HR

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

NHS SBS partners with health-tech firm to transform workforce across NHS

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) and health-tech company ImproveWell have announced a partnership aiming to drive workforce transformation across the NHS.

Technology, Your business 15 May 2025

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

Legislation/Regulation 15 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

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Henley Business School, ServiceNow, The Curve Group, Think, UKG

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
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Soundbites: May/June 2025

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

Supplier, Your business 7 May 2025

HR should lead the change to flexible working, says Oakleaf

Research commissioned by HR recruiter Oakleaf Partnership has found an “ongoing reluctance” to commit to part-time hires.
Your recruitment business 27 April 2015

RBS improves engagement with graduates and sees fewer drop-outs

Direct engagement with graduates between their acceptance date and first day has helped The Royal Bank of Scotland dramatically reduce the numbers of people leaving their graduate programme before their designated start date.
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 24 April 2015

FINANCIALS: Robert Half reports rising revenues

US-listed specialist recruiter Robert Half has reported a 2015 Q1 net income of US$77.9m (£51.5m) on revenues of $1.2bn, up from $61.6m and $1bn respectively year-on-year.
24 April 2015

Doddle appoints Bates people director as firm plans 600 new hires

Parcel collection and sending service company Doddle has appointed Karen Bates as its first director of people.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 24 April 2015

Ashley Kate HR appoints Haughton resourcer

HR recruiter Ashley Kate HR has appointed Sonia Haughton as recruitment resourcer.
Your recruitment business 24 April 2015

Alexander Daniels appoints Underwood and Garnett

Professional staffing specialist Alexander Daniels has appointed Steve Underwood as manager for its education division.
Your recruitment business 24 April 2015

Global Spotlight on Chile

Competition is fierce among recruiters and although new agencies, especially foreign ones, are at a disadvantage, barriers can definitely be overcome.
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 22 April 2015

Penguin picks up marketers via Tumblr

Using the theory “you go where the party’s at rather than trying to get the party to come to you”, Penguin Random House recently turned its recruitment eye to social network Tumblr
In-house recruitment, Your recruitment business 21 April 2015

Firms fail to give HR professionals rigorous leadership development, says Korn Ferry

Almost half of firms fail to offer leadership development programmes specifically for HR professionals, including in-house recruiters, according to a global survey from executive search firm Korn Ferry.
Your recruitment business 20 April 2015

Connections opens London office

Manchester-based multi-sector recruiter Connections has this month (April) opened a London office.
Your recruitment business 20 April 2015

Recruiters must provide diverse candidate lists before business pushes back

The way for recruiters to make more money out of multinational professional services firm EY is to provide a diverse candidate list, the firm’s chairman and managing partner UK & Ireland Steve Varley revealed this morning.
In-house recruitment 17 April 2015

Indeed sees spike in retail, manufacturing jobs

Almost 16,000 more retail jobs were uploaded to Indeed in Q1 2015 than in the previous quarter, according to the global jobs portal’s latest employment index.
Your recruitment business 17 April 2015

Identifying talent needs critical for acquisition and management

Business needs to do more to identify talent critical to delivering growth across their organisations before externally acquiring it, according to recruitment experts at the latest London HR Connection roundtable.
In-house recruitment 17 April 2015

Bentley sets its sights on Europe to recruit niche talent

Bentley is turning its recruitment sights to Germany, Spain and Portugal, leveraging networks and sister companies to discover skilled specialist workers for niche roles.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 10 April 2015

Randstad Professionals appoints Gannon

Recruitment giant Randstad Professionals has appointed Jennifer Gannon as senior vice president (SVP) of strategic sales.
Your recruitment business 10 April 2015

Pedersen & Partners appoints Buttinger for Austria

International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Josef Buttinger as country manager for Austria.
Your recruitment business 10 April 2015
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