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How undergraduates use recruitment sites
TMP Worldwide’s latest piece of graduate research, undertaken in conjunction with partners GTI, reveals some interesting insights into how undergraduates use recruitment sites, as well as identifying some of their principal likes and dislikes ... more or comment here
Personal service key, says Gradplus’s Cartwright
As a director of graduate careers site Gradplus, Helen Cartwright finds herself deeply involved in every aspect of the business ... more or comment here
Ri Fiver July: call for entries
The Ri Fiver year is half way through. Four agencies have claimed the famous trophies to date: Bernard Hodes Group (KPMG), Penna TCS (Orange), Stafford Long (Barclays Capital), and three for Tribal Resourcing (Ealing Foster Care, Haringey Council, and Wiltshire CC). ... more or comment here
Print still as popular as ever on campus, says GTI
Although we’re now well into the age of new media, it’s interesting to learn that on-campus demand for GTI Media’s TARGETjobs careers publications has never been greater ... more or comment here
Tender: Education Leeds
Education Leeds is seeking initial outline proposals in this market sounding exercise for the provision of a hard copy recruitment advertising service for Leeds schools. ... more or comment here
Undergraduates keen for work experience – on own terms
A new survey of 18,000 students from TARGETjobs reveals that undergraduates put off by the idea of unpaid internships are still keen to gain alternative forms of work experience ... more or comment here
Talent attraction research from SMRS
Last week, at a seminar in London’s Shoreditch, employer marketing agency SMRS launched new research covering some of the pressing issues of talent attraction to a wide range of HR professionals. ... more or comment here
New conference to focus on mobile and video
The recruitment industry’s first-ever conference dedicated to mobile and video has been announced by online recruitment marketing specialists Web-Based Recruitment, organisers of two successful recent events focusing on social media in recruitment ... more or comment here 1 comment
Enhanced platform for Brand Republic Jobs
Leading marketing, advertising, media and design job-board Brand Republic Jobs has moved to the latest version of Madgex’s specialist job-board software ... more or comment here
Jobmagic delivers ‘industry’s first social media-optimised job postings’
Jobmagic, described as “the largest social media recruiting platform”, has introduced the industry’s first social media-optimised (SMO) job postings ... more or comment here
UK companies failing to profit from investment in people
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests that US organisations are better than their UK and European counterparts at maximising the profits from their investment in people ... more or comment here
Employees still feeling impact of downturn
A survey of 2,000 employees by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development suggests that any continuing move out of recession has yet to make itself felt in the workplace ... more or comment here
Good year for Milkround
Milkround Online has announced excellent results for the financial year 2009-10, including more than 150,000 new candidate registrations and a 20% increase in visits to graduate recruitment site Milkround.com ... more or comment here
Lower costs, better quality: the promise of TMP’s direct sourcing model
TMP CEO Andrew Wilkinson talks to Ri5 about the changes the recruitment market is going through and the plans that TMP has for exploring the business opportunities it offers. ... more or comment here 3 comments
Genius appoints Thayer as non-exec
Genius Consultancy, the new Bristol-based recruitment communications business launched earlier this year, has appointed Betty Thayer – the former founder and CEO of exec-appointments.com – as a non-executive director ... more or comment here 2 comments
Over the moon, or sick as a parrot?
The Ri Fiver June result
Freelance writer Richard Marsden and Wave creative director Mike Tamlyn bring in their verdict: ... more or comment here
Driving in Small Circles
Ri5 made its long-awaited debut at the Small Circle on the evening of Wednesday 21st July ... more or comment here 1 comment
New chief executive for GMG
Guardian Media Group has appointed its chief financial officer, Andrew Miller, to replace former chief executive Carolyn McCall ... more or comment here
Totaljobs barometer
The findings of the latest Totaljobs barometer were revealed at a recent breakfast meeting in London’s Soho. Detailed statistical analysis of employer and candidate activity on the Totaljobs website (2.8m jobseekers per month, with around 90,000 live vacancies at any one time) revealed the usual mixture of encouraging and dispiriting news. ... more or comment here
Why UK employee engagement levels remain low
A new white paper from the Training Foundation has concluded that UK employee engagement remains critically low because employers are generally “barking up the wrong tree” ... more or comment here
2010/11 RGCC launches
This year’s Recruiters’ Guide to Courses & Campuses was launched by Work’s Simon Howard and Real World’s Darius Norell at the Design Centre on the afternoon of Wednesday 21st July ... more or comment here 1 comment
Digital shorts
Although not that much of note seems to have been occurring during these sultry dog days of summer, we have pleasure in offering our latest brief round-up of developments in the digital recruitment space ... more or comment here
Applications to HE up by nearly 12%
UCAS has reported an 11.6% rise in applications to UK undergraduate courses ... more or comment here
The importance of effective internal communications
Two recent initiatives – one from the CIPD and one from Penna – have highlighted the key importance of ensuring that employees remain well informed about what’s happening in their organisations even when times are tough ... more or comment here
Onrec 2010 conference update
Onrec’s sixth annual conference and exhibition is now just three months away – and there’s only a couple of weeks left to take advantage of the ‘early bird discount’ booking option ... more or comment here
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