Lighter Side | Recruiter

Daily News back on Tuesday after the Easter Bank holiday!

Recruiter’s daily bulletin is taking a break after today for the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.

18 April 2019

Millionaire seeks gamemaker to create Battle Royale-inspired event

A millionaire has enlisted the help of luxury product marketplace HushHush.com to help recruit a ‘gamemaker’ to create an arena event inspired by the film Battle Royale on a private island, after a customer enquired about buying an island for a championship through the site.

Hospitality/Leisure 10 April 2019

Katie Price to recruit a couple to clean and look after her kids

Do you fancy swapping the world of recruitment to work for Katie Price?

Hospitality/Leisure 4 April 2019

Recruitment firm gives resourcer her Shangri-llama reward to say thanks

Resourcers are the backbone of any recruitment agency and can mean the difference between whether or not a client can secure the perfect candidate.

29 March 2019

The Queen serves up top notch sous chef role in Royal Household

Fancy swapping the world of recruitment for cooking for Her Majesty the Queen? Well, step this way as we have the perfect role for you.

Hospitality/Leisure 29 March 2019

Sniff out the best vegan food in the world and get a great celery too!

How would you like to travel the world tasting vegan food and be paid £50k a year for your trouble?

Hospitality/Leisure 29 March 2019

Don’t be hampered by taste – here’s the incentive your staff need

If you value your staff and want to prove it, how about a specially tailored, luxury recruiter hamper?

22 March 2019

HushHush.com offers an apprenticeship but not as we know it

Put aside your outdated images of low-paid apprentices. Cast out of your mind once and for all the idea of apprentices as cheap labour to be exploited by cynical employers.

Retail, Transport & logistics 21 March 2019

Calco staff trial canine Cockerpoo consultant

A Croydon-based recruiter is deliberating over whether to make a junior canine consultant permanent following a successful trial day.

Construction & property 15 March 2019

100 Maze Masters hired for West End attraction

The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience London has hired 100 new Maze Masters for its venture in London’s West End.

Hospitality/Leisure 12 March 2019

Telling a candidate ‘I love you’ and other blunders

What’s your biggest miscommunication blunder? Can it beat accidentally telling a candidate that you love them at interview?

5 March 2019

Flexible bosses ensured recruiter wouldn’t be shipwrecked when cameras stopped rolling

A recruitment consultant, whose bosses gave him the time off to take part in Channel 4’s Shipwrecked, has described the experience as something he will cherish forever.

22 February 2019

Kids rewrite job descriptions to find their new teacher

Secondary school kids are leading a recruitment campaign to find their next teacher.

Public sector, Education 22 February 2019

Chester Zoo is on the lookout for new recruits

Has it been your dream job to walk and talk with the animals?

Marketing & Sales, Hospitality/Leisure 19 February 2019

Will our two Shipwrecked recruiters survive their island ‘ordeal’?

Channel 4’s Shipwrecked has thrown up yet another recruiter for us all to cheer on.

Engineering, Construction & property 15 February 2019

Circle Select spoofs well-known retailer to promote its interim services

Circle Select has taken inspiration from retailer M&S for their latest promotional YouTube video.

Retail, Interim recruitment 15 February 2019

Social recruiting March 2019

From sponsoring intrepid rowers, celebrating staff stars to raising thousands for charity, you’ve been busy since the last Recruiter…

12 February 2019

Don’t ban work relationships, just get your love contracts in place

Recruiters have been urged to avoid banning workplace relationships outright as new research shows two-thirds of British workers have dated a colleague.

11 February 2019