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
In Depth

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

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Retail 9 March 2022

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 MARCH 2022

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

Charity & not-for-profit, IT/Telecoms 9 March 2022

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.

Public sector, Commercial & office support 8 March 2022

UK staff ‘priced into work’ claim

The UK workforce have “priced themselves into work” by accepting lower pay than they might have previously in a tight job market, when weekly wages in real terms are going down and consumer prices are going up, a leading UK economist has said.
Interim recruitment 17 October 2013

Demystifying temp insurance claims

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking into the activities of a sole recruitment company in connection with claims that accident insurance is being sold to temporary workers without proper authorisation, Recruiter has learned.
17 October 2013

Mobile jobs for mobile talent

The social recruitment platform Jobandtalent is launching a mobile app for the Apple iPhone after it found that 40% of traffic came from its mobile website.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 17 October 2013

Recruitment platform makes use of global dynamics

One of the first products to make use of Microsoft’s latest customer relationship management (CRM) technology is being released to the recruitment industry.
IT/Telecoms 17 October 2013

Chevron withdraws abortion and STD questions from Australian job forms

Oil and gas multinational Chevron has withdrawn a recruitment questionnaire it used in Australia which included questions on the applicant’s history of abortions, stillbirths and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Engineering 17 October 2013

Get on your bike, rebooted: TNT Post boss says cycles support jobs

The boss of rapidly-expanding postal service TNT Post has emphasised the potential of another kind of social mobility getting the unemployed into work and helping them stay there: improving jobseekers’ cycling skills.
HR 17 October 2013

Try outside your sector to recruit a winning team

Businesses must look for ideas - and talent - outside of their immediate sector in order to win, says the entrepreneur turned round-the-world yachtsman who helped the English rugby team to victory in the 2003 World Cup.
Executive search, HR 17 October 2013

Brightest stars in the firmament

DeeDee Doke investigates the different ways people in the industry are sourcing the top recruiting talent
16 October 2013

Broad remit at Shazam to give structure

Ryan Broad is the new head of talent acquisition at Shazam Entertainment, creator of Shazam, the music identification mobile app. Broad was the subject of Recruiter’s December 2012 cover profile interview while with previous employer, film visual effects firm MPC (The Moving Picture Company).
Creative/Digital/Media 16 October 2013

BITC and Boots urge UK businesses to ‘Ban the Box’ for criminal records

Business-led charity Business in the Community (BITC) is launching a campaign spearheaded with Boots calling on UK firms to ‘Ban the Box’ and remove the tick box from application forms that asks jobseekers about criminal convictions.
Creative/Digital/Media 16 October 2013

Shale gas jobs leak ‘out of context’ says government

The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) insists that leaked figures significantly downplaying the number of jobs in the UK shale gas extraction (fracking) would produce are taken out of context.
Construction & property, Engineering 16 October 2013

High Court ruling makes team moves more difficult, says Mishcon de Reya

A High Court ruling handed down last month makes executing ‘team moves’, where several employees of a firm leave with the intention of taking their business with them, much more difficult to execute lawfully.
Legal 16 October 2013

Success to date from government’s Update Service for background check

Over 40,000 people applied for a new product from the government’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) giving individuals a single vetting certificate for roles requiring clearance, which employers can check online, recruiter.co.uk learns.
Education, Public sector 16 October 2013

Don’t exaggerate World Cup labour concerns in Qatar, say recruiters

Well-publicised allegations of poor treatment of migrant labour on projects for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar can’t be taken as indicative of the bigger picture, recruiters involved in the region tell recruiter.co.uk.
Construction & property, Engineering 16 October 2013

Telegraph Media Group announces new relationships with Salt Digital Recruitment and Strategic-Move

Telegraph Media Group has announced new relationships with rec-to-rec firm Strategic-Move and Salt Digital Recruitment.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 16 October 2013

HR firm SumTotal implements platform at finance software firm Misys

Integrated HR solutions provider SumTotal Systems has implemented its talent expansion platform at global financial software services provider Misys.
IT/Telecoms, HR 16 October 2013
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