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Staff Pensions - Revised Timetable
2012-01-26 15:27:00A revised timetable for when employers of all sizes must start enrolling their staff in a workplace pension has been set out by the Government.
Large employers, those with 250 or more employees, will not face any change in the date they are due to start enrolling their staff.
This follows the announcement in November that small businesses would be given more time to prepare for automatic enrolment to help them out in exceptionally tough economic times.
The timetable for employers to begin enrolling their staff starts with the largest firms first, followed by medium, then small…
Blue Monday: advice for employers on the most depressing day of the year
2012-01-16 11:06:51Today (Monday 16 January) is statistically the most depressing day of the year for employees, and has been dubbed ‘Blue Monday’.
Francis Goss, Head of Commercial Operations at Grass Roots, has offered some suggestions for employers to help beat the gloom during Blue Monday and throughout 2012.
1. Share your objectives for 2012. Do you know what you want to achieve this year? Do your colleagues share that vision and do they know how important their role is in achieving it? Set team goals and rewards to focus the team and provide a common direction.
2. Recognise.…
Age discrimination in the workplace could get worse over the next two years
2012-01-16 11:05:27Last month HR magazine asked readers if they thought age discrimination in the workplace was a serious problem: 29% said yes, 71% said no.
I am not surprised by these findings but I am particularly concerned that this could get worse over the next couple of years as businesses retrench from the recession.
I think employers will be looking for younger and perhaps, from their point of view, 'less expensive' staff at the cost of experience. And yet during downturns, it is important to get a good mix of the new and the old,…
Age discrimination and stereotyping remain 'rooted' in UK workplaces, finds DWP
2012-01-16 11:02:52Research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions shows that age-related discrimination and stereotyping remain rooted in British society.
The findings, based on new analysis from the ONS opinions survey, found on average, respondents thought that 'youth' ends at 41 and that 'old age' begins at 59. But this varied by as much as 20 years in relation to the age of the respondent. The age at which youth stops and old age starts increased in relation to the age of the respondent.
Respondents were asked to say how acceptable or unacceptable they would find…
Job Applicants WANT Feedback!
2012-01-13 14:20:34More than 2,000 respondents to a recent survey concerning whether or not a company responds to a job applicant’s application reveals that applicants want feedback. StartWire, an Internet job search organizer, conducted the survey and has reported that employers who do not respond to job applicants risk damaging their company’s reputation and employment brand.
77 percent of respondents reported that when they never heard anything from a company after applying they thought less of them. 72 percent reported that they would not be likely to recommend that company’s products or services, and 58 percent were not likely to buy a…
Employers Fail to Grow Talent Pipelines for Critical Roles..
2012-01-13 14:07:07Employers in the UK are failing to identify and fill the job roles essential to expanding their business, according to research from Taleo Corporation.
More than nine out of 10 (94%) of companies surveyed felt there were roles within their organisations without which their company could not grow. But the importance of these roles means that the necessary skills are scarce and in high demand, and so vacancies are often very hard to fill.
According to Taleo's Critical Talent Pipelines research, which surveyed 500 HR decision makers in large UK companies, the most critical roles aside from…
The Hallmarks of a Recruitment Partner
2012-01-10 15:23:13If you find yourself partnering with a professional recruiter, there’s probably a reason. Maybe you’ve had a hard time finding the right employee on your own. Maybe you simply don’t have the time to dedicate to a fruitless search of the job boards. Or maybe your career site is being crushed under 8 gigatons of resumes. In any case, you’re working with a Recruiter for a legitimate business reason.
Now, we understand you may have had a bad experience in the past. And we understand that you apparently mistrust all Recruiters as soon as you find out what they…
A Happy 2012 - Take Personal Responsibility!
2012-01-01 12:01:01If you want to have a happy 2012 then take personal responsibility and make the decision to have a happy and positive year.
Having been involved with research on the very intangible and elusive concept of happiness for many years I have come to the resounding conclusion that happiness is not out there! We all have the ability to be happy and if we don’t feel it then we need to get into the happy habit.
