On the IOR LinkedIn group David Palmer started a great discussion and highlighted a point that many may be legitimately thinking. He entitled his post ‘Agency extinction within 2 years unless you do something now’. As I write, his post has had almost 200 comments, some very angry, some very passionate, he really has ‘stirred Read more

There are some people in the UK recruitment sector that would like you to believe the way forward is to cause division, pit small recruiters against large, as if there is some kind of battle going on. To try and suggest the size of a company implies the ethics of an individual, or that small Read more

Are PSLs a Broken Practice? OK, so this is not a new topic area but the effectiveness of Preferred Supplier Lists is always being discussed.   They have been around for years providing a level of surety to companies and the agencies included on the lists. Using effective PSLs, HR managers can streamline their entire recruitment Read more

If you have been in business for a while and followed the technology press you will have noticed something too.  Today, a very big cloud is hovering over the entire recruitment industry, it’s a cloud made of 0’s and 1’s (computer code).  Social media companies have built connected platforms and now have to generate revenues Read more