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Via ‏@BroadbeanInc on Twitter

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How to Attract the Emerging Workforce with Job Postings – Sincerely, a Millennial: http://hubs.ly/y0ftMw0

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Attracting candidates when a client’s image is tarnished

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos once said that your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room. When it comes to recruiting the best talent, agencies are well aware of the negative opinions candidates can express about clients’ brands during the search process. Bad publicity following a corporate PR disaster […]

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Agencies must prepare themselves for interest rate rise

By   /  October 30, 2014  /  RA Now Opinion  /  No Comments

Newspaper stories often focus on the impact any future interest rate rise might have on homeowners. Dramatic tales of families facing destitution, or worse, losing their home, thanks to a small rise in the base rate fill the personal finance pages. But something that attracts less coverage is how interest rates will impact businesses. Recruitment’s […]

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Holiday pay: a ticking time bomb?

By   /  October 30, 2014  /  Industry Insider  /  No Comments

Stephen Levinson looks at how reforms could end up costing businesses millions. This Friday judgment is expected in two trade union cases brought by Unite and GMB aimed at changing UK law on how to calculate holiday pay. At present most employers use basic pay often ignoring overtime, commission and bonus payments. As a generalisation […]

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Interest rate rise ‘could force recruitment agencies to close’

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A rise in interest rates could lead to some smaller recruitment agencies going out of business, the chairman of temporary recruitment industry alliance, tempo has warned. Keith Faulkner has predicted an interest rate rise will take place in the second half of 2015, despite Andrew Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, commenting in […]

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Research launched to assess economic value of umbrella sector

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The Freelancer & Contractor Services Association (FCSA) has launched a research programme to establish the size and value of the professional umbrella employment sector, and the number of flexible workers employed through it. FCSA chief executive Julia Kermode said: “We know from our various lobbying activities that government and policymakers do not fully appreciate the […]

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Jobcentres install new digital technology

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High-tech equipment is being installed at Jobcentres across the country in an effort to make it easier for people to find work. The new technology, which includes specially-designed computers that bring all Jobcentre Plus services into one device, will be provided at more than 700 sites. Around 23,000 electronic signing pads will also become a […]

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Construction firms ‘struggling to hire skilled labour’

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The shortage of skills currently experienced across many sectors is being strongly felt in construction, with firms finding it difficult to recruit suitable workers, a survey by Maple Resourcing suggests. According to the recruitment company’s study, the number of construction vacancies advertised outstrips most other industries, and finding candidates to fill these positions is a […]

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By   /  October 23, 2014  /  Your Voice  /  No Comments

Have you hired a recruitment agency? 9 ESSENTIALS for a great recruiting experience: http://buff.ly/1nkmGmM by @CJsearch4TO

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Candidates won’t commute – but who needs to change?

By   /  October 23, 2014  /  RA Now Opinion  /  No Comments

In a world where workers are constantly connected to their office via email, smart phones and social media, it seems strange that the idea of a commute could put someone off a job. But according to digital marketing recruitment agency The Candidate, half of jobseekers would not consider applying for a job that involves a […]

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