Monthly Archives: January 2010
Online Recruitment 2010 by Enhance Media
Attended the Enhance Media Online Recruitment Conference 2010. The theme was “2010 – the year ahead”. An interesting mix of speakers with representatives from Linked In, Capita, Google, Trinity Mirror and many others. Whilst some of the presenters definitely seemed … Read more
UKRecruiter.co.uk: Online marketplaces – a new interface between employers and recruiters
Published by the UK Recruiter on January 20, 2010. Written by Virginia Raemy It is no news that the UK recruitment industry is very fast paced: there is a continuous supply of new job boards for direct advertisement and variations … Read more
THREE QUARTERS OF UK BUSINESSES FEEL RIPPED OFF
Survey reveals ‘overselling of candidates’ and ‘unqualified CVs’ continue to frustrate employers London – 18 January 2010 – Employers feel ripped off by recruitment agencies, according to new research released today by TalentPuzzle, the online recruitment marketplace. UK businesses currently … Read more
Recruitment agency fees are a rip-off, say employers
HR Magazine is running an article based on a research study we have conducted surveying 250 business owners and HR staff at UK organisations with up to 750 employees. The survey reveals that three quarters of UK businesses feel ripped … Read more
The Guardian have published an exciting article about TalentPuzzle in Small is beautiful
TalentPuzzle can work out recruitment answersSmoothing links between employers and job agencies is saving time, hassle and costs Phillip Inman guardian.co.uk, Thursday 14 January 2010 15.22 GMT Like so many start-ups, it was the push of redundancy that encouraged Virginia … Read more
The Aspire Fund announces deal with TalentPuzzle
Groundbreaking online recruitment tendering platform secures funding from The Aspire Fund in order to build on its successful 2009 launch. Monday 11th January 2009. TalentPuzzle, a brand new online recruitment platform which radically improves the recruitment process for employers and … Read more
Cold-calling equals inefficiency, frustration on all sides
We recently conducted a quick poll to get an indication of how much time is wasted on unsolicited calls from recruitment agencies. We asked HR managers and directors to indicate how many unsolicited sales calls they receive from recruitment agencies … Read more