Creative/Digital/Media

BBC Studios appoints new director of HR

The BBC has appointed Jermaine Daw (pictured) as director of HR for BBC Studios, effective in June. 

Your business 28 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Aston University, Four Squared Recruitment, Gi Group UK, itris X, ManpowerGroup

Supplier, Your business 27 May 2025

Human skills as important as ‘oven-ready’ tech skills

The UK skills landscape is experiencing rapid and regular turnover as employers look for “oven-ready talent” with much in-demand technical skills.

Technology, Your business 20 May 2025

UK Hiring Taskforce launches to develop new hiring strategies

A UK Hiring Taskforce was launched on Friday [16 May 2025] at the Houses of Parliament to develop strategy, technology and policy for “the end-to-end process of hiring in as new a way as possible”.

Technology, Temporary workforce 19 May 2025
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Org Group acquires Manchester-based tech recruiting firm

Multinational professional services provider Org Group has acquired Manchester-based technology recruiting firm Venturi.

Technology, Your recruitment business 15 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Eames Consulting, Eightfold AI, SF Recruitment

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

UK-INDIA FTA: Financially beneficial for firms to second Indian workers to the UK

Following the news that the UK and India have agreed a trade deal, what will that mean for mobility of workers?

Emerging talent, Legislation/Regulation 9 May 2025
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Tech & Tools: May/June 2025

Rise of native AI applicant tracking systems

Your business, Your recruitment business 7 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

Your recruitment business 6 May 2025

RBS IT problems are recruiters’ silver lining

The current negative publicity surrounding RBS and NatWest might not appear to be good news for the banking group's employer brand, but it could have a silver lining as far as attracting talent is concerned, a conference has heard.
In-house recruitment 29 June 2012

General staffing recruitment up 11.5%, says Adecco

The number of full-time general staffing roles advertised in the UK rose by 1.11% across the month of May compared to the previous month, with the number of jobs up 11.5% since the year began.
In-house recruitment, Companies 27 June 2012

Modest Brits undersell themselves, says Gumtree research

UK jobseekers are too reserved to effectively sell themselves while job hunting, shows research from jobs board Gumtree.com.
Your recruitment business 22 June 2012

Internal investment in social media preferred to recruitment, says marketing institute

Over half (55%) of companies are planning to invest in social media training in the next year, rather than looking to bringing in these skills from outside.
20 June 2012

Product launch: Trinity Mirror brings out ART platform

Trinity Mirror Digital Recruitment (TMDR) has launched its new Advanced Recruitment Technology (ART) platform to its UK recruitment website portfolio and to partner sites.
Your recruitment business 15 June 2012

Contracts/Deals: Bullhorn acquired by Vista Equity

Recruitment software company Bullhorn has been acquired by a private equity firm for a nine-figure sum.
Your recruitment business 15 June 2012

Social media poorly used at work, finds Kelly survey

Employees and employers alike are nervous about using social media in the workplace, reveals the latest Kelly Global Workforce Index.
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 14 June 2012

IRG to launch social platform IRG Community

The Independent Recruiting Group (IRG), a social enterprise representing nearly 200 small independent recruitment consultancies in the UK, is to launch a social network platform for the industry tomorrow [15 June].
14 June 2012

LinkedIn confident in its hashing and salting

Professional social network LinkedIn is confident in its privacy and security procedures, following a leak of 6.5m users’ passwords.
7 June 2012

VMA Group launches freelance practice

Recruitment consultancy VMA Group has launched a freelance offering as part of its interim practice, recruiting external & internal communications and HR professionals, particularly focusing on the mid-level market.
6 June 2012

Confidence up and recruitment freezes down in services sector, says Barclay Meade

Just 11% of business services firm were implementing a recruitment freeze in Q1 2012, down from 17% in the last quarter of 2011.
Your recruitment business 31 May 2012

Contracts/Deals: Raw Talent Academy brings new talent to abrs

Raw Talent Academy, founded by former winner of TV’s The Apprentice Lee McQueen, is to search for new talent for the Henley and London offices of future media, technology and marketing recruiter abrs.
30 May 2012

Be creative to attract best talent, says Criteo CTO

International online advertising company Criteo is hoping that a computer coding competition will help it recruit the best IT talent from across the EU.
30 May 2012

Media

The world of digital, creative and communications is a fast-moving sector. Recruiters and companies may need to think outside the box to find the right skill sets
Analysis 25 May 2012

McCann’s honesty pays dividends

Honesty proved to be the best policy for advertising agency McCann London, which won the Most Effective Recruitment Campaign award at the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2012, headline sponsored by Eploy.
25 May 2012

Monster integrates BeKnown into core site

Jobs board Monster has integrated BeKnown, its professional networking app on Facebook, into its central job site. BeKnown, which launched in June 2011, allows jobseekers and candidates to see inside connections at companies they are interested in working with, and then communicate with those individuals.
21 May 2012
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