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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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 28 APRIL-2 MAY 2025

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

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.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Frazer Jones takes Dewfall

Global HR recruiter Frazer Jones has appointed Emma Dewfall as a senior consultant in its UK business.

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.

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.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: VMA Group gets Stone

Communications, investor relations and HR recruiter VMA group has taken on Lucy Stone as a senior consultant in the external communications practice of its London office.

Asia-Pacific the standout region for Michael Page

Gross profit at international recruiter Michael Page was down 0.4% in the first half of 2012 (H1 2012), although this actually translated to a 2.2% rise when adjusted for fluctuations in currency.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Michael Page gets Martin and White in search arm

Michael Page Executive Search has appointed two new principals, Lucy Martin and Jon White, respectively leading the HR interims and chief information officer practices.

Product launch: Fairsail’s Swiftsure unites workforces across borders

Talent management software firm Fairsail has launched Swiftsure, a platform for dealing with local HR functions and compliance across multiple countries.

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Harrier gets Quirk as CEO

Kelly Quirk has been appointed as the new chief executive of Australian and Asia-Pacific HR, managed services and resourcing consultancy Harrier.

Contracts/Deals: Towers Watson wins National Grid HR tech contract

HR firm Towers Watson has been selected by the National Grid to implement both talent management and workforce planning solutions at the company.

Contracts/Deals: Chase and Holland make Findlay and Macildowie shareholders

Finance and HR recruiter Chase and Holland has made Bev Findlay and Paul Macildowie minority shareholders.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: VMA Group promotes Mazzei

Communications, investor relations and HR recruiter VMA Group has promoted Julie Mazzei to managing consultant of its communications team in Manchester.

Product launch: JobVidi enters social recruitment marketplace

Social recruitment service JobVidi has launched.
29 June 2012

INTERNATIONAL: Global relocations more common but shorter, finds Cartus

Global relocation services provider Cartus Corporation has launched its ‘2012 Trends in Global Relocation Survey’, finding that while the overall volume of relocation is due to increase, the length of such assignments in many cases is falling.
29 June 2012

Robert Walters sees 1.5% salary growth across the UK

Permanent salaries were up by 1.5% across the UK in 2011, although London and the South-East is faring much better than other regions overall, and contractors were the big winners.
28 June 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Barnes succeeds Albert as head of Adecco IT brands

Adecco Group has appointed Sid Barnes as the new managing director of its IT & telecommunications brands – Computer People, Glotel, Modis, Modis Solutions and Spring Technology.
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