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.

Changes at the top of Skills for Logistics as Jackson steps down as CEO

Mick Jackson, chief executive officer of government organisation Skills for Logistics (SfL), has stepped down from his post.
27 September 2013

PwC adds 25 to its London-based HR consulting team

PwC has taken on 25 new staff for its London-based Cloud HR consulting team.
HR 27 September 2013

Find your personal brand, sourcing professionals are advised

Sourcing professionals need to develop their own individual brands while working to pinpoint and engage with candidates on employers’ behalf, says a leading recruiter for in-house roles.
HR 25 September 2013

Existing staff should use employee review sites to help combat negative responses

Employers should ask existing employees to take part in online employer review sites to ensure a fair and balanced appraisal of the company is given, delegates at the ‘Future of Talent, Technology & Social Recruiting’ conference in London on Tuesday [24 September] were told.
25 September 2013

Blocking out time can help resourcing professionals be more efficient

Resourcing professionals should block out time for different tasks to increase productivity, according to Paula Parfitt, sales and marketing director at Randstad Sourceright.
HR 25 September 2013

Amazon works with local recruitment agencies to fill 15,000 seasonal roles

Amazon is working with local recruitment agencies to hire 15,000 staff to work at its UK fulfilment and customer service centres during the Christmas period.
Commercial & office support 25 September 2013

Jobs watch: EY, Commonwealth Games 2014, Travelodge

EY, the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 and Travelodge are all planning to recruit staff in the coming months.

Immisch moves to EVP for HR at EADS

International aerospace, defence and related services company EADS has appointed Lars Immisch as executive vice president for HR at its new Airbus defence and space division.
Engineering, HR 20 September 2013

Survey highlights difficulties for young jobseekers

A fifth of people in the UK believe that they will never be able to afford to retire, according to research by banking giant HSBC.
18 September 2013

Paid internships in the ‘Square Mile’ open doors to new source of City talent

Over 100 talented students from London boroughs on the edges of the ‘Square Mile’ are set to start their first term at university fresh from paid summer internships at Square Mile firms.

British Gas contract creates 600 new jobs at Landis+Gyr

Energy smart-meter manufacturer Landis+Gyr is to create 600 new jobs in the UK after landing a £600m contract to supply British Gas with smart-meters.

Big data jobs

‘Data scientist’ and ‘econometrician’ are the hot jobs that organisations are looking to fill as they get to grips with making “big data” work for them, say recruiters specialising in big data jobs.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 13 September 2013

In-house moves mirror economy

Melanie Hayes of Sodexo and Paul Maxin of Unilever are among the senior in-house resourcing leaders making career changes this month that, some observers say, signal new movement in the jobs market.

13 September 2013

BAE Systems enlists local employers to help partners

In an effort to boost the recruitment and retention of skilled engineers at its Barrow-in-Furness shipyard in Cumbria, where it builds the UK’s submarine fleet, BAE Systems is working with other employers in the area.

Talent spotting at O2’s digital campus

Mobile phone company O2 has put the exploding needs of both the UK and the company itself for digital skills talent under the spotlight early September (2-7 September 2013) with Campus Party Europe, described by some as “Glastonbury for geeks”, at The O2 entertainment centre in North Greenwich.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 13 September 2013

Hard-to-find tech people tracked via online footprint

Recruiters will find it easier to track down hard-to-find technology professionals with the help of a new UK-based ‘people aggregator’.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 13 September 2013
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