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28 April 2025
Life sciences, Engineering

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

• Jobmatch Sweden, a leader in occupational psychological testing, is expanding in Norway through a new partnership with consulting firm Sund Raad. Sund Raad, which focuses on enhancing employee engagement for small and medium-sized businesses, will integrate Jobmatch’s DNV-certified Talent test into its services. This marks Jobmatch’s second partnership in Norway, following its 2022 collaboration with Hapro Jobb og Karriere. Jobmatch Talent is a scientifically validated tool used for recruitment and employee development, according to the company press release.

• STEM recruitment specialist Matchtech has launched STEM Futures, a free, on-demand employability platform aimed at helping young people break into engineering and technology careers. The programme includes expert-led sessions on job search strategies, CV writing, interviews and personal development, and is part of Matchtech’s broader initiative to address the STEM skills gap and support emerging talent.

In addition, Matchtech has awarded the first two grants from its Materna Fund, a £2.5k bursary created to support engineering students facing financial hardship. The inaugural recipients, Sergio Carreno Vargas and David Sarembock from the University of Portsmouth, are using the funds to focus on their studies and development without the added pressure of financial strain.

• Meet Life Sciences has launched Synergy, a new standalone service designed to tackle people capability challenges in the life sciences sector that go beyond recruitment. As part of Meet’s evolution into a full-service talent solutions partner, Synergy offers tailored support in areas like workforce planning, leadership development, skills mapping, culture embedding and organisational design. Led by vice-president Kirsty Wilson, the service is built specifically for the life sciences industry and is focused on delivering measurable, outcome-driven solutions. Unlike traditional consulting, Synergy provides hands-on support from design through to implementation, helping clients build the capability needed to grow, adapt and lead in a competitive global market.

• Right Management, part of ManpowerGroup, has launched a refreshed brand strategy called ‘The Right Way’. It’s a human-centred, data-backed framework that aligns workforce development with business strategy. The new identity centres on ‘The Right Way loop’, a distinctive visual element with modern colours and typography that will be used across all brand touchpoints.

25 April 2025
Construction & property, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers

National student lettings agency launches apprenticeship scheme

In a bid to support young people and grow skilled and knowledgeable individuals for the student lettings sector, loc8me recently launched its 18-month programme, which is open to anyone aged 16-18. The scheme will offer hands-on experience, mentorship and the opportunity to engage in paid work.

Raffaele Russo, founder of loc8me, said: “We’re thrilled to launch this apprenticeship programme, giving young professionals a real chance to learn, grow and begin building a career in an exciting industry.

“Now more than ever, young people are seeking opportunities, guidance and goals to pursue. With this programme, we’re investing in their future – and in the future of the lettings sector.”

Apprentices will have the chance to study the theoretical and practical elements of the lettings industry, and on starting, they will be given a mentor from the loc8me team to support their development via regular meetings throughout the course.

loc8me now operates in 13 major university cities across the UK, including Loughborough, Durham, Nottingham, Manchester, Leeds, Cardiff, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leicester, Hull, Bath and Bristol.

Freya Watson-Russo, academy co-ordinator, said: "At loc8me, we’re committed to nurturing the next generation of letting agents. … We’re giving young people the chance to build a future, gain confidence and carve their own path.”

Founded in 2008 by Russo, loc8me manages more than 2,500 properties and employs more than 75 staff members.

(L-r) Apprentice Ollie Coe, loc8me's marketing assistant and academy co-ordinator Freya Watson-Russo and apprentice Isabel Tebbutt ©loc8me

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14 April 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

• Manufacturing and engineering specialist Busy Bee Recruitment has relaunched its website. The refreshed online platform has a modern design and enhanced user functionality, offering an intuitive browsing experience that makes it easier than ever to explore current vacancies, submit CVs quickly and securely, access expert recruitment advice via a blog and submit vacancies directly online.

• Deel, a global payroll and HR provider, has launched a suite of AI-driven products to help companies hire, manage, and pay international teams. Deel will offer an all-in-one global workforce platform integrating payroll, HR, and IT, designed to support compliant operations across borders. Key updates include: Real-Time Payroll in over 53 markets (expanding to 130+ by 2027), offering instant calculations and faster processing; Deel PEO for offering top-tier benefits without enterprise-level costs; Benefits Admin for simplified, compliant benefits management across countries; Deel Talent for streamlined recruitment via trusted agency networks; Workforce Planning, Compensation, and Engage tools – powered by AI – for smarter headcount strategy, global pay management, and employee development; IT Lifecycle Management features like MDM, IAM, and EPP, supporting global device and security control.

