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A Long Walk for The Curve’s Chris Slater

The Curve Group was delighted to support its Talent Executive Chris Slater when he recently undertook an 18 mile charity walk in aid of Brain Tumour UK.

Chris explains: “Back in December 2011 a very good friend of mine, Richard, was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a grade 4 malignant tumor in the left ventricle.

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Curve Group News Release

Companies reluctantly turn to contractor agencies due to widespread recruitment freeze

National HR Services company, The Curve Group, today revealed some shocking statistics pertaining to contractor recruitment. Its most recent survey of 50 leading companies revealed that a staggering 89% currently have a recruitment freeze while nearly 75% require skilled resources for short periods of time,

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It’s Award Time Again at The Curve Group

We have had some exciting news at The Curve Group – we have made it to the shortlist of Agency of The Year in the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2012. This follows on from our triumphant win of Best Employer in last year’s Best Business Awards and making it to the finals of the Fast Growth Business, Recruitment Business and Working Mums Awards. Read the rest of this post

 
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New Contractor Offering

Experienced business development manager Cindy Knight joins to head Contractor Team.

The Curve Group, a leading HR services company, is expanding its business to offer contractor recruitment. Read the rest of this post

 
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Avoid the hidden costs associated with recruitment

The number of people unemployed stands at 2.68 million. This is the highest rate since 1995. Yet despite the figures, the experience of The Curve Group is that many organisations are struggling to fill key roles. There is a chronic shortage of skills and experience in key areas which will enable organisations to flourish and remain competitive in the future. Plus in these uncertain times, some organisations are ignoring the hidden cost of recruitment. Read the rest of this post

 
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Find your new contractor with Curve

As a company we’ve always had a strong reputation for quality and delivering on our promises. So when we were asked by one of our clients to extend our offering to find and place experienced contractors for their business we leaped at the chance of providing a contractor recruitment agency service Read the rest of this post

 
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A big thank-you!

Thank you to everyone who attended our seminar on the subject of Employee Engagement and helping to make it a great success. It was lovely to see so many of you there and to hear your thoughts and views on this complex and challenging topic.

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Where is all the top talent?

Top talent is hard to find despite unemployment rises, HR survey reveals

- Results also show a 62% increase in stress related absenteeism over the last 2 years -

1st November 2011 – A recent survey of HR Directors and business leaders conducted by HR specialists The Curve Group today revealed that three quarters of companies polled were finding it difficult to recruit top talent, despite the growing unemployment figures. In addition 62% of those surveyed had also seen an increase of absenteeism due to stress over the last two years.

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Curve Group News Release

Award-winning Curve Group® Continues Rapid Growth

The Curve Group, is continuing its expansion plans. With the recent confirmation Read the rest of this post

 
Fast Growth Business Awards

And the finalists are…

It has been a great week at The Curve Group. After finding out that we are a finalist in the Recruitment Business Awards for Best Candidate Experience we have now been told that we are down to the final four in the Fast Growth Business Awards for Service Business of The Year.  Read the rest of this post