Public sector

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

Californian master plan calls for new statewide collaborative to align education, training and hiring needs

In the US, the state of California is proposing to launch digital career passports for the labour market.

Your business, Your recruitment business 14 April 2025

Recruiter Searchability transitions to employee-owned

Tech recruitment firm Searchability has announced its transition to employee ownership via an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).

Your recruitment business 8 April 2025

FINANCIALS: Staffline results exceed market expectations

Recruitment group Staffline has announced a strong performance for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Financials, Your recruitment business 8 April 2025

Zero-hours contracts must be ‘transparent and consistent’ says REC’s Shoesmith

Government must ensure that “transparency and consistency” exist around zero-hours contracts that workers can request.

Your business, Your recruitment business 1 April 2025

Capita partners army to recruit at National Centre

This month sees the launch of the British Army’s National Recruiting Centre.
In-house recruitment 19 March 2013

South African police could publish names of recruits

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is considering publishing the names of new recruits to put them up against public scrutiny so as ensure that the force does not “simply take criminals and give them our uniforms and resources”, a police ministry spokesperson said yesterday (18 March).
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 19 March 2013

Capita launches Teachsafe following Quality Mark withdrawal

Education recruitment providers Capita Education Resourcing has launched ‘Teachsafe by Capita’, a new compliance procedure to be used following the surprise January announcement from the Department for Education (DfE) that it will not continue its Quality Mark accreditation for supply teachers beyond 31 March.
Your recruitment business 18 March 2013

NHS struggles to recruit outside management talent

Dean Royles, chief executive officer of NHS Employers, the organisation representing employers in the NHS, was blunt last week in his assessment of the health service’s attempts to attract non-NHS talent into leadership roles.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 18 March 2013

After devolution, comes re-evolution for supply recruitment?

Recent trends have seen education recruiters increasingly deal directly with schools, but the trend of devolution of the agency spend power is already on the turn, according to the chair of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Education Sector Group.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 15 March 2013

Public sector hiring again with ‘renewed vigour’

Public sector hiring is set to outpace hiring the private sector over the next three months, according to international staffing giant Manpower.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 12 March 2013

National Apprenticeship Week: Apprenticeships not driving diverse talent

Apprenticeships are failing to deliver a more diverse talent pool in technical professions, according to the government’s Lords spokesperson from women and equality.
Your recruitment business 12 March 2013

Kelly recruits to UK management team

Recruitment group Kelly Services has taken on new national sales director Laura Van Zyl, sales and business development manager Ian Hetherington and national key account manager Simon Atherton.
Your recruitment business 8 March 2013

On track for success with Network Rail recruiting lessons

Delegates at the last week’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, heard how Network Rail had learned important lessons about its recruitment processes.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 March 2013

Know any French horn players looking for a job?

If so, refer the friend to the Royal Air Force (RAF). Sadly, the ‘blue’ service is “struggling with” a talent shortfall of musicians skilled in that particular brass instrument for its musical groups, according to Ian Tolfts, Group Captain Recruiting for the RAF.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 6 March 2013

Stepchange deal gives recruitment access with Advanced

Public sector recruiter Stepchange has agreed a partnership with business software provider Advanced Business Solutions, building on Advanced’s existing agreement with online systems supplier Advorto.
Your recruitment business 6 March 2013

Capita’s Civil Service training contract extended

Outsourcing giant Capita has been awarded a two-year extension on its exclusive contract to manage the provision of training across the UK’s civil service.
Your recruitment business 6 March 2013

HR and recruitment issues to come to the fore in SA local government

The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) says that a new people strategy including improving recruitment into strategic positions is needed to turn municipalities into more professional and responsive entities, reports the South African Government News Agency.
Your recruitment business 6 March 2013

Funding of major infrastructure projects to increase in South Africa

South African finance minister Pravin Gordhan has confirmed that R827bn (£62bn) of financing for various large infrastructure projects is now in place, and is not affected by spending cuts in the country’s budget, presented yesterday (27 February) at the National Assembly.
Your recruitment business 28 February 2013

REC Education to revamp Quality Mark scheme

The Education Sector Group of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is to develop a new version of the Quality Mark standard it developed alongside the Department for Education (DfE), after the department made a surprise announcement in January that it would not continue its accreditation of the scheme.
Your recruitment business 27 February 2013

BBC’s ex-HR head in tribunal after standing up to alleged discrimination

Byron Mears, a former HR head leader at the BBC, is claiming at an employment tribunal that he was bullied to the point of an illness that made him quit his job, after he stood up for a female member of staff who had asked to work part-time following a return to work from maternity leave.
Your recruitment business, In-house recruitment 25 February 2013
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