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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

Omni brings social media to New York

US recruiters have traditionally been seen as ‘early adopters’ of the latest in recruitment practice. However, in March, RPO provider Omni did its bit to reverse this perception when it ran a one-day course in the use of social media in recruitment for 25 US recruiters in New York.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Garwyn gets Thorne as HRD

Liability loss adjuster Garwyn Group has appointed Anne Thorne in the newly-created HR director role, based in Birmingham.

Temp market seeing 33% growth

There has been an increase of 33% in temporary hiring in the UK in Q1 2012 compared with the final quarter of 2011, says a report from temporary and contract recruiter Venn Group.
1 May 2012

ITV tunes into graduate programme

ITV launches its first-ever graduate recruitment campaign today. Ten graduate roles will be offered for two-year placements, according to Catherine Schlieben, ITV head of recruitment.
30 April 2012

INTERNATIONAL: Half of executives admit language barriers cause ‘significant losses’

Just under half (49%) of global executives say that communication misunderstandings and messages lost in translation have stood in the way of major international business deals and resulted in significant losses for their company.
26 April 2012

Court & spark expands and re-structures

Retail industry executive search business court & spark has expanded to create four dedicated practice teams for UK and international retail operations, head office, main board and HR appointments.

Time and money not keys to assessing recruiting success, says Futurestep

Cost of hire and time to hire are only the fourth and sixth priorities when assessing the success of a recruitment process, according to a global survey from recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm Futurestep.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Evenbase has Frith as HRD

Digital recruitment group Evenbase, the owner of Broadbean, Jobrapido and Jobsite among others, has appointed John Frith as HR director.

UK & IRELAND Appointments: hr moves gets Cooper

HR recruitment firm hr moves, part of the career moves group, has appointed Patrick Cooper as an account manager, recruiting mid-to-senior level HR professionals in media and retail.

Underemployed professionals should choose ‘existence jobs’ wisely, expert says

“Underemployed” professionals must ensure that low-skill and salary jobs they have taken because of harsh economic conditions will offer more than just a minimum wage salary, advises Ron Katz, a US human resources consultant.

Badenoch & Clark talent spotlight shows HR contract recruitment down

Contract HR vacancies were down nearly 10% month-on-month, while vacancies and salaries across the majority of sectors, according to recruiter Badenoch & Clark’s ‘Professional talent spotlight – March 2012’.
Companies 18 April 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Oakleaf adds Bradley, Greensword and Nadler

HR recruiter Oakleaf Partnership has appointed Zoe Bradley, Michelle Greensword and Lucy Nadler as senior consultants.

Career Star Group forms

Five outsourcing firms have come together to launch Career Star Group, working together to provide their clients with career support services across the globe.
16 April 2012

UK & IRELAND Appointments: Frazer Jones takes on Steinborn-Busse

HR recruiter Frazer Jones has appointed Kayne Steinborn-Busse as an associate director leading its UK senior retail, e-commerce, hospitality and leisure industries recruitment divisions.

INTERNATIONAL UAE: Best paying job in Emirates revealed

Research from headhunters Stanton Chase for news service Emirates247.com reveals the highest paying jobs in the region – with head general counsel at a legal firm at number one, earning on average US$330k (£206k).
3 April 2012

INTERNATIONAL: Bersin finds social and informal learning key for global talent development

Research from HR consulting firm Bersin & Associates shows that organisations that excel at social networking and informal learning “significantly outperform” their less sophisticated peers in global talent development.
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