Emotional intelligence - can you measure it?

Business psychologists may express reservations about using psychometric tests to measure an intangible quality like EI, but a growing number of companies are already doing it. By Widget Finn

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Like any industry, recruitment has its rotten apples

The Government has been looking at regulating the recruitment industry. But will regulation simply add layers of bureaucracy to the UKs otherwise flexible employment system? Stefan Stern finds...

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Lets avoid an us and them relationship

As more and more people opt to be free agents, we need to change some rules to ease the transition, says Richard Donkin

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When the call comes...

A call from a head-hunter can be a morale booster or a waste of time if they dont know what they want. How do you get noticed by the ones that matter? By Stefan Stern

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He seeks them here, he seeks them there, he seeks them everywhere

PricewaterhouseCoopers head of search and selection Hamish Davidson challenges conventional mind-sets and techniques in search of talent. By Peter Oborne

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Some people just want to be cannonballs

Microsofts best practice could be placing the best programming talent outside its orbit, says Richard Donkin

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We want to be your friend...

Companies are seeking more innovative ways of using the internet as a recruitment tool. Meg Carter reports

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The commando approach to management

By hiring an interim manager to establish its new global brand, Getronics got things going quickly and gained time to look for the right full-time candidate. By Steve Smethurst

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Its too much to expect graduates to be ready-skilled

At the Learning City in Europe conference in March this year, Ken Robinson, professor of arts education at Warwick University, questioned whether a British education provides employers with...

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Have your say on the future of fixed-term work

Proposed legislation aims to ensure that those on fixed-term contracts arent less favourably treated. Janet Gaymer explains

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If only wed known someone whod been at school with him

Post-Leeson the City has had to become more professional in vetting staff. Godfrey Golzen reports on whats replacing the old-boy network

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