-Percival told Recruiter : “We need to create more engineers in this country by investing in schools and universities to make ...

Recruiters must move up the value chain by becoming more consultants than sales people or risk disappearing, delegates at today’s ... without external help. And he urged recruiters to be more proactive in demonstrating the added value they could bring to clients. ...

... senior executives. “With senior level hires you need a more flexible and responsive approach,” said Towner. “This has to fit in ... Towner said that there were also indications of “a more rigorous approach” being used in assessing candidates for senior roles. ...

The government needs to do more to encourage consumer spending to keep the transport & logistics sector ... Some are worried about how they can resource their business more efficiently. And of course there is still doubt about the strength and reliability of the recovery.” For more from Wayne Clarkson, see Recruiter ’s transport & logistics sector ...

... up to the fact that people really are the No. 1 asset.” More organisations are becoming more rigorous in examining who they hire and how they hire, with both external ...

The government needs to do more to promote science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects to ... studying STEM subjects at A level and we hope this will see more people studying engineering at university.” For more from Richard Hamer, see Recruiter ’s engineering sector focus, out ...

... years at the rate of 1% per year, is designed to make the UK more “competitive” with other countries in this area of taxation, Osborne ... tax and small business tax will certainly make Britain a more attractive place to do business. This will bring new jobs to our economy. ...

... greater collaboration – making public bodies smarter and more efficient, not just cheaper. Jerry Collier, director, Alexander Mann ... these cuts and encourage organisations to develop a smarter, more collaborative way of working. “By encouraging shared service ...

... power top billers have in deciding where they want to work. More recruitment firms are now saying yes to good candidates, even if the firms were not actively looking for new staff. This trend is more prevalent among small boutique recruiters, who have survived the recession ...

... from their traditional transactional role to one that was more strategic. As councils increasingly commissioned more of the services currently being provided by their own staff to third ...