Charity Age Concern has vowed to fight on in their bid to outlaw the UK’s compulsory retirement age.
Gordon Lishman, director general of Age Concern, says that the charity will continue the fight to ensure that older British workers are judged on their skills and abilities rather than their age.
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A West Midlands gangmaster has been found to have been deceiving the GLA and exploiting workers following a GLA investigation.
Most CVs are not good enough to be taken forward any further, according to a study by career coaching company Personal Career Management.
The study found that 94% of CVs reviewed were not good enough to be carried forward to the next stage of the recruitment process.
The commercial sector is experiencing a glut of quality candidates, according to recruiters.
Leah Clifford, consultant at Top Type Recruitment, told Recruiter: “The quality of the candidates coming through has been better than it has ever been.
“We have never seen anything like it. It is an employer’s market. It is phenomenal in terms of the quality of talent.”
Technical recruiter Networkers International’s pre-tax profits for the year-ending 31 December 2008 increased by 20.3%, to £5.57m (2007: £4.63m).
Spencer Manuel, chief executive officer of Networkers International, says: “In 2007 we made a strategic decision to focus our efforts on improving and diversifying our sales mix and to continue to deliver solid international expansion.
Significant business experience in emerging markets may have been the tipping point for the appointment of Patrick De Maeseneire as Adecco’s new chief executive.
In a 2 April announcement, De Maeseneire was revealed as Dieter Scheiff’s successor at the recruitment giant. De Maeseneire, a Belgian
Recruitment giant Randstad has named multi-poster idibu as its multi-posting partner.
Idibu’s iTrack application, including full management reporting, will be part of the new service.
Pareto Law is the first Randstad company to sign-up to the deal, agreeing a 12-month subscription, while other Randstad recruiters within the group are currently trialling the system.
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International executive search firm CTPartners has launched CTPartners Board Consultants with the acquisition of Kenny Kindler Board Consultants.
Roger Kenny, former president of Kenny Kindler Board Consultants, joins as vice chairman and heads up CTPartners Board Consultants. Peter Kindler joins as partner and Glynn Kenny as director of the new CTPartners division.