Analysis

Tech & Tools: March/April 2025

Humans and AI: a blended approach

4 March 2025

Workplace: Gamification as a productivity booster

How to use gamification to make work more interactive and motivating.

Pete Schofield

My brilliant recruitment career: Pete Schofield

Pete Schofield is group chairman at Ford & Stanley.

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Calling time on after-work drinks

The post-work pint: is this tradition dying out?

10 September 2024

Recruiters: anticipate and prepare ahead of the General Election

Mike Rogers, COO of Kingdom People, discusses what recruitment agencies should be considering ahead of the upcoming General Election and how to prepare for any changes brought in by the new government.

25 June 2024

As MP Halfon bows out, where does that leave skills, training and apprenticeships?

With a nod to Lord of the Rings, Robert Halfon announced his resignation as minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education just before the Easter break.

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My Brilliant Recruitment Career: Ed Pritchard

Ed Pritchard is managing partner at Anderson Quigley

Executive search 16 January 2024

My Brilliant Recruitment Career: James Cronin

James Cronin is group commercial director at The Jarell Group

9 May 2023

Time for optimism – patience and demonstrable resilience will pay off

There are buyers around, but playing your cards close to your chest could pay dividends

9 May 2023

Winning recruiters rock the night away

Recruitment professionals from across the UK, Europe and as far afield as India gathered at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Mayfair to celebrate an outstanding year in the industry. Hosted by comedian Romesh Ranganathan, who did a splendid job in presenting 29 awards accompanied by a thumping rock & roll soundtrack, the event was hailed as the best yet. Here are just a few snapshots of the evening’s winners
19 May 2016

Sue Cooper: Giving her heart and soul

Three decades or so ago, Sue Cooper successfully managed to lose what she imagined was “one the safest jobs in the country”.
Education, Public sector 19 May 2016

Boom and bust: recruiting in the oil & gas industry

The price of oil has plummeted in the last two years and recruiters in the oil & gas industry have been hit hard with thousands of job losses across the sector. Colin Cottell reports

Time to fold the umbrellas?

Recent changes to the law around T&S have made the future look rather stormy for umbrella companies, reports Colin Cottell
Creative/Digital/Media 27 April 2016

Dash of inspiration

Kevin Blair is blending innovative technology, data and market intelligence with years of experience to change the face of recruitment at networking giant Cisco
IT/Telecoms, HR 26 April 2016

Is unethical behaviour going unpunished?

The characteristics that keep the recruitment industry performing at its peak could be the very ones that encourage unethical behaviour, claims Dr Niek Hoogervorst
HR 22 April 2016

Taking talent under its wing

Bringing on future resourcing talent so they can really take off needs a regimented mentoring scheme, resourcing experts believe. Colin Cottell reports
IT/Telecoms, HR 15 March 2016

Agency recruitment careers: The Age of the Candidate

Recruiters, time to get candidate-centric!
HR 15 March 2016

Recruitment paradise from the dashboard light

Dashboards are helping recruiters make the shift to data-driven decision-making and increase their productivity. They also bring more transparency to key performance indicators (KPIs) and processes and, in some cases, help agencies to share good practice internally. Three firms, which have integrated dashboards into their daily lives, tell Sue Weekes how they are maximising their benefits
15 March 2016

Global mobility: Wipe away a tier

The government could soon decide to cut the numbers of workers eligible for intra-company transfers, which could have serious consequences for employers. Colin Cottell reports
IT/Telecoms 14 March 2016

Geared to success

Colin Cottell spoke with Gethin Roberts, managing director of driver recruitment agency Drivers Direct Recruitment, about his passion for the road
14 March 2016

Roundtable: An expense too far for umbrellas?

With the long-awaited new rules on travel & subsistence (T&S) expenses only weeks away from implementation, Recruiter brought together recruitment professionals from a variety of sectors to debate the implications at a roundtable event sponsored by Anderson Group and chaired by Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke
IT/Telecoms 18 February 2016

Game changers 2016

Welcome to the third annual showcase of Recruiter magazine’s Game Changers, featuring five products with the power and potential to radically alter the way we recruit. Sue Weekes looks at what’s behind them
IT/Telecoms 18 February 2016

VoIP: Speak easy

It’s hard to believe that Skype — a computer application for communicating over the internet using video or voice, whose name has even become a verb — first appeared on the scene back in 2003
IT/Telecoms 17 February 2016

Assignment Africa: Complex and evolving

When companies consider what it means to do business in Africa, the answer is often: “It’s complex.” But as a continent on the up, Africa has huge growth potential, so developing strategies to cope with that complexity is crucial
HR 17 February 2016

Ready to recruit with Pret’s apprenticeships

Ready to recruit with Pret’s apprenticeships
HR 16 February 2016
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