Job ad: Desperately seeking factory manager – and wife for my son

A job ad placed by the owner of a rubber factory in China for the dual role of manager and wife for the factory owner’s son has received several applications.

Recruitment paradise from the dashboard light

Dashboards are helping recruiters make the shift to data-driven decision-making and increase their productivity. They also bring more transparency to key performance indicators (KPIs) and processes and, in some cases, help agencies to share good practice internally. Three firms, which have integrated dashboards into their daily lives, tell Sue Weekes how they are maximising their benefits

Geared to success

Colin Cottell spoke with Gethin Roberts, managing director of driver recruitment agency Drivers Direct Recruitment, about his passion for the road

FINANCIALS: RK Group bolsters Kellan Group’s results

Multi-sector recruitment organisation Kellan Group has returned to profit with group revenue up 8.3% but has seen a mixed performance across its business lines, according to results for the year ended 31 December 2015.

Ciett: Global recruitment industry sees 8.6% annual growth

The global employment and recruitment industry saw annual growth of 8.6% with sales revenues of €450bn (£348.5bn) in the last year, according to the international confederation of private employment services (Ciett’s) 2016 economic report.

Bullhorn releases VMS Slingshot

Cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) solutions provider Bullhorn has released VMS Slingshot, a new version of its VMS Access product that integrates Bullhorn’s recruitment CRM with more than 60 vendor management systems.

Recruitment goes mobile on Channel 4

The world of recruitment is to take centre stage once again in the form of a new TV show to be screened on Channel 4.