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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

Sharp rise in perm staff placements, finds Report on Jobs

Permanent placements have risen at their fastest rate for five months, according to the latest Markit/Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) ‘Report on Jobs’.

Retail, IT/Telecoms 7 September 2018

Staffline helps M&S recruit seasonal workers for distribution centre

Marks & Spencer is recruiting for an additional 1,000 seasonal workers at its distribution centre in Castle Donington, North Leicestershire.

Retail, Transport & logistics 7 September 2018

Sell candidates the personal experience, not company history

Recruiters should resist inundating candidates with information about their company and focus on what it’s like for employees working there, delegates at global research and advisory firm Gartner’s ReimagineHR Summit 2018 have been told.

6 September 2018

Government plans for fruit and veg workers slammed

A government initiative to enable fruit and vegetable growers to recruit non-EU migrants as seasonal workers post-Brexit has been slammed as “too little, too late”.

New BSI standard will help trust in recruiter reviews

The British Standards Institute (BSI) has published new guidance for organisations who use online review platforms, including recruitment agency and workplace review sites.

HR 6 September 2018

Resignations on the rise despite concerns over shrinking talent pool

While UK recruiters appear to be fishing in an ever-evaporating talent pool, the number of workers tendering their resignations is actually on the increase.

6 September 2018

Jabba the Hutt case serves as warning to recruiters to be on guard of false references

In light of a case in which a pilot put forward Star Wars gangster Jabba the Hutt as his referee, recruiters have been urged to be wary of placing candidates on the basis of false references.

HR 5 September 2018

ASA upholds complaint against Netcom Training job ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against a job advert placed by training company Netcom Training early this year.

LegislationIT/Telecoms 5 September 2018

Consultancy firm to recruit 400 for new digital centre

A global consultancy firm is to create 400 new software engineering jobs in Belfast.

CONTRACTS: 3-7 SEPTEMBER 2018

This week’s contracts include: Allen Lane, Frontline Recruitment

Search Consultancy reveals plans for newly-acquired Henderson Scott

Search Consultancy has bought technical and IT sales recruitment specialist Henderson Scott in a multimillion pound deal.

ContractsIT/Telecoms 4 September 2018

Gattaca steps back from a number of international markets

Gattaca is to withdraw from the contract telecoms infrastructure markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as its operations in Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Qatar, following a major review of its international operations.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays launch recruitment drive for UK and Europe

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are looking to recruit 3,000 new staff across the UK and Europe.

Working on commute could breach NMW rules, recruiters are warned

Any move to include work emails sent during the commute as working time could result in recruiters falling foul of National Minimum Wage (NMW) rules, lawyers have warned.

Legislation 3 September 2018

New jobs for drug manufacturer BioMarin in Ireland

The Republic of Ireland’s bio-pharmaceutical sector is to be boosted to the tune of 50 new jobs.

Enamoured with avocados? US university study will pay you to eat them

Are you an avocado aficionado? If so, you can actually get paid to eat them.

Lighter Side 3 September 2018
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