It may not be possible to be happy all the time, however, if we take a more positive view on life then we…
C'est Magnifique Christmas Party - 2011
2011-12-21 13:32:49aspire wish to thank Newmarket's Rowley Mile Racecourse for their hospitality on Tuesday 20th December for their Parisian themed 'Moulin Rouge' evening - it surely spiced up the festive season and bought the 'bon-viveur' and bright lights to Suffolk!
An evening of Parisian style entertainment, three-course dinner, Charity Fun Casino, quiz, magician, fire eater and disco it was a night to remember (right Amy...!).
Help us Rescue Bea & Coco!
2011-11-17 10:30:37As you may be aware, Kelly has been volunteering with MONA-UK since 2007; she urges you to help Coco and Bea who have been living for more than twenty years in a private residence in the north of Spain. We do not know a huge amount about their past except that Coco was bought from a pet shop and Bea, a local circus.
Due to the tell tale signs of psychological damage, it is likely that Bea and Coco have lived through traumatic events. Most chimpanzees who are…
aspire 'does it smarter' with pure!
2011-11-08 10:55:07aspire recruitment solutions ltd are proud to announce that they have partnered with REC Business Partner; pure recruitment training to provide their employees with online and in-demand recruitment training 24/7. Pure’s 16 module, four day suite of online recruitment training covers everything from client and candidate interaction to planning and much more; this in addition to allowing employees access to the training suite for 12 months in order that they continue to refresh their ongoing training and development plan.
Pure is a methodology that blends the…
Battle of the Intrduction Fees
2011-11-01 16:47:05It can be rather frustrating when agencies find themselves in a position where introduction fees are disputed withtheir clients. This commonly occurs where an agency sends a candidate’s CV to a client and then other agencies send the same CV to the same client and it is not clear who is entitled to receive the fee or depending on the terms of business agreed between the parties the client might have to pay more than one fee.
The misconception that the first agency to submit the candidate’s CV gets the fee is not correct. This issue has…
No need to panic with the AWR!
2011-10-28 16:21:45In light of the Agency Worker’s Regulations that came into force on Tuesday 1st October 2011 we have recently spoken to a number of employers who are shying away from the use of temporary staff, for being wary of what this new change in legislation will bring, writes aspire recruitment solutions ltd.
The Regulations will give agency workers new rights to receive treatment equal to that of a client’s own directly engaged workers in respect of pay, conditions relating to working hours, access to the client’s on-site facilities and the right to be informed of job vacancies that…
10 Years of Rescuing Chimpanzees
2011-07-01 16:50:40On Friday 1st July 2011 aspire recruitment solutions ltd joined MONA-UK at Cambridge University Museum Zoology to celebrate 10 years of rescuing chimpanzees.
The evening was hosted by Dr Scott Miller (writer, presenter and Vet - the Big Brother series and regular appearances on The Paul O’Grady Show, GMTV, CBBC and more recently Vet Expert for BBC’s Crufts) and our patron and included speaking slots by Olga Feliu, the founder and director and Mona, and Prof. William McGrew (University of Cambridge) world renowned primatologist and author of chimpanzee material cultures. Lynsey de Paul, the award winning songwriter,…
Recruiter raises her game!
2010-07-07 15:56:14aspire recruitment solutions ltd, Cambridge are proud to announce that Kelly Haston FIRP DipRP has accepted her invitation from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation to promote her status as a Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals.
Through continued professional development and training this accreditation normally takes up to 15 years to achieve; Kelly has achieved this within six. She now joins the world's top recruitment professionals under the REC.
Recruitment is a fast paced, dynamic industry that has grown in the UK by 635% over the last 15 years. The market…
2008 Cambridgeshire Recruitment Awards
2008-10-28 15:36:23ASPIRE Recruitment Solutions won the Website of the Year Category, sponsored by www.jobs24.co.uk, the Archant jobs website, devoted to Cambridgeshire jobs.
The award was presented by Sonia Edwards, commercial director of Archant Herts and Cambs.
The Best Website category recognises the website that makes job hunting and application the easiest and most effective The judges looked for user-friendliness, intuitive navigation, clear job descriptions and an online CV registration.
The judges said that Aspire Recruitment Solutions had created a website that was geared towards candidates.
“It is…
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