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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.

24 May 2018

Start-up of the Month: Red Carpet

Remedium’s co founder Philip Braham (pictured) told Recruiter the new platform provides doctors coming to the UK with information on their destination, how to open a bank account, a rental accommodation service and an interest-free financing option to help with their rent.

A Remedium representative also typically meets doctors at the airport, while a chauffeur is on hand to take them from the airport to their accommodation.

According to Braham, the service has been launched with an eye on ensuring doctors have an “extremely smooth” transition over to working in the UK. “It’s to improve retention rates within the NHS. It’s important to us they have the best possible experience with us as a company. From looking at the market, we haven’t seen another company launch such a product,” he said.

The service is headed by Remedium’s head of care transition Rachel Warner, who has been working with Benivo on the platform for the past six months. As it’s a bespoke platform, it can be tailored to doctors’ requirements, Braham added.

23 May 2018
Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search, IT/Telecoms, HR

NEW TO THE MARKET: 21-25 MAY 2018

• Executive search firm Chad Harrison International has launched a global technology division led by new appointment Alison Smith. The technology division will provide talent acquisition services to match various levels, including technical specialists, executive level and board level appointments.

• Automated talent attraction platform ClickIQ has launched new technology enabling users to target specific candidates on Facebook using location, interests, education, behaviour and qualifications. It allows clients to create job-based micro campaigns to automatically reach passive jobseekers on a pay per click (PPC) basis.

• Social careers network Recruitd has announced launch of a platform that uses blockchain technology to pull all of a candidate’s basic employment-related details – identity, right to work, education, references, experience and work history – into one block.

That block is automatically validated by the network and indelibly associated with an electronic signature, with the aim of ensuring candidates, recruiters and employers are spared many of the arduous touchpoints in the screening process.

14 May 2018
Banking/Financial services, IT/Telecoms, HR, Accounting/Finance

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 MAY 2018

• LGBT Great, created by Matt Cameron of recruitment and inclusion consultancy The Ocean Partnership, has launched an LGBT+ study examining the experiences of 100 LGBT+ individuals working within the investment industry.

Cameron launched LGBT Great at the end of last year. It aims to drive LGBT+ talent diversity and inclusion across the sector and across the global industry network. This study has been developed in partnership with LGBT Capital which is the first specialist investment firm focused exclusively on the LGBT market.

The study was commissioned as a result of the perceived lack of diversity in the investment industry and because of the fact that many firms are simply overlooking LGBT+ inclusion. In addition, the study examines the perspectives of 100 LGBT+ individuals who are currently working within the sector and is designed to provide useful insights to both investment firms and LGBT+ and individual allies.

The study concluded that that investment firms need to do more for LGBT+ talent and established five insights:

  1. Banter is the number one concern for LGBT+ individuals.
  2. LGBT+ policy formation and implementation is important.
  3. There is a lack of LGBT+ visibility and in particular role models and networks.
  4. LGBT+ inclusion matters in talent attraction and retention.
  5. LGBT+ inclusion is very important to people aged 25-44.

• Professional network LinkedIn is launching two new product features. They are: How You Match, which shows members how they measure up to the experience needed for a specific job; and 1-Click Apply, giving jobseekers the option to save contact information, including a CV, so candidates can apply for a role with a single click.

• Adecco-owned US digital recruitment start-up Vettery has launched in the UK. The platform aims to change the way people are hired by eliminating the need for third-party recruiters. 

The firm, which was acquired by recruitment giant Adecco for $100m (£73m) earlier this year, says 150 businesses are already using its platform, including Vodafone, Bet Fair, Seedrs, Zopa, Lyst and Paddle.

9 May 2018
IT/Telecoms

NEW TO THE MARKET: 8-11 MAY 2018

• Technical recruiter Russell Taylor Group has opened a new office at Horton House in Liverpool’s Exchange Flags business complex, led by principal consultant Conor Meehan.

• Recruitment platform Talenthon has launched. The platform, started by founder and CEO Aman Sood, is powered by blockchain, AI and machine-learning technologies, and is aimed at eliminating fake CVs and false references.

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