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Wanting to hire someone? Tired of the deadbeats, malingerers and losers who usually apply for jobs? Then you could do worse than copy the inspired advert that a self-proclaimed “killer, well-funded start-up e-commerce company” in New York recently placed on craigslist for “an expert in social media marketing”. You can tak...

MD News - Executive Recruitment and its methods Wanting to hire someone? Tired of the deadbeats, malingerers and losers who usually apply for jobs? Then...

Q:Many job hunters have bad experiences with headhunters. There are good headhunters, and there are inexperienced and unsavory headhunters. The good ones suffer from the poor public image of all headhunters. What can headhunters do to improve their image? Nick's reply: I believe there are two main reasons headhunters have poor reputations. First...

MD News - Head Hunters and selecting a good one Q:Many job hunters have bad experiences with headhunters. There are good headhunters, and there are inexperienced...

The CEO OF SpencerStuart, has navigated though some rough weather over the past two years. Every executive search firm had a toughtime during the recession, and SpencerStuart’s revenues dipped by nearly a quarter during this period. But at the same time, the firm managed to increase it’s average fee and bagged some marquee assignments l...

MD News - Head Hunters and Leadership The CEO OF SpencerStuart, has navigated though some rough weather over the past two years. Every executive...

KEY contracts for the Royal Navy’s new supercarriers, worth £233m, have been awarded to three North-East companies. AEI Cables, based in Birtley, near Chester-le-Street, and Imtech Marine and Offshore, based in Hebburn, South Tyneside, will provide vital equipment to equip the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, while Ship Suppo...

MD News - North East Businesses Win Contracts KEY contracts for the Royal Navy’s new supercarriers, worth £233m, have been awarded to three...

The North East economy has benefited from millions of pounds of European Union investment in 2009, thanks to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) 2007-13 programme. And this week it was confirmed that regional development agency One North East, which manages ERDF on behalf of regional partners, has successfully delivered against the &po...

MD News - North East England Economy The North East economy has benefited from millions of pounds of European Union investment in 2009, thanks...

A £1.6m project to help encourage entrepreneurship has been launched. The Enterprise Coaching initiative will support the development of an entrepreneurial culture. There will be training and mentoring provision and opportunities to research and test out ideas. The initiative is a joint venture funded by South Tyneside Council and the...

MD News - Support for North East Entrepreneurs A £1.6m project to help encourage entrepreneurship has been launched. The Enterprise Coaching...

THE first signs that the region is emerging from the recession have appeared - but business leaders have warned the Government's recovery package must continue. The North East Chamber of Commerce has released its quarterly economic survey which shows businesses performed better here and abroad in the last quarter of 2009. But despite the good...

MD News - North East Economy Recovering THE first signs that the region is emerging from the recession have appeared - but business leaders have...

Bids for tenders for nine zones around territorial waters and the Continental Shelf were submitted to the Crown Estate, which owns the seabed to a distance of 22.2km off the UK coast. The opportunity attracted some of the big energy players: Southern Energy, E.On and Scottish Power, as well as Norway's Statoil, Germany's RWE and Sweden's Vattenf...

MD News - More Wind Farms to be Built Bids for tenders for nine zones around territorial waters and the Continental Shelf were submitted to...

HUNDREDS of conservation projects across Scotland are to be helped by a £60 million cash injection from the Scottish Government to be announced today. It will see millions of trees planted across the country as new areas of forestry are created as part of efforts to fight climate change and protect species of wildlife. Other projects incl...

MD News - Grants for Conservation Projects HUNDREDS of conservation projects across Scotland are to be helped by a £60 million cash injection...

ONE person was killed and another seriously injured last night when they got out of a crashed car and were hit by a lorry on the A1. The accident happened on the northbound carriageway of the A1, one mile north of its junction with the A66, at about 10.30pm on Wednesday. It is believed the pair's car lost control in the snow and hit the centr...

MD News - One dead, one seriously injured after lorry hits them on A1 ONE person was killed and another seriously injured last night when they got out of a crashed car and...