Adevertising recruitments

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>>> brian ovens <[FOI #36793 email]> 08/06/2010
17:29 >>>
Dear Fife Council,

I recently did a freedom of information act request on how much
Fife council spend on public relations, I got most of my
information but was told to put in a new request about one of my
questions as it wasn't in the original request.

The information I got told me that money is spent on advertising
recruitment and my question is this.....

The sheet states that Fife Council have spent millions on
advertising for staff recruitment's? Is this correct as I thought
Councils were cutting back on staff. And how many people actually
started work through the advertisement scheme?

Basically how much was spent on the scheme for recruitment over 5
years, and how many people got jobs out of it. Also how many people
were payed off in the same period?

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Barbara Marshall
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>>> brian ovens <[FOI #36793 email]> 07/07/2010
08:01 >>>
Dear Fife Council,

I was wondering if you had my information yet?

Yours sincerely,

brian ovens

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I refer to your email dated 8 June 2010 and received on 9 June 2010; our ref: FOI061

Please find below the information you requested and trust that it meets your requirements:

"With regard to recruitment advertising spend, the 2009/10 figures are currently being audited and are therefore unavailable. From initial calculations however, it appears that spend has reduced by about 64% throughout 2009/10. Fife Council placed restrictions on recruitment in April 2010 and therefore it is expected that spend on recruitment advertising will continue to decrease.

Unfortunately the Council does not have data in relation to the numbers of employees recruited through external media for the period."

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Chief Legal Officer, Legal Services, Performance & Organisational Support, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT, or e-mail to [email address].ukwithin 3 calendar months of receipt of our decision. If this fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.

Diane Wilson
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Performance & Organisational Support
Fife Council
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>>> brian ovens <[FOI #36793 email]> 24/08/2010
15:52 >>>
Dear Fife Council,
Is it possible to have an update on my request please?

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

I will investigate your query and get back to shortly.

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Laura

Laura Reid
Information Co-ordinator
Fife Council

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Glenrothes, KY7 5LT

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>>> brian ovens <[FOI #36793 email]> 8/24/2010 3:52
pm >>>
Dear Fife Council,
Is it possible to have an update on my request please?

Yours faithfully,

brian ovens

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Dear Mr Ovens

I refer to your email dated 24 August 2010 and received on 25 August 2010; our ref: FOI067.

Please find below the information you requested and trust that it meets your requirements:

Fife Council spent £206,448 on external recruitment advertising throughout the financial year 2009/10; a reduction of 64% when compared to the same time period for 2008/09.

The majority of advertising spend was placed in the following publications:
Times Educational Supplement
Scotsman
Fife Free Press Group
Dundee Courier & Advertiser
S1jobs
Dunfermline Press
Resourcing restrictions came into effect in April 2010. Advertising spend for the period April to July 2010 equates to £14,362.

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Chief Legal Officer, Legal Services, Performance & Organisational Support, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT, or e-mail to [email address].ukwithin 3 calendar months of receipt of our decision. If this fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.

Diane Wilson
Admin Assistant, HR Support
Performance & Organisational Support
Fife Council
Fife House
North Street
Glenrothes, KY7 5LT

Tel. Internal - VOIP ext. 44 42 89
Tel. External - 08451 55 55 55 ext 44 42 89
Email. [email address]

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VOIP: 2000
External: 01592 583 200
Email: [email address]
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I am out of the office until Tuesday 31 August but will respond to you,
if necessary, on my return. If you are making a request for information
of any kind please redirect your e-mail to:

[email address] (Ext 444239) Friday
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Dear Mr Ovens,

I refer to your email on the 27th August and have detailed the information you requested below.

The amount Fife Council has spent on recruitment over the last 5 years- from 2005/06 to 2009/10 is £2,170,557. Please note that this figure does not include the advertising spend for 2005/06 as we no longer hold this data.

The number of new starts recruited into Fife Council over the last 5 years- from 2005/06 to 2009/10 is 9,511.

The number of leavers who left Fife Council due to redundancy over the last 5 years- from 2005/06 to 2009/10 is 277.

I trust that the information provided meets your requirements.

If you are not satisfied in anyway with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Chief Legal Officer, Legal Services, Performance and Organisational Support, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT, within 3 calendar months of receipt of our decision. If this fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction, you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.

Diane Wilson
Admin Assistant, HR Support
Performance & Organisational Support
Fife Council
Fife House
North Street
Glenrothes, KY7 5LT

Tel. Internal - VOIP ext. 44 42 89
Tel. External - 08451 55 55 55 ext 44 42 89
Email. [email address]

For general HR advice try HR Direct on

VOIP: 2000
External: 01592 583 200
Email: [email address]
( mailto:[email address] )

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