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14 May 2025
Creative/Digital/Media, Engineering

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MAY 2025

• Global specialist recruitment company Eames Consulting has opened a new office in Philadelphia, focusing on technology and digital enablement. Located at the Wanamaker Building, 100 East Penn Square, this is the recruiter’s second US location, following its New York office, which opened in 2022. The Philadelphia team will be headed up by Steven Stahl, a highly experienced recruiter. Also joining are Sam Youngberg (managing consultant) and Callum Stainer (senior consultant), data and AI recruitment specialists.

• Eightfold AI, which helps organisations recruit and retain top talent, and upskill/reskill their entire workforce, has added two new foundational AI products to its portfolio. Expanding its capabilities in talent acquisition, Eightfold introduces AI Interviewer to automate candidate engagement and assessment, enhancing responsiveness and selection outcomes. The company has also launched Digital Twin, a personalised AI model that captures and applies employee knowledge across systems to drive real-time productivity and decision-making.

• SF Recruitment has opened a new East Midlands headquarters in Castle Donington, strategically positioned next to East Midlands Airport. The new hub unites the company’s Leicester and Nottingham teams, with the company broadening its expertise into STEM fields, including technology and engineering, alongside its core areas of finance, private equity and corporate services. Over 40 team members will be based at the new headquarters and plans for European growth are underway, according to the company statement.

13 May 2025
Transport & logistics, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers

Aspiring pilots can apply to join fully-funded training programme

Flight training typically costs in excess of £100k.

The programme has been developed to support Jet2.com’s growth, enabling the leisure airline to fly more customers away to enjoy their holidays on an expanding fleet of aircraft.

Jet2FlightPath is open to candidates from all backgrounds (subject to meeting the application criteria) and aims to boost social mobility and promote diversity within the pilot community. To apply, candidates need at least five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including maths and a science subject, or equivalent qualifications – making Jet2FlightPath more accessible than other programmes.

The selection process, including assessments and interviews, will see successful candidates invited to take their place on a fully funded 18-month Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) training course in the UK, Spain or US, with courses starting this year. Upon completion of the ATPL course, trainees will then be offered Type Rating training on either an Airbus or Boeing aircraft, before becoming a Jet2.com pilot. Three partners set to deliver this training are Skyborne Airline Academy, Leading Edge and FTE Jerez.

When completing the Jet2FlightPath pilot training programme, trainees will also be fully immersed in the operation and culture at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, “so that they can understand all the qualities that make up the businesses”, a company statement said. This includes gaining exposure to various customer-facing roles such as cabin crew and ground operations.

Jet2.com plans to put 60 pilots through Jet2FlightPath in the first year of the programme and then expand it to attract “even more” aspiring pilots in the coming years as the company continues to grow, the company said. 

The UK’s third largest airline currently employs over 1,800 pilots and will operate a fleet of up to 135 aircraft this summer, flying customers to sun and leisure city destinations across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands from 13 UK airport bases.

The brand-new Jet2FlightPath programme opens for applications today [13 May 2025]. Pilots of the future can find out further information as well as how to apply by clicking here.

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6 May 2025
Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

• Heidrick & Struggles has launched a new Government & Defense Tech Practice, aimed at serving the growing demand for technology leadership within public sector organisations. With governments estimated to account for 10% of global technology and IT services spending, the firm sees this as a significant market opportunity. The practice consolidates the company’s experience from over 200 engagements to provide leadership solutions for organisations delivering technology to national, state and local governments worldwide.

The new practice will support clients by offering leadership search, development and organisational effectiveness services. It brings together more than 30 experienced partners across sectors such as IT services, aerospace and defence, energy and private equity, operating globally across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The initiative addresses the increasing reliance of governments on advanced technologies like AI, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity and robotics.

• Workforce management solutions firm Matrix has supported more than 10,000 individuals across the UK into employment between March 2024 and April 2025 through its Social Value team. The efforts focused on a wide range of community initiatives, including employability workshops, career guidance and volunteering opportunities. These programmes were designed to help students, jobseekers and public sector employees gain essential skills and access new career pathways.

