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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

RSM appoints Cox head of resourcing

Consulting firm RSM has appointed Neil Cox as head of resourcing for RSM UK.

HR 25 November 2015

Prysmian recruitment drive aims to Make it

Italian energy and telecoms cables and services provider Prysmian Group has launched a recruitment campaign, ‘Make it’, aimed at engineers and technical people with manufacturing experience for its worldwide locations.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 25 November 2015

Techno-phobia no excuse in today’s business world, says Sullivan

No organisation or recruiter is exempt from using technology as a recruitment channel, according to recruitment guru Dr John Sullivan.

IT/Telecoms 25 November 2015

Boyden appoints Mann and Twiston-Davies partners

Global executive search firm Boyden has appointed Andrew Mann and James Twiston-Davies as partners within its industrial practice.

Construction & property, Engineering 25 November 2015

Doctor comes second to pro athlete for kids’ career plans

It turns out most US kids still dream of being the next Michael Jordan or Joe DiMaggio, according to research from Fatherly, a US parenting resource for men.

25 November 2015

Australian Talentforce adopts Natterbox technology

Australia-based recruiting software provider Talentforce has adopted cloud-based phone and voice services provider Natterbox’s technology.

IT/Telecoms 25 November 2015

NPAworldwide bring in eight new firms

Member-owned split-fee recruitment network NPAworldwide has taken on eight new member firms.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 25 November 2015

Jobsite partners with iGeolise

Job board Jobsite has partnered with travel time search platform iGeolise.

IT/Telecoms 25 November 2015

Hiring Hub wins £100k grant from Innovate UK

Manchester-based online recruitment marketplace Hiring Hub has secured a £100k grant from the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK.

IT/Telecoms 25 November 2015

US Greenhouse Software buys onboarding software firm Parklet

US-based recruitment platform Greenhouse Software has acquired San Francisco-based Parklet, a cloud-based employee onboarding and experience software company.

IT/Telecoms 25 November 2015

Deloitte assesses apprenticeship applicants with Arctic Shores

Professional services firm Deloitte has invested in recruitment-focused software developer Arctic Shores to help assess applicants to its apprenticeship programme through gaming technology.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 25 November 2015

Kwango helps Class People with safeguarding training

Education recruiter Class People has invested in a safeguarding course provided by e-learning specialist Kwango.

Education, Public sector 25 November 2015

Singapore recruiter fined for excessive fees

Singaporean recruiter Career Central was fined S$6k (£2.8k) after pleading guilty in court today to two charges of collecting excessive fees from two foreign workers in 2014.

24 November 2015

Russian staffing law will have negative impact on labour market

A new law all but prohibiting the supply of temporary staffing, or outstaffing, in Russia, effective 1 January, will have a significant impact on the local labour market, though it may not affect recruiters as much.

Legal 24 November 2015

US recruitment agency to pay thousands in back wages

A US staffing agency has been ordered by a federal judge to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime and interest to 150 workers from 10 care homes in New Jersey.

Public sector 23 November 2015

Eurozone employers see strongest jobs rate for years

Eurozone businesses saw the fastest rate of jobs growth for four and half years in November, according to the latest Markit Eurozone purchasing managers’ index.

23 November 2015

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