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Helen Gotts latest blog post articulates how Candidates can get the best from Recruitment Agencies and Consultants.

‘Whatever your opinion of recruitment consultants, there is no denying that in the current overcrowded and competitive job marketplace, it is well worth trying to build a relationship with an agency you can trust.

One of the inevitable things about a recession is that “cowboy” organisations with no loyal client or candidate base start to struggle. This leaves the playing field open to the well established and more reputable organisations that don’t suddenly need to reinvent themselves in a different sector. (more…)

Resourcing Solutions have been incluided in the finalists for the Recruit Rank Awards 2009.

Recognising best practice and quality customer service in recruitment agencies, the RecruitRank Awards are the only awards in the industry where finalists and winners are chosen by feedback from candidates and not a panel of industry judges. (more…)

The UK Government desperate to find revenue in an ailing economy are now proposing a 50p per month tax on broadband usage which will be via fixed phone lines. This proposal is currently under legislative review and has been proposed by the Labour Party, however it seems pretty sure that the proposed new tax would be scrapped if and when the a new Conservative government come into power next year. (more…)

Imagine living in a unique land, full of of breathtaking scenery. New Zealand has craggy coastlines, sweeping golden beaches, verdant rainforests, snow-capped alpine mountains, gurgling volcanic pools, fuming active volcanoes, flashing fish-filled rivers and glacier-fed lakes, all beneath a brilliant blue sky.

Pair this with a thriving indigenous culture, bustling cosmopolitan cities, traditional towns and friendly people with a distinct lust for life and you have an outstanding and unusual combination.

We currently have some wonderful opportunities for skilled workers in the Roads and Highways Sector who are interested in moving to New Zealand.

If you are experienced in any of the following disciplines, please contact Susan Cardy on 0118 932 0100 for further information or apply online.

• Project Managers
• Designers
• Senior MX Designers
• Senior Bridge Designers
• Transportation Planners

In a novel way to highlight the threat of global warming, the Maldives president, vice president, cabinet secretary and 11 ministers staged a 30 minute underwater meeting on Saturday calling on all countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions.

President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other government officials donned scuba gear and took their seats at a table on the sea floor — 20 feet (6 meters) below the surface of a lagoon off Girifushi, an island usually used for military training. (more…)

Scottish renewable energy projects are in line for more than £100m of European Commission funding.

Among the projects to benefit are a proposed hub for a sea-bed electricity power grid, and a demonstration zone for wind turbines. (more…)

The recent IOSH 2009 Salary & Attitudes Survey results have been warmly received and Shaun Davis the Safety, Health, Environment & Quality Director of Rok plc commented “I thought that the results of the ‘2009 IOSH Salary and Attitudes Survey’ published this week in the SHP were generally good news for the profession” (more…)

British consumers could soon be lighting their homes and watching television powered by hydroelectricity generated in the fjords of Norway, under plans announced yesterday by National Grid.

The operator of the UK’s network of high-voltage wires said that it was in talks with Statnett, the Norwegian energy company, about laying a £1 billion cable beneath the North Sea to connect the countries. The cable would be owned 50-50 by National Grid and Statnett and at more than 560 miles (900km), the high-voltage link from Kvilldal, Norway, to an unspecified point on the English coast would be the longest of its kind in the world. It would have a capacity of about 1,000 megawatts, about the output of the Dungeness nuclear power station, according to a National Grid official. The companies have carried out a feasibility study and are selecting an optimal route. (more…)