Good Recruitment Campaign launches

Engineering and technology will be the first sectors targeted to sign on to the Good Recruitment Campaign, which was launched last week by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

Bloomberg database tests for aptitude for City employers

The aptitude test, called the Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT), was devised by Bloomberg through the Bloomberg Institute, which was established in 2010, and headed up by New York-based Rob Langrick.

Spencer Group appoints CDI AndersElite to manage recruitment

Spencer Group, a UK specialist engineering businesses, has appointed CDI AndersElite to manage all the company’s permanent and contract recruitment through a managed staffing programme (MSP).

RPO firms fail to provide transforming solutions

Employers in sectors pressurised by factors such as low pay, high attrition, skills shortages and too few quality candidates say they could use an injection of innovation into their recruitment practices.

Echo helps RAF recruits fly high

With public sector cutbacks a top priority, Echo Managed Services helped RAF Careers find the right recruits — just in time

Can executive search firms help propel women into the boardroom?

Last month Kevin Green, chief executive officer of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), declared that executive search firms should publish the percentage of positions filled by women, as well as female placements by salary band, on their websites and in their annual reports.

Shane Lynch

Colin Cottell spoke with the HR director of Islington Council