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A spokesperson for public sector union Unite, which in 2008 suggested that recruitment agencies were being paid £1.5bn per year by local councils, tells Recruiter magazine that agency fees are "a waste of public money - agencies regularly charge more than 50% above and beyond what they pay...

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Monday
20 February, 2012

By Hannah Cottam

Hannah Cottam

The number of women on boards is up 20% across 2011, according to a recent article in the Recruiter, the recruitment trade magazine.  The proportion of women on boards of FTSE 100 companies has risen from 12.5% at the beginning of 2011, to 14.9% for January 2012. Coming from a 50/50%...

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Thursday
12 January, 2012

By Hannah Cottam

Hannah Cottam

Sellick Partnership has never had a problem in retaining good quality consultants and support staff, but inevitably it is a fact of life that people will choose to change careers, relocate with partners, or decide to take off around the world for a few months (or years!).  As a recruitment...

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Tuesday
20 September, 2011

By Hannah Cottam

Hannah Cottam

Whilst sitting next to a regional local businessperson at dinner over the weekend, our conversation made me reassess my outlook on what's happening in the regions at the moment.  This guy sits on a local county tourist board, the local chamber of commerce, as well as having fingers in...

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Tuesday
23 August, 2011

By Hannah Cottam

Hannah Cottam

Many professional women have faced the conundrum of whether to change their name when they get married.   Research shows that m ore than a third of married women choose to keep their maiden name, and as women are marrying later in life, this seems like a natural assumption, as they have...

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Wednesday
15 June, 2011

By Hannah Cottam

Hannah Cottam
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