11 April 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms

Spotted Zebra merges Interview Intelligence and Assessment in one platform

This is technology that transcribes, analyses and evaluates conversations through an AI-powered lens. The merger connects assessment results with interview data, addressing the growing challenge enterprise talent leaders face: making confident, objective hiring decisions when candidate information can be fragmented across multiple tools.

In a statement, Spotted Zebra says that enterprise talent acquisition teams are facing twin pressures from AI-generated candidate applications and deepening skills shortages. 

The launch responds to a critical market challenge, the statement continues; while more than three in four businesses report widening skills gaps, employers are inundated with applications with around half of all jobseekers using AI tools to apply for roles. Current solutions force companies to choose between expensive, disconnected systems or compromise on either assessment breadth and depth, or a scalable interview process and structure.

“We’ve integrated Interview Intelligence with Assessment because our enterprise customers are facing unprecedented challenges in talent acquisition,” said Ian Monk, co-founder and CEO of Spotted Zebra. “By unifying these previously siloed technologies, we’re enabling talent teams to make data-informed decisions based on a complete picture of each candidate’s capabilities.”

Unlike standard Interview Intelligence tools that primarily transcribe conversations, Spotted Zebra’s implementation establishes a data framework that truly connects skill measurements across different evaluation methods:

  • Real-time skill evidence mapping: Comprehensive role skills profiles are automatically created thanks to AI-powered intake meetings between recruiters and hiring managers. 
  • AI-assisted interview questioning technology: The AI-powered Interview Guides automatically generate targeted question paths for specific role skills profiles and each candidate.
  • Consolidated hiring evidence dashboard: The Decision Kit combines summarised skill data from both assessment scores and interview evidence, weighting each source appropriately based on predictive validity for specific skill types. 

According to the company statement, AI in Spotted Zebra enhances human decision-making, ensuring the final call on a candidate’s suitability for a role is objective, data-backed and always in the hands of the hiring team.

Headquartered in the UK, Spotted Zebra was launched in 2020 by Monk and co-founder and chief commercial officer Nick Shaw.

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31 March 2025
Oil & gas/Energy, Creative/Digital/Media, Construction & property, Executive search, IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance

Granger Reis appoints two co-leaders for new real assets division

The leadership is shared between Edward Ali McQuilton and Craig Davidge.

The strategic move underscores the B Corp-certified firm’s commitment to expanding its capabilities across real estate, infrastructure and energy transition.

McQuilton, senior partner and board member at Granger Reis, will be responsible for strengthening the firm’s presence in the real estate sector, to support clients navigating an increasingly complex investment landscape.

Davidge, also an existing senior partner, will focus on infrastructure and energy transition to strengthen the firm’s influence in sectors critical to global sustainability and economic development.

As part of its strategic growth, Granger Reis is strengthening its presence across Europe and the US, working closely with alternative asset managers and private markets to enhance portfolio value through exceptional leadership, according to a company statement.

Board member and head of business operations Esmeé Vermolen said the expansion aligns with the firm’s mission to support businesses in building leadership teams focused on sustainability and social impact.

“As a B Corp with a strong change agenda, we remain committed to shaping a more sustainable and inclusive leadership landscape,” Vermolen said.

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27 March 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms

The Adecco Group, Salesforce launch firm where humans work alongside AI agents

Backed by investments from both the Adecco Group and Salesforce in a strategic partnership, Adecco said the new company will empower senior leaders to strategically plan, deploy and manage workers and AI agents at scale. It will leverage the customer’s data, Adecco’s workforce insights and Salesforce’s digital labour platform Agentforce, to augment teams with autonomous AI agents in the flow of work. 

“In doing so, the company will help businesses build workforces where human and digital workers co-exist and thrive,” the Adecco statement said.

“The mission of this new company is to strengthen and secure the full potential of humans with AI. We are at a critical juncture for the future of work. Embracing AI adoption with a well-defined framework for collaboration between humans and digital agents sets the stage for successful outcomes. The new entity will accelerate decision-making on workforce planning and optimise how tasks are distributed between people and AI agents,” said Denis Machuel, Adecco group CEO.

