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APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

IT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2025

Contracts

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firmus Consulting

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

New to Market

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search, IT/Telecoms, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 6 May 2025

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

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

Elite Leaders appoints new Executive Team member

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

People 1 May 2025

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

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

ContractsPublic sector, Creative/Digital/Media 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

Capital Outsourcing Group appoints Tromans

Capital Outsourcing Group has appointed Phil Tromans as group operations director.

4 December 2015

BCL Legal bring three on board

Legal recruiter BCL Legal has appointed Juliet Lawson senior consultant in the Yorkshire/North-East team.

Commercial & office support, HR 4 December 2015

Syrian refugees sought to work in Canada’s meat industry

Canada’s meat industry has put its hand up and asked for Syrian refugees to boost its workforce, according to news service iPolitics.

Industrial/Manufacturing 3 December 2015

Ford to create 2k jobs at Kentucky plant

Vehicle manufacturer Ford has announced the creation of 2,000 new jobs with a US$1.3bn (£870m) investment in its Kentucky truck plant ahead of the launch of its 2017 F-series super duty truck.

Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 3 December 2015

Sun Country Airlines recruits chief talent officer

Minneapolis-based airline Sun Country Airlines has recruited talent expert Mia Mulrennan to the newly created role of chief talent officer.

3 December 2015

Vine Consulting says cheers! with One From Me

Recruitment-to-recruitment specialist Vine Consulting has partnered with recently launched mobile gift giving platform One From Me.

IT/Telecoms 2 December 2015

Options Group acquires Asian Whitney Correlate

New York-headquartered global executive search firm Options Group has acquired Hong Kong and Singapore-based capital markets search firm Whitney Correlate.

Executive search 2 December 2015

Korn Ferry completes Hay Group buy

US-listed global recruiter Korn Ferry completed its acquisition of global people strategy and organisational performance adviser Hay Group, as announced in September.

Executive search 2 December 2015

TrueBlue buys SIMOS Insourcing in the US

US blue-collar recruiter TrueBlue has acquired workforce management firm SIMOS Insourcing Solutions.

Construction & property, Engineering 2 December 2015

Alexander Daniels implements Mercury xRM company-wide

Finance and accounting, corporate governance, engineering and healthcare recruiter Alexander Daniels has implemented Mercury xRM’s cloud-based online recruitment software.

IT/Telecoms, Engineering 2 December 2015

Firms keen to use short-term global assignments

New research from global consulting firm Mercer has found increasing diversification in the types of global assignments companies are sending staff on.

1 December 2015

Optionis appoints Crossland to executive deputy chairman

Staffing industry services group Optionis has appointed founder Rob Crossland to the new post of executive deputy chairman, effective from today.

1 December 2015

Ghana aims to crack down on illegal recruiters

More than 70 illegal recruitment agencies are operating in Ghana, Nana Baah Abu Okae, chairman of the Ghana Association of Private Agencies, has disclosed.

1 December 2015

Recfluence aims to turn recruitment’s reputation around

Recfluence, a Tripadvisor-style reviews website focused on the recruitment industry, aims to turn around industry reputation and help both candidates and recruitment agencies, its founders say.

IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 30 November 2015

Fine and restraining order for abusive ex-Interact Recruitment employee

A former employee of Interact Recruitment has been fined £2k after threatening to “smash up” the office and take guns to the premise, Midlands-based Express and Star reports.

30 November 2015

yourfoodjob.com expands in Denmark

Following last week’s announcement that food and drink industry-specific job board yourfoodjob.com has relocated its head office, the company has announced Danish expansion.

IT/Telecoms 30 November 2015

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