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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!

Our Melica turns out to be lukewarm rather than hot stuff on The Apprentice

Sorry to ruin your weekend, but recruitment’s representative in the BBC’s The Apprentice is no longer the red-hot business partner for entrepreneur Lord Sugar.

IT/Telecoms 20 March 2025

Are we banking on Melica for The Apprentice?

The BBC’s The Apprentice train rumbles on, and in the latest episode candidates were charged with delivering a banking app for children.

Did Melica taste success in The Apprentice in Türkiye?

BBC reality programme The Apprentice sent the remaining candidates packing this week – to Türkiye.

IT/Telecoms 10 March 2025

Social recruiting: March/April 2025

From helping kids in care, currying favour with fellow recruiters to bee-hiving yourselves in the environment, you’ve been busy since the last Recruiter…

Public sector, Social care 4 March 2025

Social recruiting: January/February 2025

From sponsoring teams to giving kids sweet dreams, you’ve been excelling yourselves in the past year…

Charity & not-for-profit 21 January 2025
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Social recruiting: November/December 2024

Through sport or giving up their time, recruiters continue to make a real difference since the last issue of Recruiter...

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Social recruiting September/October 2024

Recruitment organisations continue to work with partners and charities to make a real difference since the last edition Recruiter

Social recruiting March/April 2024

Recruiters and staff continue to help charities. Here are some examples we’ve seen since the previous Recruiter

Scarlett Allen-Horton misses winning BBC Apprentice by ‘the finest hair’

The dream of winning Lord Sugar’s £250k has come to an end for Our Scarlett.

Engineering, Executive search 19 December 2019

Brotherly backing as recruitment’s Scarlett Allen-Horton makes the Apprentice final

The brother of recruitment’s representative on this year’s BBC Apprentice has told Recruiter he is “super proud” of her for making this year’s final.

12 December 2019

Social recruiting January 2020

In the run up to the New Year, there was still time for you to let us know what you'd been up to since the last Recruiter

12 December 2019

Exhibitions company seeks Christmas fair tester

An events and exhibitions company is recruiting someone to travel around Christmas markets and review them this festive period.

Retail, Hospitality/Leisure 10 December 2019

Ex-recruiter Myles is voted out of the jungle

Former recruiter Myles Stephenson has left the I’m A Celebrity jungle.

Hospitality/Leisure 6 December 2019

Scarlett enjoys the sweet smell of success on The Apprentice

Did Our Scarlett’s efforts on The Apprentice this week create the sweet smell of success or stink out Lord Sugar’s boardroom?

5 December 2019

Circle Select parodies ‘Holidays are coming’ in latest promo video

Coca-Cola’s famous festive ‘Holidays are coming’ advert has inspired specialist recruiter Circle Select’s latest promotional YouTube video.

Interim recruitment 4 December 2019

Is Scarlett’s Apprentice journey on track for the final or stuck in the sidings?

Did Our Scarlett experience a train wreck or is she still on track to be Lord Sugar’s business partner on The Apprentice?

21 November 2019

Lake District hotel and spa seeks tea tester

A Lake District hotel and spa is looking to recruit a tea tester.

Hospitality/Leisure 21 November 2019

Myles speaks about his ex-recruiter life on I’m a Celeb

If you were paying attention yesterday evening, I’m a Celebrity viewers may have noticed former X Factor champion Myles Stephenson disclose something that regular Recruiter readers already knew.

Public sector, Healthcare/Medical 20 November 2019

The Queen looks for new royal tour guide for Buckingham Palace

Are you addicted to The Crown on Netflix and know everything there is to know about the Queen and her home?

Hospitality/Leisure 19 November 2019

Candidate needed to check out cannabis varieties

A marijuana review site in the US is looking to weed out the right candidate to smoke cannabis and be paid $36k (£28k) a year for their trouble.

Hospitality/Leisure 18 November 2019

No sibling rivalry here as Scarlett’s brother bigs her up on The Apprentice

The brother of recruitment’s representative on The Apprentice says he never had any doubts his sister Scarlett Allen-Horton would make it this far into the competition.

15 November 2019

Is Scarlett half way to the Finnish line on The Apprentice?

Did things go Suomingly [geddit?] or was it an early Finnish for recruitment’s representative on BBC’s The Apprentice?

14 November 2019

Recruitment industry recognises World Kindness Day with kind acts

A photoshoot for a calendar in aid of a cancer charity and flowers from contractors for a job well done are among the acts of kindness recruiters have seen this World Kindness Day.

13 November 2019

Rent-a-crowd to boost the buzz at events

Online events and exhibitions platform ExpoCart is recruiting members of the public to be part of the ‘crowd’ at some of the UK’s top events as part of a new service.

Hospitality/Leisure 13 November 2019
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