The Agency Worker’s Bill is being voted on this Friday (22nd Feb 2008) in Parliament and it seems to be raising a bit of a stir in the recruitment world (both online and off-line). I don’t claim to be an expert in employment law or employee rights (technology is my speciality), but it seems fairly obvious there is an issue up for debate here. The trade unions seem to be pushing hard for the bill…

The latest born podcast is out, jam packed with the week's online recruitment news. This week's show includes fraudulent CV alert, VisualCV launches and Duncan Bannatyne joins us for the launch of BeMyInterviewer (well, sort of). All this news, and more, this week on…

Associated Northcliffe Digital, the consumer digital division of DMGT has acquired UK niche job board Oilcareers.com. The specialist site, which services the oil and gas sectors, will become part of continue reading ...

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Exciting recruitment news just out: Jobsite buys Oilcareers.com, plus our review of TheITJobBaord.co.uk and Monster has a new director.

All this news, and more, on this week's born podcast.

Recruitment advertising in the UK crept up in January, according to the born Job Advertising Index, but only just. The index experienced only a one point rise, up to 90 points from 89 points in December. Surprised? I was.

I’d expected to see a far more significant…

The latest born podcast is out now. Digital recruiting news this week: TMP releases an employer branding whitepaper, we interview Tim Elkington (Enhance Media) and Monster’s US index takes a tumble.

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As we announced earlier this week, the results of the National Online Recruitment Audience Survey 2008 have just been released. We took the opportunity to speak to Tim Elkington, Managing Director of Enhance Media - the company behind NORAS, about this year’s survey.…

Online recruitment news on this week's show: LinkedIn arrive in London, NotchUp launch a pay-per-interview model and eFinancialCareers has the Answers.

All this news, and more, this week on born...…

The National Online Recruitment Audience Survey (NORAS) 2008 figures are out.

The job aggregator or vertical search engine is now an accepted part of the online recruitment industry. Companies like Indeed, WorkHound and AllTheTopBananas have impressive offerings and appear to be gaining traction as…

The latest online recruitment news podcast is out. This week we report on Trinity Mirror's 1.9 million pound acquisition of TheCareerEngineer, Reed's record breaking start to the new year and our summary of new site launches.

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Prompted by Trinity Mirror’s 1.9 million pound acquisition of The Career Engineer, I thought it would be interesting to do some calculations on the ‘cost of buying a job seeker audience’.

The following table shows…

The latest born internet recruiting podcast is out. We've quite a show for you this week, including a fantastic interview with Jonathan Turpin of Emap Radio and news of two job board revamps.

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Earlier this week, Emap Radio, the UK’s second largest commercial radio operator announced the launched of Key103Jobs, the country’s first recruitment service to offer an integrated radio and online advertising solution.

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The intricate manner in which online advertising constantly evolves, not just from a technology perspective but a business perspective, never fails to impress me. At the moment geographic concerns seem to be important... <more>…

The first born podcast of 2008 is out now, fun packed with a selection of digital recruiting news not to be missed.

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The latest batch of online recruitment news may leave you wondering just how 2008 is going to play out.

On the one hand scepticism over the employment market, particularly in the US, is taking its toll. Monster's share price hit a two-year low today, amid concerns that digital recruitment advertising activity is cooling off.

On the flip side, recent <more>…

It’s 2008 and with everyone refreshed and energised after the festive break it’s no surprise there are already some interesting stories emerging.

First off, two job boards have updated their sites:

Monster’s UK site had a face-lift at the turn of the year, which we now know is part…

This week the born podcast looks back over the dominant themes of online recruitment in 2007, from social networks and aggregators to the year's acquisitions.

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The latest born podcast is available, bringing you digitial recruitment news from the UK and beyond.

This week's fun packed show includes news on TheLadder's UK launch, LinkedIn's planned…