While the recruitment industry is all about margins and metrics, recruiters could be well advised to sit back and think about how happy their client and colleagues are.
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Marketing, media and communications recruiter Xchangeteam has been acquired by the Pertemps Network.
Businesses must tighten procedures to prevent corruption among external business partners or see directors ending up in prison, warns accountancy firm Ernst & Young.
Australia’s Gold Coast will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, creating more than 30,000 jobs in the region, reports Queensland’s Sunday Mail.
Aspire Global Network (AGN) has announced strong growth for the half year ending 31 October 2011.
The group, comprising six specialist recruitment firms – pfj, The Graduate Recruitment Company, rpcushing, Persicope, ICUR and Aspire Global Network Asia, saw turnover rise 19% to £6.77m from £5.68m in the same period last year, while net profit was up by 15%.
Contractor services provider giant group has launched a benefits and rewards scheme for clients.
The scheme, giant advantage, which can be offered to temporary, freelance and contract workers, includes a healthcare plan, a pension scheme provided by Scottish Widows and a variety of online and high-street retail discounts and cash-back offers.
Government plans to speed up the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) registration process outlined yesterday have been welcomed by nursing recruitment agency Ambition 24hours.
In a speech yesterday on reforms to employment legislation, business secretary Vince Cable outlined measures that would deal with the bureaucracy associated with a CRB check.
Payroll services firm Pulse Umbrella Group has acquired Umbrella Staff, forming a company that will work with over 300 recruitment consultancies in the UK.
Umbrella Staff works primarily across the IT and healthcare market.
The Institute of Recruiters (IOR) has funding to last two years, according to its founder.
The Capita Group, UK provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, has extended its existing outsourcing arrangement with Zurich Financial Services Group.