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Recruitment Issues Within the Freight & Logistics Industry - PODCAST

Mr Larry Woelk, e4e's UK Partner discusses the main recruitment issues currently facing the freight and logistics sector in this podcast from IFW.

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Who's Hiring Who?

In a recent issue of International Freighting Weekly e4e's UK Partner, Mr Larry Woelk, Bis Henderson considered whether the logistics industry is emerging from the toughest period since the great depression.

"There are signs that things are getting better, such as increased freight volumes, firming and even increasing rates and carriers getting morfe equipment (for example Emirates) and so on. And there's more hiring going on. Is this the start of a recovery, or just a temporary upward blip that will head south again? From a hiring standpoint, it's hard to tell."

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Executive Search Shows Further Recovery

There are further positive signs of recovery for the senior executive search industry around the world, according to the latest data from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).

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Rise in Manager Leaving Positions Despite Recession

Resignations in the UK have increased in the year to February 2010 despite fears about job security.

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Job Markets Improving Around the World

A quarterly global survey covering hiring and firing trends covering more than 6000 organisations in 30 coutries has found job prospects for professionals and manager continuing to improve.

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Logistics pay rises average 2.6% despite recession 

Despite widespread reports of pay freezes, most people working in the distribution sector in the UK took home pay rises of 2.6% or more in the past year, according to salary survey specialists CELRE, part of MT parent Reed Business Information. 

The Distribution Staff Salary Survey 2009/10 is based on payroll data of 70,771 employees from 28 large firms. Participants included DHL, Royal Mail, Parcelforce, Amazon, Asda, Norbert Dentressangle,  Wm Morrisons and Sainsbury's. 

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Top Sales Staff Back in Demand

Demand for good sales staff in forwarding and logistics has seen a strong increase in recent months, according to executive search Specialists Experts for Experts in Europe reports Will Waters in the IFW 
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Ports Need More Support 

Good practice by the UK logistics and ports sector is being let down by a lack of leadership and support from government, senior executives have claimed. Will Waters IFW, reporting from the debate hosted on October 28th by Experts for Experts (e4e) and the Global Institute of Logistics (GIL) in Birmingham, UK,

PD Ports said that in a fragmented and largely privatised market like the UK, the Department for Transport (DfT) remained the only player in a position to deliver a coherent freight transport system.
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Freight's Back To Hiring not Firing

Hiring employees in the freight industry is back on the agenda again after a pick-up in business over the past couple of months writes Gavin van Marle in the IFW
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Has Bigger Really Meant Better?

e4e Great Britain Partner Mr Larry Woelk discusses in International Freighting Weekly that 'Bigger is not necessarily Better'  when it comes to logistics service providers.

Bigger still doesn't appear to be better. In fact it's got worse. Although there still continues to be a trend for using one provider for one mode, those who have tried are not happy. A recent survey shows that large multi national, multi-located shippers which have gone to one provider are going back to single mode arrangements.

Why? According to the survey, it is an issue of co-ordination. Mega providers struggle with co-ordinating all their arms and their legs. Some shippers reported arguments between the provider's divisions were common during review meetings
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Do Social Channels Help or Hinder Recruitment Efforts?

Job recruitment is a time- and labor-intensive task, with recruiters devoting long hours to sifting through resumes, networking at conferences and professional association meetings, attending job fairs and working the phones.
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Employers Urged to 'Tell All' in Recruitment

Companies with a mind to recruit during the ongoing GFC would be wise to embrace a 'tell all' approach if they want to avoid legal action from disgruntled ex-employees in the future, according to Harmers Workplace Lawyers.
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Recruiter Confidence Stabilizing

ExecuNet’s Recruiter Confidence Index (RCI), which had soared 29 points during the previous three months, remained near its recent high in June, as the executive search industry continues to see signs of an employment market recovery emerging in the second half of the year.
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Social Networking Self-Promotion Key to Recruitment

Smart self-promotion on social networking websites is becoming increasingly crucial in helping candidates land jobs.
A third of employers now use social networking sites to connect with potential recruits meaning it’s not what you know but how you get your message across on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn that counts.
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Transport and Logistics Salaries Stay Solid

Transport and logistics salaries are expected to continue showing resilience despite the economic downturn, according to the results of two newly released salary surveys.
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Senior Executive Recruitment Regains Stability

Sixty-four percent of executive search consultants hold a neutral to positive outlook for the senior recruitment industry in general for the second half of 2009, revealed the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC)  following a global survey of 323 expert recruiters.
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Tapping Top Talent in a Downturn

HR leaders often are faced with the task of downsizing in one business unit and recruiting highly skilled professionals in another. They have to cope with an exponential increase in applicants for a much smaller number of open jobs, maintain morale in constantly shifting external and internal environments and help their organizations retain key employees.
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