• UK start-up Project Brains has launched ProdigyPB, an AI-powered platform designed to revolutionise job description creation and recruitment. Tailored for SMEs, growing businesses, and HR teams, ProdigyPB helps define precise hiring needs by aligning job roles with specific business challenges. The tool generates clear, bias-free job descriptions in seconds and enables users to engage with vetted fractional specialists from Project Brains’ talent pool, according to a company statement. ProdigyPB is currently available in Beta across the UK.

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.

14 January 2019
Hospitality/Leisure

Start-up of the Month: Sixty Eight People

Dunn has struck out on her own, having been a director at hospitality staffing specialist Bee Recruitment and having headed up recruitment and training Revolution Bars Group.

She told Recruiter her experience in the sector is a unique selling proposition (USP) for her agency: “I think my 10 years in operations and further 10 years in hospitality recruitment is my USP. I understand the pressures at site and company level for not having the right person in a role. It’s debilitating.

“Add to that the annoyance of having poor quality CVs hitting your inbox and the pressure to respond to them. I dealt with multiple agencies during my in-house role with Revolution Bars Group – I know what they are offering and I know we offer something different. Our best clients are our advocates. They seek advice on their process, on their salaries, on the current marketplace, on how they are perceived as an employer.”

Dunn revealed the agency also offers interview training for clients and is working with Manchester-based profiling company Arctic Shores, which designs game-based psychometric assessments.

Looking ahead, Dunn added the firm is seeking to increase headcount with plans to recruit a talent manager, whose sole purpose will be to look after the agency’s candidates.

9 January 2019
IT/Telecoms

Former Apprentice candidate Thakrar strikes out on her own

Trishna Thakrar, a candidate on The Apprentice back in 2016 who joined Martin’s business at the start of 2017 to head up its technology and financial systems division, has now left to set up her own business technology recruitment agency, TT Tech Solutions.

Speaking to Recruiter this morning, Thakrar revealed she left HRS at the end of October and launched her new business at the start of December, which focuses on technical positions within organisational financial systems recruiting professionals working across a range of roles from analytics development to business analytics to software development.

Thakrar added that working with Martin and Lord Sugar at HRS enabled her to build the confidence to realise she could strike out on her own having built up a strong network before joining HRS.

“Leaving HRS was a big decision. It was a big decision taking the position in the first place because I had a lot of exposure coming out of The Apprentice and it was the first thing really that came my way. I didn’t look at anything else or seek investment because I had this opportunity but for me, I didn’t have the confidence coming out of The Apprentice to say ‘I can do this by myself’. Being there and seeing myself do it at another company without much need for help or support – that I could do it all on my own – it only made sense for me to come out of there and build a business for myself.”

One of the other benefits of working with Martin, Thakrar says, was learning to do business the right way and with purpose.

“He [Ricky Martin] is definitely an inspirational person… He’s very professional and he’s done things the right way. There are so many recruitment businesses out there and the way some of them operate are very different. I think the business is very ethically run. He has just given me the confidence and the know-how to say, if you are going to set up a business do it the right way. Don’t just try and make a quick buck. Have a purpose.”

Thakrar explains her new agency’s purpose is to move with technology. “Technology is going to be consistently moving. If I’m not keeping up-to-date with things, we’re not going to move forward. It’s about staying at the cutting edge of technology and all the new things coming through.”

And having built up such a strong network, Thakrar has been able to hit the ground running. “It’s moving forward a lot quicker than I thought it was going to. At the start, I thought I was going to have spend six months really building it, making a bit of money, building up the revenue and then kind of spin out, start hiring people, get an office and get things moving... I am anticipating that by around March, I’ll have a team of about four. I have already started recruiting. I’m having a few interviews. I’ve got one person that should join me this month and then I’m hoping by March I can really take off from there – so fingers crossed.”

