... e-procurement of any kind, told me: “It all seems so easy. What I really want to know is where the pitfalls are for good e-procurement.” ... he said. But there is a growing concern in the US about what comes next. Purchasers understand they can’t run e-auctions every few ...

... that results are a survival issue to its practitioners. What motivates them is savings and getting a decent slice of them. Salespeople ... This may be appropriate for major service contracts, but what about the basic MRO categories that many of the buying agents have ...

... says many of its clients are SMEs who had little idea about what alterations to make to their businesses. These could be physical changes ... an extra 1m candidates looking for work. what a recruiter should do: • Conduct a review of all employment ...

... a wholly different environment: not a boom, but a bust. What’s more, they are making those decisions in the uncomfortable glare of a ... of Tarmac. “In recessions, chief executives want to know what their costs are and how they can reduce them. Their purchasing ...

... Irwin Mitchell, agreed that while it is currently unclear what the plans mean in practice for recruiters, they do seem to indicate that ... still attract skilled workers from overseas to the UK. “What is clear is that any new system will apply to both EU and non-EU nationals ...

... Michael Brewer, consultant, Cordoba Group “What will 2010 offer? The bad news is probably more of the same as in 2009. The ... the ‘quality candidate’, identifying where they are and what message to carry to them, to balance the noise about alternative sourcing ...

... business: we could see the situation from 10,000ft above of what was happening on the ground. We see this now in Carillion. ... fires any longer, there is a more considered view of what the needs really are, allowing quality and timing to come to the fore. ...

... a wholly different environment: not a boom, but a bust. What’s more, they are making those decisions in the uncomfortable glare of a ... of Tarmac. “In recessions, chief executives want to know what their costs are and how they can reduce them. Their purchasing ...

... is important at the beginning of the process to determine what competencies or attributes are required in the role. AI could help with ... An artificial recruiter could communicate with HR and ask what the new recruit should be able to do.  Soon, ‘machines’ will be ...

... looks at “whether we should remain in existence and if so, what we should do and if we should change”, GLA chair McKinlay explains to ... McKinlay adds, saying: “We are a bit frustrated by what happens when cases end up in court and we have commented on cases where ...