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Topic: Spending cuts in north-west to affect those looking to set up a recruitment agency?: to set up a recruitment agency. According to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the government's plans to reduce spending by cutting the number of public sector workers in the region will hit the north-west particularly hard as it has more of those types of employees than most other UK regions. The research from the TUC suggests that the cuts could cost the north-west 95,000 jobs and that it could take a quarter of a century for the area to recover. Bredan Barber, TUC secretary, said: "There is real concern that the government's programme of deep spending cuts while our economy is still fragile will spark spiralling unemployment in both the public and private sectors." Meanwhile, the FT.com recently noted that caps on the number of immigrant workers allowed to work in UK companies may mean some businesses suffer because they cannot obtain staff with the right skills.…; Added by Stewart Roberts to Total Back Office Solutions Limited at 3:58am on September 23, 2010

Topic: Recruitment agency formation advice: CBI in move to shake up UK jobs market: n advice Those searching for recruitment agency formation advice will be glad to hear that a package of measures aimed at ensuring Britain's labour market is best placed to sustain businesses and jobs during the recovery has been launched. Encouraging more flexible working, blocking regulations that will result in job losses and changing industrial relations legislation are among the measures unveiled by the Confederation for British Industry (CBI). People looking into how to set up a recruitment company could benefit from the issues being raised as the CBI is among other things, highlighting the importance of the UK's flexible labour market. "As we enter a period of fragile recovery, we need to do everything we can to create a jobs market that works for Britain, and to ensure Britain is the place to work," commented John Cridland, CBI deputy director-general. "To position the UK for growth, any new employment legislation must pass a simple test of whether it will encourage job creation." Chancellor George Osborne is set to present his first Budget, which could have a significant impact on busineses.…; Added by Stewart Roberts to Total Back Office Solutions Limited at 7:24am on June 21, 2010

Comment on: Blog Post 'What The Economic Future Holds': doubts or news on Europe's worsening state, first Greece, now recent downgrade of Spain and Italy to send stocks plunging. Even yesterday with a jobs report that crushed expectations, the headlines still spun it negatively by focusing on the overall unemployment figure and stocks went the wrong way. Steve Jobs was an inspiration and a visionary. His commencement speech to Stanford University was amazing. I agree that entrepreneurship and small business are key to a healthy economy. Every recession brings forth new entrepreneurs and small businesses as people find ways to shift gears and turn their passion and energy into exciting and successful new ventures. …; Added by pam claughton at 11:01am on October 8, 2011

Blog Post: Ireland budgets for bailout exit but teacher numbers set to rise in 2014

The debate over teacher numbers in our schools and the knock-on effect that has on class sizes will always be a sensitive subject; with many parents feeling there…

Added by Matt Crist at 5:26am on October 24, 2013

Comment on: Blog Post 'No Respect for the Candidates! Who is with me?': ager to call you back on a candidate (budget concerns, bureaucracy, etc.), so I had to develope a respectful and courtious way of conveying to the candidate "Don't call me-- I'll call you." or I'd be inundated with calls on a daily basis, all asking "Have you heard from the client??!! Have you heard from the client???!!" I always preface each interview with a candidate that there's no guarentees and we might not hear from the client at all-- and if a job is offered to you in the interim-- take it, by all means. I think being absolutely honest upfront saves headaches down the line (for the candidate and recruiter) if the candidate wasn't chosen. And that's my biggest problem with candidates looking for work. They need to develope a thicker skin when it comes to not being chosen either for the position, or even for an interview. "There's always someone better than you" is a phrase I use consistantly to convey the fragile nature of a hiring managers decision to go with someone else-- even though you're just as qualified-- or even MORE qualified. Also-- I've had some pretty unpleaseant phone calls with candidates that if their not chosen-- they do nothing but berate the client "Your client must be morons to not choose me!!!" or they want you to follow-up with the client to find out specifically WHY this "uber-talented, sent-from-heaven" candidate wasn't chosen-- which is impossible in most cases. Today-- no position is a slam dunk-- and you don't have the job until there's a measurable temperature on the seat at the company ITSELF-- not in your mind.…; Added by Mat von Kroeker at 4:35pm on August 21, 2009

Blog Post: Posting by Jerimiah Owyang on his personal blog on staying organized: Jerimiah Owyang, Sr. Anyalyst at Forester Research: Social Computing writes about staying organized in his blog. The link and article follow but you'll need to visit his site to see the many ideas on…; Added by Bill Vick at 8:54am on May 22, 2008

Blog Post: How a rise in interest rates will affect contract workers: Last week Andrew Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England, commented in a speech that ‘interest rates should remain low to avoid…; Added by Emma Allison at 11:23am on October 22, 2014

Comment on: Blog Post '"It's a recruiter's JOB to deal with candidates and put up with shit"....Really…': iters to lash out at the vast majority of candidates who are very appreciative of our work. But, as far as 'mere facts' go, it is definitely a bummer. I read that article, too, and my first thought about the author was "So you think you are talented enough to merit my attention? Don't you know that co-dependence is a mental illness that is your own fault?" Still, that article was interesting, since it reflects a viewpoint of some candidates. Yet, factually, it's the candidates' responsibility to be aware of his/her own existential freedom, and an agent of his/her own future. The whole point of identifying the psychological pathology of Co-dependence itself was to remove blame or stigma from the 'other' party in the relationship. Co-dependence is a fault only of ourselves. We cannot blame anyone else for that -- that is the whole point of inventing a name for a 'condition' which is less than optimal. However, realistically, I don't think that Recruiters tend to be co-dependent with candidates, if they have learned the fundamentals of the business. I'm never professionally dependent on a candidate, because I can almost always find another to replace them. On the other hand, the odds are stacked heavily against a candidate being able to find another Recruiter who also happens to have a great career opportunity for them (probably by a factor of about 8 to 1, according to some statistics I have read). There is very little doubt that anyone who has the mentality that a recruiter 'stands between' a candidate and his/her profession is a fragile individual who is probably a failure. Recruiters wouldn't even exist if they didn't provide a legitimate and very valuable service. Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" has an excellent retort to this malaise of blaming others: "There's Man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet." That should be the Dictionary definition of "Co-dependence". …; Added by Nicholas Meyler at 12:55am on June 13, 2014

Blog Post: What The Economic Future Holds: It is anyone's guess. In the wake of the week I heard many negative diatribes from Monday Morning Quarterbacks who think the US is going to hell in a handbasket. Among these important and tell…; Added by Mike Rasmussen at 3:03am on October 7, 2011

Blog Post: Reasons to hire relocation companies for household shifting in Bangalore: This may be a general suggestion that one would come across when preparing to move. But don’t make a great mistake by taking up this advice. It takes much time to move from one area to…; Added by Mukesh Panda at 1:28am on May 12, 2020