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info@commonwealthcontractors.comThe Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Neil Smith, said that “Recruitment agencies often have to pay workers before they receive payment from the end clients; loans from banks are the only realistic way to plug this gap and keep the agency going in the interim. A steady stream of bank funding over the […]
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Director of Hays, Charles Logan, said that “Talent shortages will become one of the biggest challenges facing organisations over the next two decades. So while organisations can attract and recruit from a much wider geography than ever before, which has obvious advantages when skills are in short supply, the global talent pipeline will also create […]
David Cameron said that “With employers, as part of Every Business Commits, we will launch a major new campaign to promote payroll giving. That means making it easier for their workers to give money to charity automatically through their pay checks. In America around a third of employees already do this. In the UK it\’s […]
The Director of Risk & Intelligence for the HM Revenue & Customs, Mike Wells, said that “Our aim is to get as much input as possible into our future campaigns so that the views and experience of people and organisations outside the department play a fuller part in what we design for customers. We are […]
Roger Tweedy, the Research Director at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, said that “This is the first real confirmation that employers are feeling more confident and are taking a long-term strategic view of their workforce planning. Creating more permanent jobs and the lifting of headcount freezes are solid indicators of this returning confidence. This is […]
Speaking at the meeting Mr Kearney said on talent management that “the only differential left is the calibre and talent of the people within an organisation. If you want to be the number one, you have to do something different. That’s why talent is so important. Recruitment doesn’t work, because the best talent is not […]
At the moment skilled and highly skilled economic migrants on Tier 1 General (HSMP) and Tier 2 General (UK Work Permit) visas can apply for Settlement (Indefinite Leave to Remain) in the UK after spending five full years in the country without a break of any more than 90 days in any one year. The […]
The new rules relate to all applications made under the five tier Points Based Immigration System, including Tier 2 General (formerly the Business & Commercial Work Permit route). It is now more important than ever to ensure that an application is prepared correctly the first time round otherwise major problems could be encountered. The changes […]
Key Points from the report: 77% of IT Professionals believe that outsourcing companies have made up work 43% of IT Professionals work in organisations that have outsourced a significant proportion of their IT 55% of respondents at companies with more than 1,000 employees say that their companies rely on IT outsourcers 30% of respondents at […]
The Chief Executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, Kevin Green, said that “This month’s Report on Jobs shows a clear split developing in the UK labour market. Public sector employment is radically slowing while there is growth in the private sector, confirming that we are now in a two-speed jobs market. A number of […]