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Capita Resourcing won the inaugural award for Best Embedded Recruiting Team at the event, thanks to its onsite team based at nuclear decommissioning plant Sellafield in North-West England.

Removing the phrase “must have so many years’ experience” in job descriptions is just one of the measures that helped housing association Guinness Northern Counties win the Best Diversity Recruitment Strategy at last week’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence.

Multi-sector recruiter Jark has agreed a £13m refinance deal with the recruitment finance division of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance.

Jark will says it will use the £13m for business expansion, adding that it chose Lloyds TSB because it can provide a flexible funding package that supports its strategic plans.

Innovate CV, the company behind the global interactive CV platform of the same name, is continuing its drive to make it easier for recruiters to verify a candidate’s suitability for a role with the official launch of its Career & Training Centre.

In what it claims is a first, global business and HR applications provider Kenexa is introducing a unified talent management platform, which includes functionality for the mobile environment.

Cost management and project management companies working in the construction industry have learned the lesson of previous recessions by continuing to invest in talent at junior levels.

Scotland’s investment industry trade body Scottish Investment Operations (SIO) is re-launching its ‘Introduction to Investment Operations’ course. 

The seven-day course takes place in two intakes in June and September in Edinburgh and Glasgow, giving delegates a broad understanding of the investment operations business to improve their job chances.

More than half (53%) of ex-military personnel are finding jobs in less than two months after leaving the forces, according to a poll from ex-military and defence consultancy Gemini Forces.

The poll also shows that 39% of respondents said that they had found jobs within the first week.

Totaljobs Group has featured strongly in the 2010 Best Workplaces rankings.

The company came in second in the best workplace for women rankings, and fourth for the best quality of life. Totaljobs Group was also ranked as one of the top 50 companies overall.

Multi-sector recruiter Bond Williams has appointed two recruitment consultants.

Lynsey Franklin and Katya Benedetto join the firm’s HR, office and commercial division.

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