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Monday 20 July 2009

Salary survey being compiled

Market forces are in an interesting state of flux with the factors which influence remuneration packages changing. More candidates are chasing less jobs. People are applying for jobs they are over-qualified for or starting again in a completely new industry.

That gives employers a dilemma. Who’s worth what? How should comparisons be drawn?
For that reason we’re hoping this year’s Salary Survey, an initiative we spearheaded 12 years ago, will be more useful than ever.

The Local Market Salary Survey, being compiled by specialist reward consultants PAYdata in partnership with us, gives an invaluable snapshot of employees pay and benefits.

We ask dozens of companies – big and small – from a range of sectors, across the Greater Peterborough area to contribute to the survey – confidentially of course.
The results are compiled into a report which gives companies the information they need to remain competitive – and realistic – which is key in the current climate.

Questionnaires are currently being distributed with the final report due to be released at the beginning of September.

If you’re interested in finding out more about the Salary Survey or in taking part please get in touch with us at info@annecorder.co.uk

Wednesday 8 July 2009

The Blues Sisters scoop top prize

Whatever we do at Anne Corder Recruitment we aim for the very highest standards - which is how we walked away with the first prize at Peterborough Chamber of Commerce’s Film Quiz Night.

Sadly, it wasn’t our movie knowledge that scooped the top award – it was our fancy dress!

Yes, the ACR girls – and token partner – brought the Wow Factor to the evening dressed as The Blues Sisters, complete with trilby hats, shades and natty suits.

We even won a shield to prove our winning form in the fancy dress stakes.

And very proud we are of it too!

Friday 3 July 2009

Success leads to second phase

In this job, there’s little that’s more satisfying than being able to pass on a job offer to a candidate. So we were delighted when our latest recruitment drive on behalf of a client resulted in more than a dozen people being offered a new position.

The candidates were delighted, we were proud of our success and the client was so pleased we’ve been able to move onto the second phase of fulfilling their recruitment requirements.

It’s an exciting project. A national company has its headquarters in Peterborough which is opening up a lot of new opportunities on the job front for the city.

We were engaged to recruit staff for its Customer Service Centre. Within a week we had arranged two recruitment events, backed by radio and newspaper advertising campaigns, press stories, banners, information on twitter.com, coverage on websites and of course all the backroom work that goes into liaising and reporting.

The client now has in place all the necessary managers and a good percentage of staff.

More are needed though so we have another recruitment event in the pipeline to find people with customer service, sales order processing and knowledge of supply chain experience. We are also working closely with other clients – and further companies we are aware of because of our local knowledge – who may be making staff with the correct skill set redundant. The advantage to this is many-fold – we can provide very positive outplacement help, fulfil the brief from the national client and help filter redundant staff in the right direction.

If you know anyone with the required set of skills ask them to contact me.

I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.
 

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