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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

Exec recruiter Korn Ferry gets Charles from Capgemini to head Americas

Global executive search firm Korn Ferry has appointed Doug Charles as president of the Americas.

Executive search 20 December 2013

REC’s Hadley among re-elections to Eurociett Board

Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) director of policy and professional Services Tom Hadley is among eight industry professionals re-elected to the board of Eurociett, the European Confederation of Private Employment Services.

20 December 2013

Customer returns glass to French bar, lands owners fine for hidden labour

A cafe in Brittany in France is facing a €9k (£7.5k) fine after a social security inspector saw a glass returned to the bar by a customer – or in the inspector’s eyes, an ‘undeclared worker’, Le Monde reports.

20 December 2013

Nordback hands over CEO reins to McGirl at TalentPuzzle

Recruitment agency recommendation site TalentPuzzle has appointed Robyn McGirl as new chief executive officer, as founder and previous CEO Virginia Nordback steps down.

20 December 2013

SEC Recruitment appoints learning manager Brunsden

Pharma, IT and analytics recruiter SEC Recruitment has taken on Carly Brunsden as learning and development manager.

IT/Telecoms, Life sciences 20 December 2013

Page Executive makes Nolan head of consumer practice

Page Executive, the specialist brand of recruiter PageGroup, has made Simon Nolan the head of its consumer practice.

Executive search 20 December 2013

KPMG gets London 2012 diversity champion Frost

Professional services firm KPMG will in February take on the man who led diversity at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to head up its own diversity and inclusion efforts.

20 December 2013

Law and HR consultancy ClearSky make move for Bibby's Bishop

Employment law and HR consultant ClearSky HR has appointed Sharon Bishop as its new head of sales.

HR 20 December 2013

Modern day slavery bill might mean GLA expansion

The head of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) tells recruiter.co.uk it is undecided if a draft bill published this week to tackle modern slavery might entail expansion of the organisation in to new sectors.

19 December 2013

Public sector employment up for first time since 2009

The decline in UK public sector jobs may have been arrested after four years of slump.

Public sector 19 December 2013

BIS questions exclusivity and other zero-hours issues in new consultation

A new government consultation on the use and nature of zero-hours contracts has been launched by business secretary Vince Cable.

19 December 2013

Matchtech, Staffline and Empresaria top in 2013 - City Comment

This year has been good for investors in the staffing stocks, with share prices increasing 41.3% in terms of simple average over the past 12 months.

19 December 2013

Freelance marketplaces oDesk and Elance announce merger

Online freelancer marketplaces oDesk and Elance, who together will bill around $750m (£458m) in 2013, are to merge.

19 December 2013

NHS in-house search aims to ‘make life uncomfortable’ for agencies

The head of the NHS’s burgeoning in-house executive search service says he aims to “make life uncomfortable” for the external search firms he is competing with, as he outlines plans to recruiter.co.uk.

Public sector, Executive search 19 December 2013

JP Morgan follows Goldman Sachs in ‘marathon not sprint’ careers

The investment banking division of financial giant JP Morgan is to ramp up hiring of more junior staff, and appears to be following rival Goldman Sachs in turning down the heat on its corporate culture, Bloomberg reports.

19 December 2013

Randstad promotes trio of executives to president in US

Recruitment giant Randstad has promoted three senior staff in the US to the role of group president overseeing different arms of the business.

18 December 2013

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