HR

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?

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Tech & Tools: May/June 2025

Rise of native AI applicant tracking systems

Soundbites: May/June 2025

Which proposed aspects would you like to see removed from the Employment Rights Bill?

Supplier, Your business 7 May 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Zellis

Supplier, Your business 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.

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.

Advice, Your business 2 May 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.

APPOINTMENTS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eames Consulting, Faststream Recruitment Group, Gi Group, Heidrick & Struggles, Oyster, Starfish Search, Sellick Partnership

Supplier, Your business 28 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: 55/Redefined, AMS, In2Dialog

DEI, Diversity/Inclusion 28 April 2025

Pedersen & Partners picks Pattiiha for Indonesia

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Melissa Pattiiha as consultant in its Indonesian office.

Oakleaf Partnership hires Lawton as senior consultant

Specialist HR recruiter Oakleaf Partnership has appointed Marijana Lawton as senior consultant.

MoneyGram appoints Wilson for EMEA/Asia Pacific talent

Money order service MoneyGram has appointed Tim Wilson to director of talent acquisition for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

BT appoints Wilcox group HR director

Telecommunications company BT has appointed Alison Wilcox as group HR director.

People key to winning ways

Investing in people and giving them opportunities to succeed are clearly top business strategies for both winners of recruitment agency of the year awards

Reaping cross-industry rewards through a Darwinian evolution

Back in the early 2000s, when ‘geek’ became the new ‘cool’, the reward profession took its opportunity to come out of the shadows

Sell your job better to candidates, US talent leader Schmidt says

Is your office dog friendly? What should the successful candidate for a job have achieved and delivered by the end of the first year in the role?
In-house recruitment 20 May 2015

Safe Computing wins contract with Blue 24x7

HR, screening and financial management software provider Safe Computing has won a contract to supply its Safe Screening technology to nursing and healthcare staffing specialist Blue 24x7.

Adecco extends MSTAR2 involvement

Global HR solutions provider Adecco has been appointed to lots two and three on the MSTAR2 framework, the scheme set up by the Local Government Professional Services Group to supply staff to public sector organisations.
20 May 2015

Vacancy Filler launches two new products

Recruitment software platform Vacancy Filler has launched two new products – a customisable application form and an onboarding module.

Cornerstone OnDemand gives employers the edge

US-listed cloud-based learning and talent management software provider Cornerstone OnDemand has launched platform-as-a-service Cornerstone Edge, specifically for the talent management industry.

Appogee launches Appogee HR

Software-as-a-service developer Appogee has launched a new cloud-based online HR management system, Appogee HR.

Use data to drive culture – not ‘Hawaiian shirt Fridays’, says Decoded expert

Debate around the use of Big Data focuses too much on technology, while social changes affecting people are being ignored, digital innovation strategist Rahaf Harfoush has told an audience of HR professionals.

Indonesia: Recruitment agencies top best ways to find staff

Recruitment agencies are now the most effective way for organisations in Indonesia to find new employees, according to research from Monroe Consulting Group.
In-house recruitment 18 May 2015

Consider benefits offered by ex-offenders when recruiting, says Aitken

More action is needed to stop employers completely rejecting ex-offenders when recruiting, not least because they risk missing out on a wider talent pool, according to former Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken.

In-house recruitment 15 May 2015

Saville acquisition offers Towers Watson clients ‘one-stop shop’

Global professional services company Towers Watson says its acquisition of international psychometric assessment business Saville Consulting, as announced last month, offers its HR clients a one-stop shop including screening, potential and performance assessment or 360 degree feedback.
In-house recruitment 15 May 2015
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