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Graphite Capital backs £100 million MBO

Recruitment process outsourcer Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has been bought out by its management from private equity firm Advent International.

Human Resources

Interviewers turn off job candidates

The majority (56 per cent) of UK jobseekers who left an interview with a bad impression of the hiring company blame the interviewer, according to research from T-Mobile.

News

Another acquisition for InterQuest

InterQuest Group, a recruiter of IT personnel, has made its first acquisition in more than a year. The group bought Manchester-based Intelect Recruitment in a deal that could be worth up to £4.6 million.

Human Resources

A growth story: activ8 intelligence

An executive hire often relies on the raw talent of the recruitment agent or HR specialist to get the right result. One management team that believes it has the answers to the HR enigma is the board of activ8 intelligence, a recruitment technology business that has developed a hi-tech approach to finding staff.

Growth Planning

Attract the best graduates

With everywhere from Bedford to Bolton boasting a university and almost 60 per cent of all school leavers trooping off to study for a degree, there are around 300,000 fresh-faced graduates entering the workforce every year.

News

Baird builds recruitment portfolio

A recruiter that supplies IT staff to the financial services sector has been bought by its management.

Human Resources

Psychometric testing for staff recruitment

If you thought it was just amateur psycho-babble, think again. Meet the business folk that swear by this analytical approach to staff recruitment.

Entrepreneurs

Brian Hamill: Headhunting honcho

Brian Hamill saunters into Imprint's swish Sheraton Street headquarters in swanky Soho in exuberant spirits. He has been celebrating Europe's Ryder Cup victory over the Yanks and soon begins recounting why he's an authoritative voice in the recruitment sector, rather than the Irish rugby legend or superstar golfer he once dreamt of becoming.

Entrepreneurs

Freshminds is taking a fresh approach to recruitment consultancy

Research and recruitment consultancy FreshMinds, founded six years ago by two bright young graduates, Caroline Plumb and Charlie Osmond, has never looked back. It has doubled in size every year, reached £5 million turnover and lists 30 of the UK’s top FTSE 100 corporates among its clients.

Human Resources

Q&A: Hiring a foreign national

What paperwork is required to employ a foreign national?

Entrepreneurs

Diversity cues Bond revival

Back in late 2001, recruitment industry software developer Bond International Software was a business on the up, but then things started to stall.

Human Resources

A guide to headhunting

There are three main reasons to employ the services of a headhunter: you need a high-performing individual at management level or above; the role to be filled can only be done by a few specialists; or, if the person currently occupying the post is as yet unaware that their days are numbered.

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Opinion

Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial