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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

Recruiters expect recession in coming year, says Bullhorn research

Just over half of recruiters are expecting a recession in the coming year, according to research from Bullhorn.

29 January 2020

FINANCIALS: Offshore recruitment division boosts Empresaria’s growth

International specialist staffing group Empresaria has seen net fee income growth of 2% year-on-year in constant currency, according to a trading update for the year to 31 December 2019.

Don’t hide behind banter in a job ad – it’s discrimination, plain and simple

Recruiters have been warned that a ‘just joking’ defence at tribunal to a job ad that explicitly discriminates against a particular group protected by the Equalities Act won’t wash.

Legislation 28 January 2020

MAC calls for £4.4k drop in threshold for skilled migrants

The Migration Advisory Committee has called on the government to lower the salary threshold for immigrants to the UK by £4.4k.

Legislation 28 January 2020

Microsoft’s new cyber security centre creates 85 jobs in Belfast

Tech giant Microsoft is to create 85 new jobs at a new cyber security centre in Belfast.

New global talent visa won’t help most UK businesses, say critics

The UK government has been accused of failing to grasp that the country will need a variety of types of talent to thrive in a post-Brexit world.

CV lie lands NHS manager with suspended sentence

A senior NHS hospital manager, who managed to land a job by lying about having a degree, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, for fraud against the NHS.

Public sector, HR 27 January 2020

Recruitment tech firms merger creates £100m global business

Technology talent solution businesses Xcede, TechStream and Etonwood have joined to create a £100m revenue global business.

FINANCIALS: SThree profits up but down in UK & Ireland

International STEM staffing business SThree has seen net fee income climb 5% year-on-year in constant currency.

FINANCIALS: Norman Broadbent sees increase in NFI

Professional services staffing specialist Norman Broadbent has seen a 15% increase in group net fee income on 2018.

Financials 27 January 2020

APPOINTMENTS: 27-31 JANUARY 2020

This week’s appointments include: ActiveQuote, CICM, Dentsply Sirona, Eames Consulting Group, Fircroft, Ignata, Intelligent Resource, JCW Group, Sanderson, Sellick Partnership

 

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 27-31 JANUARY 2020

This week’s contracts and deals include: Adecco Group, CV-Library, Hays, IPSE, JSA Services, MyKindaFuture, NRG

ContractsRetail, Engineering 27 January 2020

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-31 JANUARY 2020

This week’s launches include: Butler Rose, Ikiru People, ManpowerGroup, Search Consultancy, TrueProfile, VGC

Recruitment consultant Finn taps into the reality TV market

Recruitment’s representative on the very first series of ITV2’s winter Love Island is the “coolest guy around”, according to one his colleagues.

Ex-offenders at HMP Barlinnie given dedicated work coaches

Government has announced plans to further enhance a scheme aimed at supporting former prisoners back into work in Scotland.

Public sector, HR 24 January 2020

Family recruits for couple to manage luxury villa in Ibiza

A family is recruiting for a couple to manage a luxury villa (not the one pictured!) in Ibiza – and be paid £2k each a month for their trouble.

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