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Logica heads application management table in Europe     Logica has been named number one European vendor of application management (AM) services in Europe. Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) puts Logica at the top of its table of revenues generated from standalone AM in Western Europe during 2007, ahead of Accenture, Capgemini, IBM Global Services and Atos     Origin.       PAC's new report, Applications Management in Europe: a buyer’s guide, provides an overview of the AM sector in Western Europe. Pierre Audoin Consultants defines AM as the maintenance and enhancement of existing applications, which can also include initial     report, Logica ranks as the largest provider of AM services in Western Europe following its recent acquisitions in France (Unilog) and the Nordic region (WM-Data) and the strengthening of its global delivery capabilities.       Jean-Marc Lazzari, Logica CEO for Outsourcing Services,     said: “We agree with PAC’s prediction that AM will remain a robust area of investment for our clients during the economic downturn, because it can not only reduce their costs but, with a supplier like Logica, provide added value to their business.”     development with a commitment to fulfilling pre-defined service level agreements on a fixed price basis.       According to the

Employers struggle to untangle interview red tape     Employers are going to great lengths to avoid asking the wrong questions in the interview room – but failing to ask the right ones.       As Sir Alan Sugar found out in the 2007 series of The Apprentice, grilling a female candidate about how she plans to juggle her family with work commitments could breach sex discrimination laws.           Now, employers are so concerned about the legal pitfalls that they are failing to ask the right questions in interviews. That’s according to a new online interview skills training service for managers, InterviewGold for Employers.       “Employers are rightly concerned about the questions they ask in the interview and we     Employers.       InterviewGold for Employers has been developed by HR specialists and helps firms avoid legal pitfalls while ensuring the right questions are asked. Managers can create professional interview scripts for a whole range of jobs and all with questions relevant to the applicant.           “Interview skills training is essential for everyone involved in recruitment and what’s really worrying is that an alarming number of company bosses have not had any formal training in how to carry out an interview or what questions to ask,” says McDermott.       They can end up recruiting the wrong person, he adds, or, worse, face legal     provide a solution which gives them the confidence and knowledge to recruit the best person and avoid the risk of legal action,” says Joe McDermott, CEO of InterviewGold for

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