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29/12/2008

New Year New Career???

Not that likely if you have been listening to the news or reading the papers over the festive period. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development predicts at least 600,000 job losses, The Centre for Economics and Business Research predicts the economy will shrink by 2.9% in 2009 and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors thinks house prices will ‘probably’ fall another 10% by the end of next year. Woolworths is whimpering, Whittards of Chelsea is waning and Adams is at lunch with the administrators. So what will get the economy, the job market and the recruitment industry back on track and how long will it take?

Well I wouldn’t worry too much. There is an inescapable herd mentality to human nature and that is a big factor in the headlines we are reading and watching. If the front page of a news paper had predicted this time last year that the entire banking system would go bust and need to be bailed out by government, house prices would tumble, one pound would buy you only just about buy you one euro and oil would drop to under $40, then surely the Editor would have been branded crazy or worst and sacked. You see the herd always catches up too late. Those that have the balls to buck the trend will often laugh loudest and longest. Am I saying that 2009 will be the start of the economic revival? ‘Probably’ not, but it will be those recruitment agencies that don’t think it is too late for business development, those recruitment consultancies that keep on calling, that keep on innovating and keep on looking to buck the trend that will weather the economic storm best.

Filed under: recruitment agencies,recruitment consultancies,recruitment industry — admin @ 14:07

22/12/2008

Brown set to create jobs by spend, spend, spend policy

With the news today that Gordon Brown is to try and spend his way through this recession, the question is if this is a dangerous and risky move to play? If it works then he would be viewed as a saviour of one of the biggest recessions in history, if on the other hand it fails then how would we pay the expected £450 billion borrowing that will accumulate over the next few years…. Yep you guessed it, TAX.

In the current climate there is a lot of talk of post Christmas lay offs, many companies do not want to be seen making redundancies during the festive period. Let’s not forget that in the 1st quarter of 2009 you can add 27,000 Woolworth’s employees and 1,500 MFI employees. There are expected cuts to happen across private and public sectors and even jobs within the councils as they are feeling the pressure from central government to reduce spending.
This could result in much larger unemployment figures than first presumed a few months ago.

With figures suggested that the HMRC will deal with 33,000 people being made bankrupt in 2008-2009, that would be a 62% increase over the previous year. The housing marking also having lost £590 billion in value over 2008 and set to increase further over 2009 and with now more job seekers than job vacancies and recruitment agencies sounding the cries of trouble ahead, this seems to be a very nervy time.

Therefore it will be interesting to see in the new year how Gordon Brown expects to implement this £10 billion gamble to create 100,000 jobs, but with news from Scotland stating that a boost to Holyrood’s budget to spend on public construction would have secured thousands of more jobs than reducing VAT has done, suggests that the PM has some supporters of this course of action.

Filed under: job loses,jobs,recruitment agencies. recession — admin @ 15:37

18/12/2008

Unemployment rate 0% – well in Monaco at least

With a population of 33,000, nice climate, beautiful surroundings, casinos and an unemployment rate of 0%. Monaco seems a place that dreams are made of and for most of us it will stay exactly that, a dream.

It is not all doom and gloom, we could be on the other end of the scale. With the turmoil over the past century in Afghanistan, independence from British control in 1919, invasions, withdrawals and a number of civil wars means that the population of 30 million has an unemployment rate of 40%.

So what about the 60 million of us in the UK, unemployment rate has now reached 6%, with 1.85 million people out of work and estimates of this figure reaching 3 million by 2010 (a figure not reached since 1991). If these estimates come to fruition then we are looking at an unemployment rate of 10% and with the downturn expected to continue for a few years then this rate could easily reach 12-15%. The UK finances don’t seem much healthier either with borrowing from now to 2012 expected to reach £458 billion, 3 times the level predicted in the March budget.

With many theories out there on how best to solve this recession, with suggestions of continued government spending, reducing interest rates further, increase borrowing and even monetisation which basically means printing more money. It is obvious that any solution will take time to bring back market confidence.

Daily announcement of job loses do not help, but something that does ring true in the present climate is that expression `one door closes, another door opens`, with many smaller companies snapping up good quality staff. Recruitment agencies always have a good understanding of how the job market is and usually can give sound advice to job seekers and present them with opportunities. With online websites such as ajobcy.com helping job seekers get in touch with recruitment agencies and internet providing a wealth of resources to job seekers, it will be interesting to see how for the first time in a world recession what part the internet will play in rebuilding our fragile economy.

If not at the very least we can look at Monaco on the internet and dream!!

Filed under: job loses,job seekers,recruitment agencies,unemployment — admin @ 16:58

16/12/2008

How to create a recruitment agencies preferred supplier list (PSL) using ajobcy.com

Ajobcy.com has a very powerful tool called PSL creator. This feature runs through the spine of the website to allow employers and job seekers alike to decide which recruitment agencies has access rights to their details.

The inner workings of this approve/ disapprove functionality can be seen in the main directory, create preferred suppliers list. The user can simply run through the directory and by clicking the approved radio button next to the recruitment agency’s name, will give that recruitment agency approved status. If the user would rather approve a whole list of agencies, be it a list based on region, county or skill, then once you have created your recruitment list you can tick the approve box at the top of the column to add all those recruitment agencies to your Preferred Suppliers List (psl).

In your control panel you can manage and use your preferred supplier list. Use your created PSL within the distribution form, your preferred list options appear once you have selected a division. Then there is the feature of managing your suppliers list when you go to load template.

Loading your recruitment agency template, involves picking your division then selecting one of the preferred suppliers list from the drop down box. Once you have chosen a template it will load your PSL for you to edit or delete.

Ajobcy.com really has given employers and job seekers the freedom of managing multiple PSLs and with the whole system being automated makes for a much more efficient and effective tool to manage your recruitment agencies.

Filed under: hr,manage,preferred suppliers list,PSL,recruitment agencies — admin @ 18:07

05/12/2008

ajobcy.com, just a recruitment agencies directory service?

ajobcy.com has now re-launched its innovative recruitment agencies information website to allow for many more features for its end user. The website manages to create a one source, one manage environment for any employer, job seeker or hr personnel looking to use recruitment agencies.

Firstly you have the recruitment agencies directory service, this gives in depth analysis about each recruitment agency. This information consists of contact and email capabilities, map location, website link, divisions recruitment agency covers and where in the UK they recruit in.

Create approved list of recruitment agencies also known as preferred suppliers. This extremely useful tool means you can pick the agencies you want to deal with, for employers this means you can creates PSLs and for job seekers you can create your very own CV distribution list.

Ajobcy.com allows you to compare recruitment agencies, not only with the use of the directory information but more importantly for employers looking for quotes from recruitment agencies about specific jobs that they may have.

Signing up to ajobcy.com means you have your very own control panel, where you can manage recruitment agencies. Employers can view and reject applications and keep records of all candidates submitted. Job seekers can view and reject job specs submitted to them by recruitment agencies. There is also the ability to view reports.

With just a brief look at what ajobcy.com can do for you, the question if ajobcy.com is just a recruitment agencies directory service has been answered.

It is a directory, CV distribution, CV database, Jobs posting, job database, preferred supplier list, comparison, online management, reporting and fully automated recruitment website.

Filed under: compare,directory,hr,manage,recruitment agencies,uk — admin @ 15:52