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Leading trade unions have called on the Government to resist agencies' demands to allow them to apply for work permits directly.
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A survey conducted by the skills stats website, TheSkillsMarket.com, recently found 70 per cent of UK IT workers had been sent to clients for jobs or projects irrelevant to their skills sets.
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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has called for 'harmonisation' of the Employment Agencies Act with the Agency Workers Directive, the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) has said it plans to co-operate with the Professional Contractors Group and the PCG has said it is pleased the Government has recognised some of its concerns.
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Ann Swain, the Chief Executive of the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), has warned a clash of cultures between IT agencies and clients' purchasing departments is jeopardising business development.
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Tim Nicholson, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), is to leave the agency representative body, having worked at the forefront of many of its campaigns against legislation that would affect agencies and contractors.
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Ann Swain, Chief Executive of the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), has predicted an estimated shortfall of up to two million IT professionals across Europe by 2003 and has urged the UK to take action.
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Vic Patterson, Assistant Director of the DTI's Employment Relations Directorate, has announced a third consultation period for its proposed changes to the Employment Agencies Act (EAA), which include the end of temp-to-perm fees for agents.
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Agencies who use jobs boards are still using them in a passive way, according to a survey conducted by the job site, Totaljobs.com. Only 55 per cent regularly advertise on internet jobs boards while only 24 per cent have searched for candidates using online CV databases.
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Jobserve has cancelled its annual IT Career Event exhibition at the New Connaught Rooms in London citing 'a lack of firms wanting to exhibit.'
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Agencies were told to increase their margins if they wanted to survive this and future economic downturns at a recent conference at the Institute of Directors in London.
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