I recently lost a client because they bought the recruiter package on LinkedIn and were conducting there own recruitment efforts moving forward, this made me think is social media a threat or a blessing in disguise.

Who agrees the recruitment industry should be more tightly regulated?

Many times i see recruiters floating CV's without the consent of their candidates, or floating unsolicited CV's to recruitment line managers who then claim the CV's as their own.

I recently send a CV to a my client with my terms and conditions, as agreed from project sign off, they then came back to me and said they already know the candidate and thus i wouldn't get a fee, i clearly knew this was…