Advice

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.

HR 2 May 2025

Recruiters have forgotten the basics, says Barnes at RecExpo

Recruiters have lost the ability to sell as well as the ability to hunt, leading recruitment expert Sid Barnes told an audience at the Recruitment Industry Expo last week.

Sales 24 March 2025
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Business advice: Contingency recruitment – work the system!

Contingent recruitment is alive and well

4 March 2025
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Workplace: Annoying goodbyes begone

Saying ta-ra to pesky email sign-offs.

21 January 2025

Application integration – is it worth the effort?

A good recruitment business operation hinges on three keystone applications – CRM, billing and a financial management system

IT/Telecoms 8 May 2024

Business Advice: Pricing - what's your strategy?

Do the consultants in your business understand the the company’s service proposition?

8 March 2022

HMRC clarifies guidance on umbrella companies

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has updated its guidance on working through umbrella companies this week, with key changes focused on clarifying and refining the information.

The changes have come, it is suggested, following pressure from stakeholders and experts in the industry, including Crawford Temple, CEO of Professional Passport, an independent assessor of payment intermediary compliance.

30 April 2021

Cash flow issues have knock-on effect

More than 25% of recruiters are experiencing a increase in the number of days that it takes to get paid, compared with 12 months ago, according to the Q3 Recruitment Sector Barometer.

30 September 2020

Recruiter Reveals...IR35: Countdown to April 2021

Welcome to our first episode of Recruiter Reveals All!

The countdown to compliance has started, and there’s no turning back: the wildly unpopular Off-Payroll Rules for medium-and-large companies go into force in April 2021. In this half-hour podcast, Recruiter’s first, subject matter expert Dave Chaplin of IR35 Shield tells all to Recruiter magazine Editor DeeDee Doke about the ins and outs of what changes businesses need to make and the administrative potholes to watch out for before the deadline.

Legal 30 July 2020

Decision has implications for flexible staffing in the US

Due to a recent decision of the US’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and a change in the perception of what a ‘joint employer’ is, staffing companies in the US should prepare to assume a greater role in the management of the workforce they contract out.
Legal 28 September 2015

Why and how to use psychometric testing

There are contrasting opinions on the efficiency of psychometric testing in the business and recruitment industries. This is due to common misconceptions surrounding them.
HR 25 August 2015

The importance of SME leadership

The role of a leader is crucial in any organisation but especially so in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
25 August 2015

Pirate talk: Business advice

During the recent Recruitment Directors Lunch Club season the 20 assembled founders, or Pirates, debated ‘Reasons to thrive in recruitment — not just the money’
Creative/Digital/Media 22 July 2015

Five strategies to make the most of a growing market

After years of struggling against contracting markets, renewed economic confidence in most sectors is providing the opportunity for SME [small to medium] recruitment consultancies to accelerate their growth — often dramatically.
23 June 2015

Agency recruitment careers

Why are we losing so much talent from the recruitment industry?
23 June 2015

Five ways volunteer organisations can teach businesses how to retain staff

Every day, millions of people give up their free time to work hard for organisations that don’t pay them a penny.
22 May 2015

The unexpected business benefits of collaboration

Many recruitment companies, large and small, are moving towards a more collaborative approach to business. Effective collaboration is much more than just ‘working together’ – it’s a strategic choice too.
27 April 2015

How recruiters can better engage with schools

While it might sound obvious, today’s school pupils are the future talent of tomorrow’s workforce, so working closely with young people at an early age is imperative in helping to identify future talent both as an employer and as a recruiter for clients.
Education, Public sector 27 April 2015

Top 10 tips on the importance of staff inductions

The interview process is a long journey. It takes a lot of time and effort to find the right candidates. But what’s next?
HR 23 March 2015

Writing an effective online recruitment advert

HR managers and in-house recruiters are under increasing pressure to ‘get recruitment right’ the first time – and we are all well aware of the implications of getting it wrong.
23 March 2015

Recruiters urged to focus on commission structures

Recruiters that are launching their own recruitment businesses must examine the ins and outs of the commission structures they set up to reward their teams, an employment lawyer has urged.
Legal 17 February 2015

Essential lessons recruiters can learn from Team Sky

Sporting teams are renowned for their ambitious, competitive and organised approach to success, and HR recruitment is no different.
HR 26 January 2015

Five top tips on investing in staff development

In an increasingly competitive environment, it is very important that companies of all sizes are able to attract talented staff.
26 January 2015

How to make a difference: embedding CSR at the core of your business

There has been a lot of talk about the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within a company, in particular on how it is shifting from being an add-on to the business to becoming an integral part of an organisation’s strategy.
Executive search, IT/Telecoms 17 November 2014

The top five interview questions to ask when hiring for IT jobs

What’s the best way to structure an interview for your IT and technology candidates? Anthony Sherick gives his advice and an outline of the key five questions to ask.
IT/Telecoms 20 October 2014
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