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With difficult times often come drastic measures. Unfortunately, it appears that some people will stop at nothing - and some most certainly won’t let any form of ethics or decency get in the way.
So we had an e-mail from a job-board this week, alerting us to what they termed “two bogus CVs” that had […]

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We would like to apologise to DeeDee Doke, Editor of Recruiter, and to Recruiter magazine, for some comments we made in a recent post. Our comments were untrue and unfounded. We intended no offence.
For this reason, we would like to apologise unreservedly for the embarrassment caused to DeeDee.
Further, we would like to thank everyone […]

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Now here’s a story we can get our teeth into….
For those too busy to click the link, it’s all about a new system being set up called the “National Staff Dismissal Register”, which is a system where an employer can log the details of any member of staff who was fired or who resigned from […]

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When it was introduced, the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 caused something of a kerfuffle within the recruitment industry.
Don’t get us wrong, it’s not that the industry was reluctant to admit that ageism was a problem. The vast majority of recruiters will be able to tell stories of attitudes towards both older and younger […]

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Gosh, we’ve been a little quiet of late. Apologies, things have been rather hectic over here preparing some major changes to our corporate website as well as managing what’s been a really good start to 2008 for us, and our upcoming expansion into China.
He who shall remain nameless - Idealpeople’s chief blog writer - […]

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Regular readers will know that something has been bugging us for quite some time. That something is the practices of certain recruiters. The recruitment industry has become commoditized. There is insufficient regulation, not enough accountability, and the systems that some have taken to assess the practices and behaviours are far from suitable.
One […]

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Remember the Idealpeople “Call to Arms” series we kicked off not too long ago? You know, it was the thing about changing the way a significant number of people working in the Recruitment industry are getting are doing little more than harranging businesses, firing a lot of mud at people and offering little or […]

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All Recruitment Consultants are Salespeople at heart. Sure, some may have an original background in HR, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Training or even have held senior posts in ‘Industry’ – say Banking, Server Virtualisation, Digital Marketing or Wireless.
But, at the end of the day, Recruiters are ‘Opportunity Brokers’. Salespeople.
So, how do you trust a […]

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Our “Call to Arms” series is becoming ever more popular, particularly internally here at Idealpeople HQ. So, here’s some more from one of our favourite guest authors, Richard Stockill….
Over the course of a typical day I have started to notice I will generally be called by one of two titles, either a ‘Recruitment Agent’ […]

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