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7 January 2019

Halka becomes new CFO at Adecco UK & Ireland

Yann Halka, who has worked at Adecco Group in France and Switzerland for the past 10 years, most recently as vice president of budgeting and management reporting, takes on the role.

Before his tenure at Adecco, Halka worked in a number of corporate and operational finance roles at oil & gas contractor Saipem and Orange. At Orange, he was responsible for the mobile network operator’s financial controlling activity in Africa, which included ensuring the effective return on investments, cash delivery and launching new operations in Central Africa.

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7 January 2019
Retail, Transport & logistics, Creative/Digital/Media, Industrial/Manufacturing, IT/Telecoms

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 JANUARY 2019

• Talent acquisition services provider Consult Inhouse has opened. The London-headquartered firm, which is partnering with organisations across the UK and has been launched by Steve Lorde and Karl Chatterjee.The firm aims to tackle gaps in the way agencies and recruitment process outsourcing providers engage with SMEs, and seeks to help them build their own high-performance talent acquisition functions.

• Dublin-based duo Niall O’Kelly and Mark Baker have partnered with recruitment investment firm Recruitment Entrepreneur, led by James Caan, to launch their financial recruitment consultancy Darwin Hawkins. This is entrepreneur Caan’s third investment in Ireland in recent months, alongside Hayward Hawk in Belfast and 360 Search in Dublin. 

• Early careers mobile app Fledglink has launched. The app aims to bridge the gap between the final years of students’ education and the period when they start looking for work by offering a free-to-use dedicated social network for 16-24-year-olds, focused entirely on educational and professional support.

• Multi-brand specialist global recruitment firm Frank Recruitment has opened its seventh US office in Scottsdale, Arizona.

• Guardian Jobs is launching a new marketing campaign to highlight its rebrand. The career site’s campaign aims to highlight how Guardian Jobs’ portal helps clients find the right people for roles, and aims to give Guardian Jobs a personable approach.

The multi-media campaign, designed with in-house agency OLIVER, will run across display, press, paid search, email, social and podcasts across the UK and makes use of wordplay, adopts a light-hearted tone featuring illustrations by long-standing Guardian collaborator Matt Blease.

The strapline ‘Find a job where you can be you’ appears on one ad, focusing on two thumbprints high-fiving each other; another has a box of matches branded ‘Happy Matches’, encouraging people to ‘Spark something great’.

• Contract recruitment company Procurement PeopleCloud has launched. Targeting the procurement and supply chain industry specifically, the recruitment platform aims to ensure firms in those sectors have instant access to a large, verified pool of experienced procurement professionals through its Odesma Assessor Aurora analysis.

• Industrial recruiter Recruit Right has opened a new office in Argyle Street in Birkenhead. The Birkenhead office is the latest satellite office venture for Bromborough-headquartered Recruit Right, which also has recruitment centres in Blackburn and Greater Manchester.

Recruit Right’s decision to set up the new base comes as the Wirral Growth Company, a joint venture between Wirral Council and its commercial partner Muse Developments to fast-track economic growth, moves forward to create thousands of local jobs through regeneration plans for Birkenhead.

• Totaljobs has launched a new brand identity and advertising campaign. The new brand is represented in part by a signature ‘T’ and is the result of the careers site’s collaboration with creative agency DesignStudio.

The careers site has also announced a new multi-channel brand campaign. Incorporating the new tagline of ‘Get everything you need from a job’, the campaign explores what matters most to people and features real workers as part of its cast. Launching with a TV spot across terrestrial and digital channels, the campaign also includes radio, outdoor, mobile and online, and runs from 1 January until 31 March in the North of England, reaching more than 8m people.

• UK digital recruitment agency Trust in Soda has opened a new division in Dublin, headed up by Tom Madeley. Trust in Soda (Ireland) is based in the WeWork at Dublin Landings, part of the city’s docklands redevelopment. 

 

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