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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

The things I wish I’d known before starting my recruitment business

After working in finance for a decade, I wanted to start up on my own and create a company that would make a difference to young people, while drawing on my own experience of employment.
20 October 2014

Stress-related illness: how it affects the recruitment process

Stress-related illness is a major problem in the UK and is now the second most common cause of long-term sickness.
16 September 2014

How to avoid legal ‘skeletons in the cupboard’ that could scupper your exit

If you are the owner of a recruitment business looking for an exit in the next two or three years it important that you stand out from the crowd in readiness for sale or IPO (initial public offering).
17 June 2014

Top tips for protecting data on social media platforms

A recruitment company's competitive edge depends upon the quality and value of the business relationships generated by its consultants.
12 June 2014

Five essential questions to ask when buying a software solution for your global business

According to analyst Forrester, £2.3bn will be spent on IT this year, with the UK outpacing the rest of Europe in its uptake.
IT/Telecoms 20 May 2014

Recruiting for a four-generation future

Today’s workforces are already fairly age diverse. According to our research, both HR professionals and employees believe that this is the case.
20 May 2014

Doublecheck references with social media

Employers are being urged to use social media to combat the problem of fake references. The advice comes from Keith Rosser, chair of SAFERjobs, the recruitment industry body tasked with tackling employment fraud.
2 May 2014

How to give ex-offenders a fair chance in the jobs market

On 10th March, the Government implemented changes to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) for the first time since 1974. This legislation limits the length of time for which ex-offenders are required to tell employers about the criminal convictions – i.e. before it becomes spent - for most unregulated job roles, when asked.
13 March 2014

What the Maritime Labour Convention means for seafaring recruitment

The coming into force on 20 August 2013 of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006 has led to greater employment protections for a large majority of the world’s seafarers, but has also led to greater contractual, financial and administrative burdens being placed on the shoulders of the world’s ship-owners, and in particular on the crew management and marine recruitment companies supporting these ship owners.
20 August 2013

Using crowd-sourcing to create organisational change

Barack Obama famously crowd-sourced the finance for his election campaign - a powerful example of the ability of new technology to create a great aggregate result out of lots of small voluntary actions.

10 April 2013

Six steps to buying recruitment technology kit successfully

The habit of buying and hoarding is not restricted to home life. I see it all the time in recruitment businesses too, where recruitment technology has been bought: to fix a problem, because their recruiters wanted it, or because the sales person gave them a great deal. 

10 April 2013

Top tips for staffing companies seeking finance

The reaction from consumers and businesses to the financial stimulus initiatives introduced by government has been under whelming so far. Yet, as we approach the end of the first quarter, there are grounds for believing there will be more finance available in 2013 than in recent years.
25 February 2013

Social media and the law

As the growth of social media continues, it comes as no surprise that the use of LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter is increasingly posing difficult questions for recruiters. The social media phenomenon, particularly LinkedIn, is a double edged sword.
1 February 2013

Get the most out of your staff training

Many staffing companies have recently conducted staff reviews and identified individual and corporate training needs for the year ahead. If you are in this category you will probably be looking to ensure any investment in training pays, getting a return on your investment, whether that be time, money, or in many cases, both.
31 January 2013

Advertorial: Serious candidate attraction from leading job board CV-Library

CV-Library has hit the headlines again with its largest offline marketing campaign to date, attracting candidates from across the UK to its job board.
21 January 2013

Top tips for great recruitment websites

The internet is now the first port of call for job seekers, and even employers looking for staffing solutions. With millions of monthly job related searches online, every recruiter must have a professional, effective website.
12 December 2012
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