June 19, 2013
In reading the news today it looks like Chinese investment is set to continue steamrolling its way across the US, Europe and in particular the UK as the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group announced it is taking a 91.8% stake in British yacht mak...
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June 12, 2013
The title of this blog is shared word for word with that of a recent report from UKCES, the UK Commission for Employment & Skills and the Education & Employers Taskforce whose vision it is to ensure that every school and college has an effective part...
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June 12, 2013
The aptly named time title of an incredibly late 80’s chic-flick, the term also has the unfortunate association with “ladies of negotiable affection”. Both of these are unfortunate as the original phrase was brought about to describe a new breed of...
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June 7, 2013
As we all know dirt, dust and moisture can lead to both danger and expense when it is introduced to warehouse and production areas. For example; in relation to logistics, forklift and warehouse pallet trucks can lose grip, go into a slide and become ...
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June 3, 2013
The UK's manufacturing sector grew at its strongest pace in over a year last month, according to a survey. This is good news for the economy in general as the UK is seen as an early warning system for the Eurozone economies who are our largest tradin...
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May 28, 2013
Many of you may be fed up of hearing us here at Core Talent going on about our exertions at the BUPA Great Manchester run, but I can report back that we all survived the event and we are back in work discussing just how hard the event was, how unexpe...
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May 9, 2013
I recently read an article which struck a bit of a chord as a professional recruiter. The article was written by an executive head-hunter who was illustrating a point about exactly why businesses should engage with recruiters and the value that qual...
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May 8, 2013
How far will candidates go in order to get a job? Last week there was a piece on the internet regarding a chap who spent hours on a traffic roundabout advertising his plight!
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May 8, 2013
When I was first offered a job in recruitment, my initial reaction was “you must be joking”. The reason for that was my perception of recruitment consultants after a decade of dealing with them as manager within the logistics industry was that they ...
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May 8, 2013
Morrison’s Nutmeg children’s range has exceeded expectations on their first months trading. This range is available in 105 stores and was released in March 2013. Records has shown the reaction from customers has been fantastic, and they have identi...
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May 8, 2013
Tug of war, alongside football, is a sport that we as Brits would class as one of our own but in reality almost certainly originated from China. In the 21st century the country has become the centre stage for both the proverbial and literal tug of wa...
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May 2, 2013
Search Engine Optimisation or SEO is one of those trendy things that people have been excited about for a while
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April 26, 2013
Whether you are a Supply Chain Manager, Purchasing Manager, Materials Planner, Production Scheduler, Demand Planner or Forecasting Manager, there can be no doubt that the ability to get the best out of SAP will help you greatly in you work and in you...
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April 23, 2013
Our Logistics team managed by Fraser is growing. Due to client wins and a volume of business we are looking for individuals out of the Logistics Industry or from the recruitment market place to join us. If you are interested, please have a read of ou...
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April 23, 2013
About a year ago I wrote a blog about the New Swisslog Auto Store system. The reason for my excitement was that this was the first time that an automated solution had been designed where you DIDN’T have to build it to capacity and then run it at 30%...
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April 18, 2013
I was reading with great interest an article in the ‘Supply Management’ magazine published every month by CIPS and picked up on a feature about late payment law. Essentially UK law on late payment changed on March 16th stating that the payment period...
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April 18, 2013
An exclusive poll for The Grocer revealed nearly three quarters of consumers do not trust supermarkets to tell the truth about the use of technology to genetically modify food.
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March 28, 2013
As the Easter bank holiday weekend draws ever closer so does a weekend of busy job hunting for those who are looking for their next career challenge. For myself I anticipate my week back after the Easter break as a busy one at Core Talent reviewing a...
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March 28, 2013
It seems that some purchasing professionals are getting lazy and not developing the relationships they should be.
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March 28, 2013
One thing for me that really separates the good recruiters from the ordinary is human contact. It is very easy to fall into the trap of allowing your day to be dominated by large volumes of calls, emails, and general technology related activities.
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