The company said it plans to provide a comprehensive suite of capabilities “seamlessly” integrated into the everyday business tools businesses already use. These capabilities will provide customers with the following benefits:

  • Awareness: Helping senior leaders make data-driven decisions about where and how they should deploy digital and human workers.
  • Simulation: Creating large-scale simulations for demand surges, M&A integrations and multi-year workforce transformations using dynamic human-digital models.
  • Recommendation: Delivering prescriptive recommendations for operational efficiency, ROI-driven automation decisions, and real-time resource allocation.
  • Oversight: Enabling, through partners, the management of an integrated human and digital labour workforce.

The company plans to build the agents on the Agentforce platform and list them on AgentExchange, the marketplace and community for Agentforce that empowers customers to discover, try and buy solutions so that they can quickly create and deploy AI agents.

“When Salesforce launched AgentExchange to help partners build and monetise agentic AI components, our vision was to fuel the next generation of agent-first businesses built on the Agentforce platform in the $6tn (£4.63tn) digital labour market,” said Brian Landsman, EVP & GM, global business development & partnerships at Salesforce. “The new company is pioneering what an Agentforce company looks like and how leaders can use a data-driven approach to create a digital labour model that unlocks the full potential of humans with AI agents at work.”

The new company will reveal more information in the coming months.

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26 March 2025
Transport & logistics, Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search, Interim recruitment, IT/Telecoms

NEW TO THE MARKET: 24-28 MARCH 2025

• Ennis & Co Group has introduced an enhanced interim talent service to address the growing demand from automotive and mobility brands for senior-level, short-term placements. To support this expansion, the automotive executive search specialist has built a larger database of senior interim candidates, complementing its well-established network of freelance associates. This offering provides clients with agile, high-level talent solutions to navigate an increasingly dynamic and challenging market.

• IC Resources, a deep-tech recruitment agency headquartered in Reading, Berks, has opened an office in Austin, Texas. The company’s fifth office, located in Four Points in West Austin, will serve as the hub for semiconductor and software recruitment in the North America and CALA (Central America and Latin America) markets, providing staffing solutions to US clients and candidates. As part of this expansion, the firm has hired Tom Chapman as president and Zach Ward as vice-president of sales. The pair bring nearly 40 years of recruitment experience between them and have significant local knowledge and networks, according to the company statement.

21 March 2025
Charity & not-for-profit, Legal, Apprentices/Grads/School leavers

Recruiters can help Key4Life in finding employment for ex-offenders

‘Unlocking Futures’ took place in collaboration with crime prevention charity Key4Life and brought together top London businesses and ex-offenders to highlight the difficulties around hiring ex-offenders, as well as the opportunities and solutions.
https://key4life.org.uk/

With 12m people in the UK carrying a criminal conviction – and with only 17% of prison leavers securing jobs – the panel discussion explored how businesses can tap into this hugely overlooked pool of talent.

Eva Hamilton MBE, CEO of Key4Life, who set up the charity to reduce offending in response to the 2011 London Riots, said: “Our experience of transforming ex-offenders’ lives – including many from broken homes and who’ve suffered terrible starts in life – has consistently shown us that getting a job is what keeps these men away crime. 

“Sadly, studies show that over 50% of Britain’s businesses would not employ an ex-offender, and together with many of our partner companies – including Harbottle & Lewis, KPMG UK and NBC Universal, all here tonight – we’ve been working hard to lift the stigma around employing ex-offenders and to create opportunities for their employment.”

While the odds of rehabilitation are stacked against ex-offenders, Key4Life – whose innovative 7-Step rehabilitation programme includes equine therapy (horses), football and music, in addition to employability training – has achieved extraordinary results: 

• Just 7% have gone on to reoffend, versus a government rate of 64% 
• 60% have found employment or training opportunities, compared to a government rate of only 15%. 

Alexa Collis, partner at Harbottle & Lewis who hosted the evening, said: “It felt important to us to celebrate our two-year partnership with Key4Life by shining a spotlight on this crucial issue. We invite more companies in Britain to join this vital movement for corporate social change and unlock bright futures for former offenders.”

Advising recruitment agencies and recruiters within companies to help Key4Life help place ex-offenders into meaningful work, Hamilton told Recruiter: “Recruiters are now in a unique position to recruit from this pool of untapped talent represented by so many ex-offenders. What we recommend as the simplest way to give these men a chance to prove themselves is two-three day work tasters with a view to longer-term employment.”

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