| Page 221 | Recruiter

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

People

Elite Leaders appoints new Executive Team member

Elite Leaders is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris O’Connell to its Executive team.

1 May 2025

Contracts

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media, Education, IT/Telecoms 1 May 2025

HMRC to ‘revise’ IR35 CEST tool

The government has announced that its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool will be “revised” from today [30 April 2025].

LegislationIT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 30 April 2025

APSCo briefs House of Lords on more amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Trade body APSCo has warned Peers of urgent amendments needed to the Employment Rights Bill, which must be addressed before it reaches Royal Assent.

Legislation 30 April 2025

Policy changes leave US frontline workers nervous about jobs

Global trade policy changes are leaving US frontline workers nervous, angry and stressed out about potential effects on their jobs.

HR 30 April 2025

NHS Trust plans to cut jobs and agency staff

The BBC reports today [30 April 2025] that the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is planning job cuts, as well as cutting its expenditure on bank and agency staff.

Public sector, Commercial & office support 30 April 2025

The SR Group liquidates two German offices

The SR Group’s German companies will formally enter into a solvent liquidation process on 1 May.

Financials 30 April 2025

Eurobase People appoints new sales director to push growth

IT/tech recruiter Eurobase People has appointed Steven Oakley (pictured) as sales director.

PeopleSales, IT/Telecoms 30 April 2025

FINANCIALS: 51job posts rise in revenues

51job, a provider of integrated human resource services in China, has seen revenues rise 12.4%, according to unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2019 ended 31 March, 2019.

FinancialsRecruitment Process Outsourcing, HR 10 May 2019

FINANCIALS: Hudson Global sees profits fall in ‘transition’ year

Global talent solutions company Hudson Global has seen gross profit fall 2.5% in constant currency year-on-year, according to results for the quarter to 31 March 2019.

FinancialsRecruitment Process Outsourcing 10 May 2019

Who were the winners in this year's Recruiter Awards?

Last night’s Recruiter Awards, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in the heart of London’s Mayfair, saw winners pick up awards in 31 different categories.

9 May 2019

Recruitment industry gathers for the 2019 Recruiter Awards tonight

Tonight is the night that the crème de la crème of the recruitment world take a bow at the 2019 Recruiter Awards.

9 May 2019

Arguments rage in war of words surrounding HS2 contractors and IR35

HM Revenue & Customs has once again defended its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool following concerns raised over its accuracy.

LegislationTransport & logistics, Engineering 9 May 2019

Recruiters find temp billings on the rise says Report on Jobs

Recruiters are seeing a rise in temp billings, despite uncertainty around Brexit, according to the latest KPMG/Recruitment & Employment Confederation ‘Report on Jobs’.

Retail, Engineering 9 May 2019

HW Global acquires digital recruiter Zebra People

HW Global Talent Partner has today announced that it has taken a controlling interest in digital recruitment agency Zebra People.

ContractsCreative/Digital/Media, Executive search 9 May 2019

Man stopped from providing workers to food processing factory

A man has been prevented from supplying workers without a licence following investigations by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) in Devon.

LegislationAgriculture, Industrial/Manufacturing 9 May 2019

Staffing 360 appoint Harper and Conroy to lead businesses

Rob Harper is returning to manage Staffing 360 Solutions’ brand CBSbutler after almost four years away.

PeopleEngineering, IT/Telecoms 8 May 2019

BrightHR launches £1m recruitment drive for international expansion

Manchester-based HR software firm BrightHR has launched a £1m recruitment drive to help meet international demand for its product.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 8 May 2019

Joint project offers unemployed lift into logistics jobs

Pallet distribution network The Fortec Distribution Network has joined forces with manpower and logistics solutions provider The Challenge Group to offer unemployed people work as forklift truck drivers.

New to MarketTransport & logistics, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers 8 May 2019

East Midlands hospitals hold recruitment open days

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KGH) and hospitals in Leicester are holding recruitment open days in May.

Public sector, Social care 8 May 2019

Control the narrative against reputational damage rather than take legal action

Recruiters have been urged to tread carefully when responding to people they suspect are deliberately trying to destroy their reputation.

7 May 2019

Fish producer heralds new dawn for work placements

One of the UK’s largest producers of fish and seafood has taken on all of the young people supplied to it in the past year by a work-placement charity.

Agriculture, Industrial/Manufacturing 7 May 2019

FINANCIALS: Adecco posts slight rise in profits

Recruitment giant Adecco has posted a marginal increase in gross profits, according to Q1 2019 results.

Financials 7 May 2019

FINANCIALS: Kelly Services sees marginal rise in revenue

Recruitment giant Kelly Services has posted a marginal increase in revenue, according to results for Q1 2019.

FinancialsEngineering, Executive search 7 May 2019

Most Popular