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

Getting into the frame

Recruiters lobby for public sector framework to give SMEs greater access, reports Nicola Sullivan and Christopher Goodfellow
Public sector 21 August 2014

Come on board

The experiences of new recruits en route to their new company can be many and varied; often the joining process leaves a lot to be desired. DeeDee Doke investigates
21 August 2014

Heading the in-house list

In this our second year of listing the top in-house resourcing talent based in the UK & Ireland, Scott Beagrie introduces the latest 11 to stand out from the crowd
20 August 2014

Quality not quantity: public sector recruiting

Despite cuts to budgets and significant structural change, the public sector is still hiring but never before has the need for ‘quality over quantity’ been more critical.
Public sector 20 August 2014

Sector Analysis FMCG

The fast-moving consumer goods market has weathered the storm and employers are now back on the talent trail
Industrial/Manufacturing 20 August 2014

Majority of inner London jobs are high skill

Inner London has the highest proportion of high-skill jobs in England, according to the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills.
12 August 2014

Backlog barriers

Although recruiters may not be snowed under by a physical paper mountain, the administration caused by new laws and changes to legislation still needs to be dealt with. Sue Weekes investigates
17 July 2014

Sector Analysis Transport, supply chain and logistics

The transport, supply chain and logistics sector may have turned a corner but new methods are needed to find talent

Can’t run from tax — and there’s no place to hide

Rules on disguised employment aren’t likely to disappear soon. Nicola Sullivan highlights the current situation
17 July 2014

Fertile soil for growth

As market conditions improve, it’s looking like a good time for recruitment firms to secure funds for expansion. Scott Beagrie looks at the options available
13 June 2014

Sector Analysis Hospitality & Leisure

As recruitment is on the rise again in the sector, the age-old problem of staff retention is still a key issue
11 June 2014

Recruiter Awards 2014 Special

The Agency and In-house Recruitment Leaders of the Year are always tough categories but the cream always comes to the top, as they say

Acre Resources

Colin Cottell spoke with CEO and founder Richard Wright and co-founder Andy Cartland about Acre’s winning ways

Sector Analysis Oil & Gas

The talk is of skills shortage and talent crisis in the industry, but for many recruiters this is boom time

The FIRM finds optimism from in-house recruiters

Direct sourcing, along with talent pools and pipelines were priorities for those respondents in a new survey from The FIRM. DeeDee Doke reports
21 May 2014

Job boards: The hiring evolution

Recruitment has certainly come a long way in a relatively short space of time. But as Sue Weekes discovers, reports on their demise have been largely exaggerated
24 April 2014
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