Emerging talent

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UK-INDIA FTA: Financially beneficial for firms to second Indian workers to the UK

Following the news that the UK and India have agreed a trade deal, what will that mean for mobility of workers?

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 9 May 2025

Recruiters can help Key4Life in finding employment for ex-offenders

Law firm Harbottle & Lewis hosted a panel event at its London office to challenge perceptions around the employment of men with convictions.

Charity & not-for-profit, Legal 21 March 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 19-23 AUGUST 2024

This week’s new launches include: Hayfield

Engineering, Construction & property 20 August 2024

Design your firm for trust and problem-solving

Don’t design your organisational culture for the lowest common denominator, a culture specialist has urged recruiters.

23 March 2023

Employment minister says ‘structural challenges’ in labour market must be fixed

A pivotal part of the government’s myriad employment schemes is to fix the “structural challenges” in the labour market, employment minister Miriam (Mims) Davies told Recruiter.

Oil & gas/Energy, Social care 21 October 2020

MiddletonMurray looks to buy up recruitment firms in 2020

Apprenticeship training provider and Apprenticeship Levy consultancy MiddletonMurray is hitting the acquisition trail in 2020.

Retail, Public sector 15 January 2020

Fishwick’s OBE recognition of transforming lives through work

The managing director of Transform Lives Company (TLC), a social enterprise that helps unemployed people into work, says her OBE is as much a recognition of its mission as it is of her own achievements.

7 January 2020

Insight: Combatting 'millennial burnout'

One way to tackle the job-hopping and lack of engagement shown by millennials may be to set up a job-swapping programme

12 December 2019

Govia Thameslink and The Prince’s Trust extend joint training programme

UK rail operator Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and young people’s charity The Prince’s Trust have extended a joint training programme by a further two years.

Transport & logistics, Engineering 23 September 2019

Prezzo takes on over 300 apprentices

Restaurant group Prezzo is aiming to take on more than 300 new apprentices over the next 12 months.
4 February 2016

Graduates turn down more offers as employers fight for candidates

Employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill graduate roles and face an increasing number of reneged offers, delegates at the Association of Graduate Recruiters Trade Show were told this morning.
4 February 2016

Employer engagement could help pupils choose better career path

Engaging with school pupils from families without a tradition of entering higher education when they are assessing GCSE options would improve their chances of going to university and entering a meaningful career.
Education, Public sector 3 February 2016

US exec recruiter gives ‘sugar daddy’ advice

A search director at US executive recruiter Parker + Lynch has been highlighted by two legal news sites for suggesting new law grads turn to ‘sugar daddies’ to help pay off debt in a rather quirky recruitment pitch.
Executive search, Legal 3 February 2016

BT and Rio Ferdinand Foundation help deprived youth find work

Telco giant BT has partnered with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation (RFF) to help increase employability skills among young people from deprived UK communities.
IT/Telecoms, Education 3 February 2016

Australia's Transition to Work programme gets underway

The Australian government's new Transition to Work programme, an employability scheme for young people and recent graduates, is underway with the appointment of 11 providers.
2 February 2016

Founder of pre-employment training firm disqualified from being company director

Gerard Syddall, founder of Elmfield Training, has been disqualified from being a company director for six years for breaching his fiduciary duty.
1 February 2016

Vivid Resourcing moves from Cheshire to Manchester

Multi-sector recruiter Vivid Resourcing has moved from its Wilmslow, Cheshire office base to Colwyn Chambers, Manchester.
1 February 2016

Acorn joins with Y Prentis to launch construction forum

Multi-sector recruitment and training firm Acorn’s construction division has joined forces with apprentice employer Y Prentis to launch a forum for industry stakeholders to discuss skills shortages.
Construction & property 1 February 2016

Public sector consultations launched on closed recruitment, apprenticeships

The government is calling for opinions on internal-only – or closed – recruitment in the public sector, asking whether it is ever inappropriately used and whether government action is needed to promote a fairer recruitment method.
Public sector 26 January 2016

UCAS offers career finder service for students

UCAS (Undergraduate Courses At University And College) has launched a new career finder service, which it says will provide employers greater access to university students, recent graduates, school leavers and sixth form students.
Education, Public sector 25 January 2016

Academic Appointments brings Riley and three others on board

Education recruiter Academic Appointments has appointed Peter Riley as general manager.
Education, Marketing 22 January 2016

BAE Systems seeks 142 higher and degree-level apprentices

British multinational defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems is recruiting 142 higher and degree-level apprentices as part of a wider drive to bring in more than 680 apprentices this year.
Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 21 January 2016

Penguin’s HR director sees dropping need for degree as ‘bold move’

Penguin Random House’s move to drop degree requirements from its recruitment process was a “bold move” designed to challenge industry preconceptions as well as access a broader talent pool, the firm’s HR director says.
Creative/Digital/Media, HR 20 January 2016

On your Marks, get Start

On your Marks, get Start
IT/Telecoms, HR 20 January 2016

Penguin scraps need for degrees

Publishing company Penguin Random House UK is removing university degree requirements from its recruitment process.
Creative/Digital/Media, HR 19 January 2016
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