Public sector

Government plans to re-wire the state with civil servant moves

Thousands of civil servants – including senior leaders – will be based in 13 towns and cities across the UK to work with frontline workers and local leaders.

Legislation/Regulation 15 May 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 12-16 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Henley Business School, ServiceNow, The Curve Group, Think, UKG

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 May 2025

Is immigration white paper the end of an era for low-skilled migration?

The white paper published yesterday [12 May 2025] represents the end of an era for low-skilled migration and an ambitious shift toward productivity-first immigration.

Advice, Temporary workforce 13 May 2025

Cross-continent MoU could boost environmental health profession amid recruitment struggles

An agreement has been signed, which could help boost recruitment of environmental health officers (EHOs) globally.

Your business, Your recruitment business 8 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Supplier, Technology 6 May 2025

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Temporary workforce, Your business 1 May 2025

NHS Trust plans to cut jobs and agency staff

The BBC reports today [30 April 2025] that the North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is planning job cuts, as well as cutting its expenditure on bank and agency staff.

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

APPOINTMENTS: 14-18 APRIL 2025

This week’s appointments include: Eventus Recruitment Group, Matrix, SPG Resourcing

Supplier, Your business 14 April 2025

Poor workforce planning behind public sector redundancies and rehires, experts say

Public sector employers who “cut through” staff numbers in response to financial pressures before rehiring them must improve their workforce planning to avoid unnecessary payouts and pain, experts say.
Your recruitment business 7 April 2014

Staffing cuts threaten public sector reforms, say workers

A total of 82% of state-funded workforces believe public sector reforms are under pressure due to staffing cuts, with one in six saying that the reforms are likely to fail.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 4 April 2014

Pakistan lifts ban on temporary staff hiring in government departments

The Pakistani government has lifted a ban on the recruitment of temporary staff in public sector organisations, reports Pakistani English-language news site Dawn.com.
Your recruitment business 4 April 2014

Liquid Personnel appoints two new directors

Liquid Personnel, the specialist social work, healthcare and nursing recruiter, has appointed David Hickey as operations director and Helen Groves as finance director.
Your recruitment business 4 April 2014

de Poel Clarity boosts team with two appointments

de Poel Clarity – the independent and vendor neutral expert in managing temporary workforces in the NHS and private health and care sectors – has bolstered its team with the appointment of two experienced industry experts.
Your recruitment business 4 April 2014

Wolverhampton City Council launches its own temp agency – Yoo Recruit

Wolverhampton City Council officially launched its own in-house temporary agency yesterday as part of the cash-starved council’s efforts to save money.
In-house recruitment 3 April 2014

College of Policing launches fast-track recruitment scheme

The College of Policing has launched two new recruitment programmes to bring people with more diverse backgrounds and new perspectives into policing.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 1 April 2014

Holt Doctors acquires Anaesthetists Agency

Skipton-based Holt Doctors has acquired Anaesthetists Agency, a specialist medical recruitment agency located in Southampton.
Your recruitment business 1 April 2014

Met Commissioner calls for law change to allow 50:50 recruitment of white and ethnic minority officers

The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has called for a change in the law to allow for ethnic minority and white police officers to be recruited on a 50:50 basis for a five-year period.
Your recruitment business 28 March 2014

Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan decrees that families of dead jobseekers to be given three jobs

Families of 20 Nigerian jobseekers killed in stampedes across the country for jobs in the Nigerian Immigration Service are to be given three jobs, reports Nigerian newspaper, Leadership.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 March 2014

Australia: Defence Materials Centre to boost high-tech jobs

Australian assistant minister for defence, Stuart Robert, says that the extension of funding for the Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) at its annual conference in Canberra will drive job creation in advanced manufacturing and high-tech jobs.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 27 March 2014

HCL Social Care partners with The Victoria Climbié Foundation

HCL Social Care, a supplier of social workers and social care professionals, is partnering with The Victoria Climbié Foundation.
Your recruitment business 26 March 2014

Self-employed to outnumber public sector by 2018

The number of self-employed workers will outnumber those in the public sector in just four years, according to a new study.
Your recruitment business 25 March 2014

Tweet sound of success for former Army tank driver who applied for 790 jobs

A former Army tank driver's successful Twitter campaign to find a job shows how employers could be making better use of social media, sourcing experts say.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 25 March 2014

Jamaica’s JEEP programme to benefit 12,000 unemployed

More than 12,000 Jamaicans are expected to benefit from further work to be carried out under the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP), valued at $630m (£379m).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 24 March 2014

US: ‘Encouraging drop’ in unemployment rate for veterans

There was “an encouraging drop” in US veterans’ unemployment rate in 2013, according to US secretary of labor Thomas E Perez.
In-house recruitment 21 March 2014
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