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TheLadders:
climbing fast

Several job boards have been competing for attention on television this new year. One of the more distinctive messages comes from TheLadders: £50K plus jobs, for £50K plus people. Ri5 determined to find out more about, and headed for the company’s UK head office near London Bridge to meet managing director Derek Pilcher (see photo). ... more or comment here

Graduate employment survey sees employer participation double

Over 200 employers are taking part in Real Prospects 2010 – double last year’s figure – making it the biggest piece of research into the UK’s graduate employment market ... more or comment here

Forthcoming events

News of forthcoming recruitment industry events from the Online Recruitment Marketing Council and the Recruitment Society, plus details of Onrec’s next trade conference ... more or comment here

CV-Library makes awards shortlist

Leading job-board CV-Library has been shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Onrec awards ... more or comment here

National Placement & Internship Awards 2010 – all the winners

The first ever National Placement & Internship Awards ceremony, launched by undergraduate recruitment website RateMyPlacement, was held at Oxford Brookes University on Thursday 21st January. We list the winning employers, universities and student ... more or comment here

Ri High Fiver goes to Hodes for Herts Constabulary (again)

The Ri High Fiver award for 2009 – the annual pick of all the monthly Ri Fiver winners – has gone to Bernard Hodes, for their work for Herts Constabulary, for the second year in succession ... more or comment here 5 comments

LawtonWare becomes Five by Five People

As from Monday 1st February, Southampton-based recruitment marketing agency LawtonWare is rebranding and repositioning itself as Five by Five People, with a notably stronger focus on the whole field of engagement ... more or comment here 3 comments

Monster to acquire HotJobs from Yahoo!

Monster Worldwide has announced that it is to acquire HotJobs from Yahoo! in a $225m all-cash deal ... more or comment here

Evening Standard boosts readership

Newly-released NRS figures for the London Evening Standard reveal an above-expectation increase in readership ... more or comment here 2 comments

Redfern’s mission for UCAS Media

Last autumn, Jo Redfern left her Kensington-based role as classified ad director at the Independent to join UCAS Media as general manager in the even more salubrious environs of Cheltenham, Glos. Ri5 caught up with her in London recently to find out how things were progressing ... more or comment here 2 comments

The month in HE

Our latest round-up of goings-on in and around the graduate marketplace ... more or comment here

Graduates’ international salary expectations

A Universum survey of career expectations has highlighted the wide variations between what students from sixteen different countries expect to earn in their first job ... more or comment here

The year ahead in online

An enthusiastic audience some 50% up on last year’s previous record attendance gathered at the Royal Geographical Society’s Kensington Gore headquarters on Thursday 28th January for Enhance Media’s annual look into the future of online recruitment ... more or comment here

Survey reaffirms power of local media

A survey commissioned by the Newspaper Society has concluded that local media (newspapers and their websites) are the most popular destination for job-seekers looking for public or private-sector recruitment ads ... more or comment here

Jenny Floyd RIP

1st February, 2010 We report with sadness that Jenny Floyd lost her long battle with cancer early yesterday morning. ... more or comment here 9 comments

RADs: top prize goes to Publicis & Skive

At the twentieth RAD Awards ceremony, held with its usual distinction at London’s Grosvenor House on the evening of Thursday 28th January, Publicis and Skive picked up the ‘best work of the year’ award for their ‘Start Thinking Soldier’ campaign ... more or comment here 9 comments

Profile: Julian Constance

Isn't he the chap in Gavin and Stacey? No, he's the chap running Wave's new London office in Oxford Street. For those who didn't meet Julian when he was at aia, here is the low down. ... more or comment here 9 comments

Tender: The University of Stirling

The University of Stirling is seeking a suitably experienced multi-service design and creative services agency for its student recruitment and marketing materials. ... more or comment here

The importance of engagement

On the very day that the UK economy officially started to inch its way out of recession, a dedicated CIPD conference highlighted the key contribution that employee engagement can make to sustainable business performance going forward ... more or comment here

Tesco’s take on talent

The first Recruitment Society event of 2010 saw Tesco’s retailing services HRD Therese Procter give an insight into talent management and its contribution to the ‘reinvention’ of certain retail sectors ... more or comment here

Free training and development for job seekers:
18th February, 2010

For those people in recruitment marketing who aren’t working at the moment but who are keen to keep their skills up-to-date, help is at hand. RECaid, the recruitment advertising charity, is organising a series of free training and development sessions designed to support job-seekers in the industry. ... more or comment here 3 comments

Times Recruitment Solutions ready for the upturn

With a variety of high-profile initiatives lined up for the next couple of months and further new developments in the pipeline, Times Recruitment Solutions are clearly committed to meeting the fast-developing needs of recruiters as the employment market begins to emerge from recession. Ri5 recently caught up with business development manager Brendan Jones to find out more ... more or comment here 9 comments