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Skill-based hiring can have ugly consequences – what can go wrong?

Skill-based hiring (SBH) is a hiring strategy that focuses on recruiting and selecting candidates based primarily on their demonstrated ability to perform each skill required for the position.

HR 2 May 2025

People

Elite Leaders appoints new Executive Team member

Elite Leaders is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris O’Connell to its Executive team.

1 May 2025

Contracts

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media, Education, IT/Telecoms 1 May 2025

HMRC to ‘revise’ IR35 CEST tool

The government has announced that its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool will be “revised” from today [30 April 2025].

LegislationIT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 30 April 2025

APSCo briefs House of Lords on more amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Trade body APSCo has warned Peers of urgent amendments needed to the Employment Rights Bill, which must be addressed before it reaches Royal Assent.

Legislation 30 April 2025

Policy changes leave US frontline workers nervous about jobs

Global trade policy changes are leaving US frontline workers nervous, angry and stressed out about potential effects on their jobs.

HR 30 April 2025

NHS Trust plans to cut jobs and agency staff

The BBC reports today [30 April 2025] that the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is planning job cuts, as well as cutting its expenditure on bank and agency staff.

Public sector, Commercial & office support 30 April 2025

The SR Group liquidates two German offices

The SR Group’s German companies will formally enter into a solvent liquidation process on 1 May.

Financials 30 April 2025

Eurobase People appoints new sales director to push growth

IT/tech recruiter Eurobase People has appointed Steven Oakley (pictured) as sales director.

PeopleSales, IT/Telecoms 30 April 2025

Rolls-Royce seeks apprentices for engineering careers

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is recruiting for a record number of places on its apprenticeship programme.

Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 13 February 2019

Hush, is this the best job in the world? Very likely

Online marketing place HushHush.com has posted a job advert for a £75k a year luxury product tester to review its high-ticket items.

Retail, Hospitality/Leisure 13 February 2019

Following clients’ wishes on not hiring young women could land recruiters in trouble

Recruiters have been urged to strongly push back against demands from any client wishing to avoid recruiting candidates who appear to be of childbearing age – not least because they could be brought before a tribunal for sex discrimination.

Legislation 12 February 2019

Government targets new carers in recruitment campaign

The government has launched a recruitment campaign aimed at attracting applicants for 110,000 vacancies in the adult social care sector.

Public sector, Social care 12 February 2019

Raft of recruiters in Sunday Times International Track 200

Opus Talent Solutions has led a raft of recruiters that have made the rankings in this year’s Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200.

12 February 2019

AI pinpoints ‘huge’ gender imbalance in UK workplace, not only in the boardroom

Huge gender bias is evident in the UK workforce, according to a study, which examined the role of men and women across the British workplace.

12 February 2019

FINANCIALS: Randstad reveals slight rise in revenues

Recruitment giant Randstad has seen group revenues increase 2% year-on-year in Q4 2018, buoyed by robust growth in its North American and Rest of the World operations.

Financials 12 February 2019

Start-up of the Month: TT Tech Solutions

Former Apprentice candidate Trishna Thakrar has struck out on her own to set up technology staffing specialist TT Tech Solutions in Essex.

New to MarketIT/Telecoms 12 February 2019

Take D&I more seriously or die

Diversity & inclusion must be taken more seriously in the search industry.

Executive search 12 February 2019

In-house recruiters dubious about current D&I success

New research reveals in-house recruiters are unsure about the effectiveness of D&I.

12 February 2019

US tech firm digs up dodgy behaviours on future hires

Hiring the wrong person can be costly and lead to hostile work environments.

HR 12 February 2019

Joining the dots: Exploiting big data to find talent

Different technologies combine to help recruiters find better talent.

New to Market 12 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…

Lighter Side 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.

Lighter Side 11 February 2019

Contractors don’t believe private sector is ready for IR35 reforms

More than three in four contractors have little confidence to manage the extension of off-payroll rules into the private sector from April of next year.

Legislation 11 February 2019

AMI investment creates new jobs for Belfast

A Belfast-based company is creating 30 new roles as part of a £3.5m investment.

IT/Telecoms 11 February 2019

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