HR

REC CEO hits back at government cuts to agency spend

Government calls to eliminate agency spend at the NHS have received a fiery response from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Temporary workforce, Your business 3 June 2025

Portfolio Payroll partners with CIPP to drive industry evolution

Payroll recruitment agency Portfolio Payroll is part of a newly unveiled strategic partnership with The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

Your business, Your recruitment business 3 June 2025

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

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Kyloe Partners

Supplier, Technology 27 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

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

New HR manager recruited at Lancaster London

Aideen Whelehan has been appointed HR manager at hotel The Lancaster London.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 June 2013

In-house recruitment: LV= puts jobseekers on the map

Insurance firm LV= continues to put technology and localisation to the fore in its recruitment strategy by mapping out the home addresses of job applicants and existing employees.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 26 June 2013

Youforce survey: Are you sure you need to recruit new skills?

Many a business would like to take on new talent and bring in new talent – but according to a survey from HR software firm Youforce, two in five firms are unaware of the full range of skills they have already got on board.
Your recruitment business 25 June 2013

Indian business favours ‘build’ rather than ‘buy’ approach to talent

Indian businesses are responding to the shortage of leadership skills by adopting a build rather than a buy approach to developing their talent pipelines, according to research by international professional services firm PwC.
Your recruitment business 24 June 2013

Barclays leaps forward with business-wide ‘recruitment hopper’

A Barclays division is initiating an informal internal focus group looking at how its recruitment process could be improved, mimicking a scheme initially used by the business to assess new products internally.
Your recruitment business 24 June 2013

Education can never catch up with world of work, says CIPD chief

The ever-changing nature of the modern world means that “education can never keep up with the world of work”, according to the boss of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 21 June 2013

Google people chief says firm’s brainteasers ‘complete waste of time’

The senior vice president of people operations at Google says that the brainteasers it infamously posed to jobseekers at interview have been done away with because they were “a complete waste of time”.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 21 June 2013

New Center Parcs location gets HR manager to drive recruitment

The recruitment and training of a team of 1,500 is a major part of the role of Center Parcs Woburn Forest’s new HR manager Tracey Purser.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 21 June 2013

Morgan McKinley recruits for new senior marketing and people role

Global professional recruiter Morgan McKinley has appointed a new global marketing director and promoted an HR manager to the newly-created role of people director.
Your recruitment business, HOT 100 21 June 2013

Carillion’s Clements to joins CIPD as deputy CEO in September

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has appointed Susannah Clements as its new deputy chief executive officer, taking up the role in September.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 21 June 2013

Positive turnaround in Lloyds Banking Group’s employer brand

There has been a positive turn around in perceptions of Lloyds Banking Group’s employer brand, according to a senior resourcing executive at the bank.
Your recruitment business 20 June 2013

Human capital to get metric treatment from CIPD

The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) will work with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) to develop human capital metrics, the HR body’s chief has said.
Your recruitment business 20 June 2013

PageGroup voices support for trade body mergers

PageGroup has become the first staffing agency to come out publicly in favour of the merger of bodies representing the recruitment industry. It follows recent reports that the REC intends to initiate informal soundings with other trade bodies.
Your recruitment business, Companies 20 June 2013

Staffing tops HR’s draining queries list finds Transversal

HR decision makers find large portions of their time sucked up in handling routine calls and emails from employees, with staffing queries the most frequent, finds research by knowledge base vendor Transversal.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 June 2013

Strength-based recruitment builds grad diversity, says Capp

A strength-based approach to recruitment is having a positive impact on the diversity of those entering the workforce at graduate level, a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conference has heard.
Your recruitment business 19 June 2013

Slower labour turnover ups stakes in war for talent, finds CIPD/Hays research

The proportion of firms reporting a rise in competition for well-qualified talent has risen threefold over the last four years, according to the CIPD/Hays Resourcing and Talent Planning Survey 2013.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 June 2013
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