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Take a Netwalk on the kind side

A walk organised by TEAM raised awareness of isolation, as well as money for charity.

7 May 2025

Analytics functions to merge into single workforce intelligence organisation

What will talent intelligence look like in the future?

7 May 2025
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Redefining the role of humans at work

Talent leaders are in the midst of redefining work that will be “more pro-human than in any other point in human history”.

7 May 2025
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Social recruiting: May/June 2025

Whether you’ve been trekking up a hill, making a team look brill, donating chocs to fill [a foodbank] or walking a mill-ion steps, you lot have been busy!

APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

PeopleIT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firmus Consulting

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Skill-based hiring can have ugly consequences – what can go wrong?

Skill-based hiring (SBH) is a hiring strategy that focuses on recruiting and selecting candidates based primarily on their demonstrated ability to perform each skill required for the position.

HR 2 May 2025

Rise in employee expectations as generous benefits increase

As companies increase staff perks as a way to keep workers engaged, employees’ expectations are also rising, with some now taking much for granted instead of valuing the benefits.

HR 2 May 2019
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Recruitment resilience got runner with broken ankle across marathon finish line

The determination needed to be a recruitment consultant helped propel a competitor, who broke her ankle during this weekend’s London marathon, over the line.

Lighter Side 2 May 2019

FINANCIALS: Cross Country Healthcare sees fall in revenue but remains positive

US healthcare recruiter Cross Country Healthcare has seen revenue decline 7% year-on-year, according to Q1 2019 results.

School-age intern required to test paintball guns

A UK paintball company is on the hunt for a summer intern to test out a new range of ‘low impact’ paintball guns across 75 UK locations with their friends.

Recruiters warned ‘daddy day care’ taunts could lead to potential harassment cases

As some fathers face ‘banter’ for taking time off to look after their kids, recruiters have been warned to put in policies in place to prevent being brought to tribunal.

LegislationLegal 1 May 2019

FINANCIALS: Staffing 360 Solutions sees rise in revenue

US and UK-based recruitment group Staffing 360 Solutions has seen annual revenue increase 32.3% year-on-year, according to Q1 2019 results.

Financials 1 May 2019

Seagate creates jobs in Derry

Data storage company Seagate is creating 25 highly skilled jobs as a result of a £47m investment in a research & development project at its Londonderry factory.

Pump up the volume for productivity on the recruitment floor

Listening to the likes of Firestarter, Insomnia and Ebeneezer Goode could be the key to boosting productivity at agencies up and down the country.

Lighter Side 1 May 2019

Overqualified candidates might be valuable talent source

Recruiters have been urged not to miss out on valuable talent pools by refusing to even consider seemingly overqualified candidates for jobs.

30 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Staffline to release results in line with expectations following NMW audit

Staffline has reiterated that it expects trading to be in line with expectations.

Financials 30 April 2019

FINANCIALS: Heidrick & Struggles reports rise in revenue

Global executive search, leadership assessment & development and culture-shaping services provider Heidrick & Struggles International has seen revenue climb 10% year-on-year in constant currency, according to Q1 2019 results.

FINANCIALS: US recruiter TrueBlue reports dip in revenue

US blue collar recruiter TrueBlue has reported a slight decrease in revenue for Q1 2019.

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 29 APRIL – 3 MAY 2019

This week’s contracts and deals include: Advanced Medical Personnel Services, AMN Healthcare Services, APSCo, Brightwork, Candidate.ID, Challenge TRG Group, Driver Hire, Hive HR, Holmes Noble, Maven Capital Partners, Mott MacDonald, PIE Recruitment, REC, Symphony Talent, Tempo

Nodal Labs signs £250m deal with construction recruiter Minstrell

Nodal Labs, a blockchain-powered freelance marketplace, has inked a deal with specialist construction & engineering recruitment firm Minstrell valued at £250m over five years.

Disabilities may be unseen and not heard out of fear of job loss

From migraines to menopause, invisible disabilities affect untold numbers of the British workforce.

29 April 2019

Two companies create jobs on Ireland’s West Coast

The West of Ireland has received a jobs boost with more than 150 new roles set to arrive in the area.

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