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

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 23-27 APRIL 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: FCSA, Recruitready

Supplier, Temporary workforce 25 April 2018

FINANCIALS: Executive search pushes Heidrick & Struggles to record Q1 results

International executive search firm and consultancy Heidrick & Struggles has announced a record first quarter following a 14.3% increase in consolidated net revenue.

Financials 24 April 2018

Capita seeks £1bn funding as it unveils turnaround strategy

Outsourcer Capita plans to raise at least £1bn as part of a new strategy to turn the business around after it announced a loss of £513m in 2017.

Financials, Recruitment Process Outsourcing 23 April 2018

Parity Group disposes of ‘non-core’ Inition

Technology focused and staffing business Parity Group has announced the sale of Inition to Digital Communication.

Financials, Your recruitment business 23 April 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 23-27 APRIL 2018

This week’s appointments include: AMS, APSCo, Audeliss, Endorsed, Frontline Recruitment, Goodman Masson, Macildowie, Oakwell Hampton, RED Commerce

Supplier, Your recruitment business 23 April 2018

FINANCIALS: US ClearStar reveals rise in revenues

US background checking firm ClearStar has seen revenues rise 11% year-on-year, according to its 2017 results.

Supplier 17 April 2018

NEW TO THE MARKET: 16-20 APRIL 2018

This week’s launches include: Airport Placements Ltd, Airswift, Arctic Shores, Berwick Partners, Coresco, GBG, Heidrick & Struggles, HR Certification Institute, Insight Global, Microdec

Supplier, Emerging talent 17 April 2018
GDPReady?

GDPReady?

Recruitment Matters explores what steps the REC is taking to ensure all members are GDPR-fit.

Legislation/Regulation 17 April 2018

The Intelligence: Candidate and skills shortages

Confusion around the UK’s future relationship and labour arrangements with the European Union (EU) shows no sign of abating.

17 April 2018
Immigration EU Illustration iStock

The immigration game

With the final outcome of the Brexit negotiations uncertain, immigration lawyers warn that employers who rely on low-skilled EU workers face a set of particular challenges.

Temporary workforce, Legislation/Regulation 16 April 2018
Roy Pemberton: Square pegs in round IR35 holes

Roy Pemberton: Square pegs in round IR35 holes

Many contractors have been pressed into IR35 despite believing that we should fit robustly outside.

Supplier, Temporary workforce 16 April 2018
Tech and Tools Video Conferencing iStock

Video-led interviewing

The latest megatrend or still to get going?

Supplier 16 April 2018
Insight Communication Illustration iStock

Talent adviser: a team sport

The best recruiting teams are those that recognise and support talent advisers, those who make informed staffing decisions based on their knowledge and expertise.

Your recruitment business, Emerging talent 16 April 2018

Workforce Staffing helps ex-Toys R Us staff back to work

Dozens of staff facing unemployment, following the closure of the Toys R Us Coventry distribution centre, have been helped back into work by local recruiter Workforce Staffing.

Your recruitment business 16 April 2018

APPOINTMENTS: 16-20 APRIL 2018

This week’s appointments include: Berwick Partners, Eames, Green Park, Hays Talent Solutions, Heidrick & Struggles, LogicMelon, RecruitAbility, Sky Recruitment Specialists, TEAM, Tile Hill

Supplier, Your recruitment business 16 April 2018

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 16-20 APRIL 2018

This week’s contracts and deals include: Adecco, APSCo, Careix, DWP, Edward Reed Recruitment, PIXID, REC, Sky Recruitment Specialists

Companies, Supplier 16 April 2018
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