HR

Analysis

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

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.

Technology, Your business 6 May 2025

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

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.
Your recruitment business 2 April 2012

Kleiman shakes up conventional interview questions at ERE Expo

“What was the very first thing you ever did to make money?” That’s the question recruiters should ask candidates seeking hourly wage positions instead of asking them about their last jobs, according to Mel Kleiman, a leading North American authority on recruiting, selecting and retaining hourly employees.
30 March 2012

Appointments: Shepherd checks in as Jurys Inn HR manager

Hotel group Jurys Inn has appointed Sam Shepherd as group HR manager, reporting to HR director Jennifer Lee.
30 March 2012

Talk up diversity, urges Trevor Phillips

Trevor Phillips, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has urged HR professionals and recruiters to take a more balanced approach to diversity and discrimination.
30 March 2012

Pay intentions at highest level since spring 2009, says CIPD

A survey of over 1,000 employers commissioned by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has shown that the average wage will rise by 1.7%.
30 March 2012

Mercer’s 12-point checklist for globally mobile employees

HR firm Mercer has issued a 12-item list of actions that multinational firms must take to ensure international assignment policies are competitive and aligned with business objectives this year.
Your recruitment business 30 March 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Morrissey heads HR at Campbell

Campbell Soup Company has appointed Robert Morrissey as senior vice president and chief HR officer.
Your recruitment business 30 March 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: McDevitt takes up UPS HR helm

John McDevitt has been promoted to the position of head of freight and shipping firm UPS’s corporate HR group.
Your recruitment business 30 March 2012

Gap filling declines as interim market declines

Activity in the UK interim market fell by 6% in the six months between June and December 2011. At the same time, there was evidence that role of interim managers is changing, with less emphasis on ‘gap filling’ and more strategic hiring, according to interim management provider Russam GMS’s latest snap-shot survey of 12,000 interim managers.
Your recruitment business 30 March 2012

First permanent placement rise in four months, say REC

This year started with some good news, as January saw a modest rise in permanent staff appointments following three months of consecutive decline, says Report on Jobs.
Your recruitment business, Legislation/Regulation 30 March 2012

Counter-offer on the rise as retention becomes key concern

A quarter of senior HR executives say their organisation is more commonly issuing counter-offers to employees tempted by other jobs, with 72% saying that the retention of top performers is a concern in 2012.
29 March 2012

Changing demands for skills of HR professionals

Companies hiring HR professionals have shifted their requirements for new recruits over the last couple of years, as roles move closer to the core of the business.
29 March 2012

INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Padova is HRD at McArthurGlen

Antonella Padova has been appointed HR director (HRD) at McArthurGlen, owner and operator of designer retail outlets across the UK and Continental Europe.
Your recruitment business 29 March 2012

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The HR profession is undergoing a period of change at present and the demand for talent able to deal with fundamental change in business is also sought after
29 March 2012

Future world of internal mobility and upskilling

Research from the US reveals a new approach is needed for talent acquisition and internal mobility in 2012
29 March 2012

Britons are second-most concerned by work-life balance globally

Just under three in 10 (29%) Britons give work-life balance as their primary motivation to move jobs – the second highest in the world, behind only Chile, where it was top motivation for 32% of workers.
29 March 2012
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