In-house recruitment

Availability continues to rise for both perm and temp candidates

November saw increased availability of workers for the ninth straight month of the year, countered by lingering economic uncertainty and hesitancy to commit to new hires.

11 December 2023

11 most influential in-house recruiters

Welcome to the 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters report.

12 September 2023

REC writes to Minister of State for Immigration over digital RTW checks

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has revealed that it has written to the Minister of State for Immigration expressing concerns over the new digital right to work (RTW) checking system.

Creative/Digital/Media, HR 22 November 2022

TA professionals flock to RecFest 2022

This year's RecFest drew thousands of talent acquisition professionals to the event.

Hospitality/Leisure 13 September 2022

11 Most influential in-house recruiters: 2022

Welcome to the nineth 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters report.

13 September 2022

Dive in to the talent pool

A new report from The Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers (The Firm) suggests that while most organisations use talent pools to fill their roles, not many do it effectively

HR 11 July 2022

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 7-11 MARCH 2022

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Compass Group, The Curve Group, Walmsley Wilkinson

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 MARCH 2022

This week’s new launches include: Astute Technical Recruitment, Circular.io, Sterling, YoungOnes

Recruitment drives and encouraging ex-offenders into employment

The Student Loans Company, BT and EE launch recruitment drives, while new employability boards aim to help prisoners obtain gainful work.

Service sector hiring falls further in UK

The UK’s service sector saw hiring intentions continue to decline in April, according to the latest service sector employment index from Markit/Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

Esdevium Games picks Reality HR as outsourced partner

Alton in Hampshire-based games, collectibles and toys distributor Esdevium Games has selected Reality HR as its outsourced HR business partner.
IT/Telecoms, HR 6 May 2015

CVTrust granted patent for Smart Certificate in US

Belgium and US-based CVTrust, a start-up specialising in data integrity, was granted a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office for its Smart Certificate platform.
Education, Public sector 6 May 2015

Agilent Technologies extends contract with Cielo

Global recruitment and talent consulting firm Cielo has had its contract with Agilent Technologies extended.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 6 May 2015

‘Bring and brag’ tests candidate fit for Doddle

Parcel collection and sending service company Doddle asks its job applicants to bring a personal item to interviews and then brag about it – to check their fit with the company.
5 May 2015

Gilead Sciences promotes Weinberg to worldwide director, talent acquisition

Biotechnology firm Gilead Sciences has promoted Grant Weinberg to worldwide director for talent acquisition.

Life sciences 5 May 2015

Arcus Global targets UK universities for 2015 graduate roles

Cloud-based technology provider to the public sector Arcus Global is visiting universities across the UK to find sales graduates, cloud analysts and junior developers to fill up to 24 roles in 2015.

PwC looks to its own testing rather than A-level results for graduate hiring

Professional services firm PwC has stopped using A-level results as a means of identifying recruits for its graduate programme.
HR 5 May 2015

Government reveals Land Registry paid Capita more than £30k for staff costs

Government transparency data released last week shows the Land Registry spent more than £30k on “employment agency staff costs” in March.
Public sector 5 May 2015

Biopanel Systems expands with communication tools

Workforce management solutions provider Biopanel Systems, launched in August last year, has expanded its offerings to include communication tools.

Johnston Press expands The Smartlist with ATS tools

Multimedia company Johnston Press has expanded its recruitment service, The SmartList, to include candidate attraction and applicant management tools.

Manufacturing on the up in Eurozone, slight fall in US

The Eurozone’s manufacturing sector saw hiring intentions increase to levels not seen since the summer of 2011, according to April’s Eurozone manufacturing employment index from Markit/Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).

Go North East offers candidates a drive of its buses

Transport firm Go North East is offering candidates the chance to test-drive a bus, with a particular emphasis on women, as part of its recruitment campaign to increase diversity.
29 April 2015

In-house recruiters need a seat on the board to push case for workforce planning

In-house recruiters should look to marketing professionals and follow their path to the boardroom, Kate Harper, managing director of workforce analytics company CEH Work Solutions, suggests.
HR, Marketing 29 April 2015

Autoglass could tap into parent Belron’s cracking talent down under

Autoglass is in talks with parent company Belron about tapping into its global talent network to move technicians from its Australian and New Zealand operations to the UK and vice versa.

UK election result ‘pales into comparison’ with international economic uncertainties, warns economist

The UK financial market is “preoccupied” with the upcoming general election but any international uncertainty about changes in the UK’s economic performance, policy or practices that could result “pales in comparison” to financial concerns about countries such as Greece, a macroeconomist has told a London audience.
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