HR

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.

Temporary workforce, Your business 30 April 2025

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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Jobmatch Sweden, Matchtech, Meet Life Sciences, Right Management, Synergy

Your business, Your recruitment business 28 April 2025

Sheffield director of umbrella company banned for VAT fraud

The boss of an umbrella company that failed to pay more than £2.5m in VAT has been banned as a director.

Supplier, Your business 24 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Greene King, Insights, Workday

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s new launches include: Busy Bee Recruitment, Deel

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Spotted Zebra merges Interview Intelligence and Assessment in one platform

HR tech talent acquisition firm Spotted Zebra has merged its Assessment platform with its Interview Intelligence.

Supplier, Your business 11 April 2025

INTERNATIONAL US: Video interview use quadruples to two in three firms

Nearly two in three (63%) of human resources managers say their company frequently conducts job interviews via video – up from just 14% last year.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 31 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Stonegate Pubs get recruitment head

Pub operator Stonegate Pub Company has appointed Holly Cunnington as head of recruitment.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 August 2012

HR technology spend to rise, finds Towers Watson

Nearly a third (31%) of companies are to increase their spending on HR technology in the coming year as change in HR department grows, finds a survey of 628 global organisations from professional services company Towers Watson.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 30 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Vanilla Recruitment enters finance with Smith

Market Harborough recruiter Vanilla Recruitment has appointed Richard Smith to develop a new accountancy & finance division.
Your recruitment business 29 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Frazer Jones takes on Middle East director

Global HR recruiter Frazer Jones has appointed Gemma Nelson as an associate director in the Middle East, based in the firm’s Dubai office.
Your recruitment business 29 August 2012

Interims make change rather than fill gaps, says Russam

More interim managers in the UK are involved in change management than the traditional ‘gap-filling’ assignments, says a survey from interim management provider Russam GMS.
Your recruitment business 21 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL Japan: Gaming industry makes its move

In Japan, the social and mobile gaming industries “are absolutely king right now”, Michael J Case, managing director of Tokyo-based recruiter Wahl & Case tells Recruiter.
Your recruitment business 10 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL India: Advorto selects Covenant as distributor

Talent recruitment systems vendor Advorto has appointed HR and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services firm Covenant India as its distribution partner for India.
Your recruitment business 8 August 2012

INTERNATIONAL Spain: Social media will kill other ways of hiring

Over half (55%) of Spanish HR professionals either do currently or will in the near future use social media to recruit now, and 30% go as far as saying that this will eliminate other methods of recruiting, reports news agency EFE.
In-house recruitment 2 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Ryman gets Jones as HRD

Nadine Jones has been appointed as group HR director (HRD) across Theo Paphitis retail brands Boux Avenue, Robert Dyas and Ryman, responsible for the recruitment and development of the workforce.
Your recruitment business 1 August 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Naughton comes back to Oakleaf Partnership

Senior consultant Caroline Naughton has returned to specialist HR recruitment firm Oakleaf Partnership following a sabbatical from the company where she was writing a novel.
Your recruitment business 31 July 2012

Contracts/Deals: Hays supplies permanent staff to Carlsberg UK

Carlsberg UK, brewer of several household name beers, has appointed recruiter Hays to supply permanent staff for roles in engineering, finance, HR, legal, office support, purchasing & logistics and sales & marketing roles.
Your recruitment business 24 July 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: Leadership development spend up 14%, says Bersin

The amount spent by US companies on leadership development will increase 14% between 2011 and 2012, to an estimated $13.6bn, according to research from HR research and advisory firm Bersin & Associates.
Your recruitment business 18 July 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Frazer Jones takes Dewfall

Global HR recruiter Frazer Jones has appointed Emma Dewfall as a senior consultant in its UK business.
Your recruitment business 16 July 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Green Park gets Dicks as HRD

Green Park Interim & Executive Search has appointed Alexandra Dicks as human resources director (HRD), joining from HR consultancy Baser HR.
Your recruitment business 13 July 2012

INTERNATIONAL US: Software, actuary and HR at third in ‘best jobs’ list

Software engineer, actuary and HR manager are respectively the top three jobs in job site CareerCast.com’s list of the best jobs in the US in 2012.
Your recruitment business 13 July 2012
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