July 2nd, 2009
Pearson Education has just completed a detailed video profile of The Jenrick Recruitment Group, which will be utilised within Universities throughout the UK.
The fact that Pearson, the largest education resource supplier within the UK, has chosen Jenrick is an incredible honour in its own right.
Pearson is only producing eight company profile films for the series, which will highlight companies that display ‘industry best-practice’ and could have chosen any number of companies throughout the UK and beyond from which to feature. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 2nd, 2009
Representatives from Jenrick CPI were invited this week to attend an economic market overview by wealth and asset management company, London and Capital.
We are delighted to report that the general overview of the seminar was one of global positivity, and augurs well for the next quarter, coupled with other leading market indicators which all point towards a slow return in confidence. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: economic market overview, global economy seminar, I.T. Recruitment News, london and capital seminar
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July 1st, 2009
New powers forcing organisations and individuals to tell Revenue &
Customs the whereabouts of suspected tax dodgers are incoming for the tax authority.
Until now, it was up to mobile phone companies, councils and utility providers to volunteer the address of a person if HMRC requested it to collect their tax debt.
But under the Finance Bill, which is due to become law in a few weeks, third parties face a hefty cash penalty if they refuse to aid HMRC in locating the taxpayer. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: I.T. Recruitment News, ir35, IT Contractors
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July 1st, 2009
Job-seekers despairing at the lack of opportunities are lashing out at recruiters - shouting, swearing and demanding that they put them forward for roles even if they are unsuitable.
Agents being strong-armed into submitting a CV, even when its author fails to meet the job specification, is a growing reality at more than half of recruitment firms. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: I.T Specialists, I.T. Recruitment News, IT Contractors, REC
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June 30th, 2009
‘Deja vous’ in the Water Industry as companies, under pressure to
commence the latest upgrade phase (AMP 5), experience an increasing number of problems in recruiting engineering staff, due to the fact that the AMP 4 phase of upgrades are still being completed.
This is swiftly becoming a repeat of the issues faced within the water industry several years ago when the AMP 2 upgrades flowed into the start of AMP 3 – again causing quite severe recruitment issues. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: AMP4, AMP5, AMP5 engineers, interim enigneers for AMP5 water projects
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June 29th, 2009
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Ed Balls, this week called on individual employers to promote their own family friendly working practices, especially flexible hours for dads. [Source: APSCo]
The call to action to employers is part of the Think Fathers campaign, launched last year by the DCSF to kickstart a national debate on the importance of dads. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: DCSF, think fathers campaign, Think fathers summit
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June 29th, 2009
Matthew Small, specialist energy recruitment consultant for Jenrick
Engineering, comments on the sharp increase in demand for Process Engineers to assist in the design and construction of new LNG plants to meet the massive growth in demand which has been documented by International Energy Agency (IEA). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: lng engineering recruitment, lng news, lng process engineering jobs, lng recruitment agencies
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June 25th, 2009
Figures have been released showing that the IR35 tax regulations are
producing an average of just £1.5 million a year in tax revenues.
The disclosure came after the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) used the Freedom of Information rules to request exact sums on the amount of tax raised for the exchequer by IR35. [Source: PlanIT Chartered Accountants]
Between the tax years 2002/03 and 2007/08, IR35 managed £9.2 million in government income, the equivalent to £1.5 million annually. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: ir35, ir35 contractor news, ir35 news
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June 15th, 2009
Jenrick CPI has noticed a steady stream of activity within the HM Revenue department during the downturn that seems to indicate that there will be a series of initiatives to ‘capture’ contractors who might consider themselves safe.
ContractorUK has been discussing some of these with an account’s expert, Paul Spindler, who points out some very interesting facts and raises some questions.
Like many of us in these ‘credit crunched’ times, the Government needs cash and appears to be targeting the HM Revenue to bring in badly needed feed for the ‘coffers’. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: contractor tax advice, ir35 advice, tax advice for contractors
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June 12th, 2009
Job seekers are resorting to some unconventional methods to stand out from the crowd to combat the increasingly competitive job market, a new survey of the US job market reports. (Source: CNN)
One candidate sent a hiring manager a shoe with a resume to “get my foot in the door.” Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: how to find a job, unusual job hunting tactics
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