Recruitment Focus

  • Jobs gap closes – skills gap widens - rates set to rise

    So the stunning news about UK unemployment provided an apt close to 2013.
  • Job market hots up

    As the year draws to a close it looks like it's going to a fabulous time for job seekers in 2014. A recent survey by the CIPD reveals that over a third of workers in the UK are not happy with their current job and want to move employer next year.
  • The call for telemarketing is not easy to answer

    Unemployment continues to fall in the UK - at 5.5 per cent the unemployment rate in the south east is nearly half of that in the north west and north east.
  • A better September for a change

    Five years have passed since the banking crash and this September is a whole lot more upbeat than its recent predecessors.
  • 10 years in telecoms recruitment and it’s back to people power!

    As I peer through the blur left by our anniversary party, it's time to reflect on how we started our business in 2003. Back then the telecoms sector was cautiously leading the way out of a burst dotcom bubble.
  • How to recruit in a candidate led market and the challenges ahead

    This year the employment news has been widely positive with government, surveys and business leaders all indicating a broad upswing in staffing plans from here on. If the June REC survey is correct, '60 per cent of companies are now looking to increase headcount'.
  • Government lays 'Each Way Bet'

    Vince Cable's new initiative to free employers to dismiss under-performing staff 'without fear of tribunal' was quite a sharp move I think, in part to redress the imbalances caused by October's implementation of the Agency Worker Regulations, writes Clive Jefferys, Managing Director of recruitment firm JMA Network.

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