Contractors should ensure they maintain eye contact when meeting a potential client and that their face is that last thing they see, an expert has claimed.James Borg, writing for the Daily Telegrap...
Recruiters taking on professional contractors must be more adaptable, it has been advised.The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has pointed out that the changing economic landscape and...
Anyone looking to take on professional contractors or other employees should carefully consider their processes, it has been advised.The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has called on...
Traditional freelance contractor recruitment methods could be replaced with social networking, it has been claimed.Using sites such as Facebook and Twitter in recruitment efforts can cut costs and ...
Professional contractors and freelancers will welcome the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's (REC's) recent reminder for recruiters to operate within the law.The employment body issued the ...
Businesses across the globe are waking up to the fact that, now more than ever, they need to increase the efficiency of the methods they use to employ people. Chief executive of Randstad Ben Notebo...
Freelance contractors are more likely to benefit from flexible working and are therefore likely to enjoy spending time with their families, it has been suggested. Coming soon after scientists at th...
Many IT contractors say that their main concern with recruitment agencies is that they advertise jobs which do not exist.A poll by the IT Contractor website found that 30 per cent find this frustra...
Regulatory changes pose a real threat to employment levels in the UK, it has been warned.Figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of people unemployed fell by 7,000 ...
Freelance contractors and others seeking work are being advised that any information about themselves on the internet can not only be seen by friends and family, but by potential employers as well....
Increased confidence among small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), including umbrella companies, is a positive step but should be met with some restraint, one business expert has warned.The posit...
Most line managers throughout the City's financial services industry expect hiring of IT contractors and other employees to pick up in 2010, research shows.Eighty-two per cent of the 124 managers i...
Employers are seeking cost-effective alternatives to recruitment agencies for freelance contractors and other employees, it has been suggested.Organisations are keen to reduce the number of fees th...
A third of employees have considered leaving their current employer in search of other opportunities, such as a freelance contractor, a poll has shown. Many British employees feel that their contri...