Monday, January 12th, 2009 - economics, employer, employment, minimum wage

This evenings BBC Ten O’Clock News will show the result of a five month joint investigation with The Observer into the UK supply chain of high-street retailer Primark, and specifically their Manchester based suppliers TNS Knitwear (which supplies 20,000 garments per week to Primark), and their sub-contractor Fashion Waves. Following a 2007 Panorama investigation into Primark’s [...]

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Monday, December 22nd, 2008 - employer, recruiters

Professional CV Bob asks: I’ve been in staffing and recruitment for almost 19 years (both contingency search and corporate) and am puzzled at the logic behind sending your resume to the CEO of a company. Unless the company is relatively small (say less than 20 people) and the CEO is, in title only, the Chief Executive [...]

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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - credit crunch, economics, employer, employment

Which staff to cut? Ask a recruiter first The quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook survey was released this week, showing employment trends for Q3 2008 and predictions into Q1 of 2009. To say it doesn’t look good is an understatement, with hiring globally down at least 90%, with it set to slow further in the first [...]

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 - Job Advert, career management, employer, employment, job application, job hunting, job search, recruitment

Drugs in employment I read this story this morning with some horror. Not only does it show how the financial barriers to access drugs are becoming lower – 20p a hit is around the same price as a cigarette; plus the tragic loss of life. It also shows how “accepted and normal” the whole drug [...]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008 - candidate, employer, employment, job application, job hunting, job seeking, professionalism, recruiters, recruitment, tutorial

Recruitment Emrah asks: Do employers really think recruiters know better who is the best choice for them, or are they actually looking for someone to blame when choices go wrong? In Answer: Employers who use recruiters for every recruitment exercise are probably those you don’t want to work for – low wages, high turnover, poor [...]

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