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RBI reveals strong traffic growth at Spring Update
May 13, 2012At their recent quarterly ‘Spring Update’ event for recruitment ad agency personnel, held at The Brewery, London on the evening of Thursday 3rd May, RBI Recruitment Media unveiled the latest traffic and application figures for their ten industry-specific jobsites, reflecting an impressive start to 2012 ... more or comment here
Peter Cheese is new CIPD chief executive
May 16, 2012The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has announced the appointment of Peter Cheese as its new chief executive. ... more or comment here 29 comments
RBAs open for entries
May 15, 2012The tenth Recruitment Business Awards are now open for entry. They’re open to any UK organisations based outside the M25 that produce recruitment advertising (plus those inside who’ve produced work that qualifies for clients based outside!) ... more or comment here
Agency Bites #7
May 15, 2012Just a few gems from the agency world this month, with lots of items, including awards reports, covered elsewhere on Ri5. Lots of rumours flying around, of course. Ri5 aims as always to be first with the real news. ... more or comment here
Tender: Metro (West Yorkshire)
May 16, 20125-year contract for advertising and marketing services, with an estimated total value of £500K (excluding vat). ... more or comment here
Encouraging talent to move – and stick
May 15, 2012The morning of Monday 14th May saw the first of TMP Worldwide’s ‘Can’t Move, Won’t Move’ seminars take place at the agency’s 265TCR headquarters, with presentations from chief executive Andrew Wilkinson, business director Breda Power and Ghost Partnership director Alan Crozier ... more or comment here
Special Ri5 discount for Onrec’s ‘Gravity’ conference
May 15, 2012Ri5 has arranged a special discount for users intending to attend Onrec’s Gravity Recruiting Conference next month ... more or comment here
LinkedIn’s potential interest in Monster denied
May 14, 2012Late last week, Reuters named LinkedIn as one of several potentially interested bidders for Monster, prompting shares in the latter to soar by almost 22%. But a source close to LinkedIn has reportedly denied that the world’s largest professional network has any interest in pursuing an acquisition ... more or comment here
TMP nominated for NMA awards
May 14, 2012TMP Worldwide have gained nominations in two categories at the 2012 New Media Age awards, putting them into direct competition with entries from the world of consumer marketing ... more or comment here
Jobs: short-term outlook more positive
May 14, 2012For the first time in a year, the immediate outlook for jobs has turned positive – largely as a result of lower redundancy intentions, according to the CIPD’s latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook – although employers remain cautious about the medium term ... more or comment here
Recruitment Society – forthcoming events
May 14, 2012News of the latest Midlands region event – focusing on apprenticeships – plus early notification of the Society’s summer reception in London ... more or comment here
Stress drives jump in long-term sickness absence
May 15, 2012Long-term sickness absence caused by stress has jumped over the past year as workers increasingly fear for their jobs amid the uncertain outlook, new figures show. ... more or comment here
Sharp fall in advertised vacancies
May 13, 2012The number of vacancies advertised in the first quarter of 2012 fell by 27%, according to the latest Evenbase (previously Jobsite) quarterly recruitment review ... more or comment here
TARGETjobs sharpens focus on top thirty universities
May 13, 2012Two separate research reports suggest that TARGETjobs is the fastest-growing graduate job-board in terms of its use by and popularity among students at the UK’s top thirty universities ... more or comment here
International ambitions prompt interest in overseas studies
May 13, 2012According to a recent survey of school-leavers and undergraduates by Graduate Prospects, the idea of studying abroad is becoming increasingly popular, with a quarter of respondents keen to build an international career ... more or comment here
Positive start for new entrant to graduate market
May 13, 2012Launched earlier this year by the Jobs4 Network, new graduate and student recruitment site Grads.co.uk reports an encouraging take-up from employers plus positive feedback from its target audience ... more or comment here
Online: April sees UK dip and European rise
May 9, 2012The latest statistics from Monster’s UK and European employment indices point to a fall in UK job-posting activity in April, but a third successive monthly increase in Europe ... more or comment here
Digital shorts
May 6, 2012Our latest round-up of recent developments on the digital recruitment front covers everything from key market data to toilet humour ... more or comment here
Recruiter Awards – all the results
May 6, 2012A packed Grosvenor house was the glitzy setting for the 2012 Recruiter Awards for Excellence – the first to be held since the Recruiter brand returned to the Redactive fold ... more or comment here
Early recognition for new start-up
May 6, 2012Bath-based start-up Mystery Applicant, which markets an online tool designed to measure candidate experience, is the only European business to have been nominated as a finalist (one of just six) for the ERE Recruiting Innovation Summit start-up competition in San Francisco next month. ... more or comment here
Which way will the recruitment industry develop?
May 9, 2012It’s a big question, and one that Gareth Jones – chief inmate at BrubakerHR – will be seeking to answer at the next meeting of the Online Recruitment Marketing Council on Wednesday 30th May ... more or comment here
SBW opens in Wales
May 9, 2012Bristol-based ad agency SBW has opened a new office in Cardiff. It will be headed up by Sam Teague, a familiar face in recruitment advertising circles ... more or comment here 1 comment
Charity news
May 9, 2012Two characters in our sector. Three very good causes. All they need is your backing. ... more or comment here
Tender: The City University (marketing services)
May 4, 2012The City University (known as City University London) seeks expressions of interest for the provision of marketing and design services (typically, for small campaigns and literature) by a roster of firms for all business areas of the University. ... more or comment here
TMG relaunches Telegraph Jobs
May 1, 2012Telegraph Media Group has relaunched its Telegraph Jobs website. The changes are designed to continue its growth as a leading site and to allow for greater access from mobiles and tablets ... more or comment here
Double success for TMP and Penna at PPMA awards
Apr 29, 2012At the PPMA Recruitment Awards, held at the Paragon Hotel in Birmingham on the evening of Thursday 26th April, TMP Worldwide and Penna each took two of the five awards to be presented ... more or comment here
The logic of turning business away
May 1, 2012A year on from winning agency of the year at the CIPD Recruitment Marketing Awards, Wave director David Jenkins reveals a change of heart over new business strategy ... more or comment here 2 comments
Redesign and upgrade for CWJobs
May 1, 2012On Tuesday 1st May, specialist IT recruitment site CWJobs launched its redesigned brand and website with improved functionality including search and navigation plus distinct community areas for job-seekers and recruiters ... more or comment here
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