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

Far too many competing graduates: FMCG tops applicant rates, finds AGR

The number of graduates competing for each graduate job this year has risen over 50% from last year in some sectors, with FMCG the most oversubscribed sector by far.
Industrial/Manufacturing, Public sector 10 July 2013

Maude suggests Ministers should ‘personally appoint’ top civil servants

Cabinet office minister Francis Maude has suggested that government ministers should have “the power to personally appoint civil servants, special advisers and external policy experts”.
Public sector 10 July 2013

Experts zero in on care sector contract concern

There is a consensus that the use of zero hours contracts is likely to rise further within the cash-strapped social care sector.
Public sector 10 July 2013

Teach First overtakes accountants to be biggest grad recruiter in UK

Social enterprise Teach First has overtaken Big Four accountancy firms Deloitte and PwC to become the single biggest graduate recruiter in the UK.
Education, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 10 July 2013

Staffing has been ‘biggest challenge’ for reformed health system, finds NAO

Getting the right staff in place has been the single biggest challenge for the 240 new bodies created across the NHS up to 1 April this year, according to the National Audit Office’s report ‘Managing the transition to the reformed health system’.
Public sector 10 July 2013

New sales director at hiring tech firm Recruitive

Glenn Warrington has joined multi-job posting and candidate management technologies firm Recruitive as sales director.
IT/Telecoms 5 July 2013

New faces at contractor payroll firm Futurelink

Contractor payroll provider Futurelink has appointed a new operations manager and three new sales specialists.
5 July 2013

Resourcing departments fail to measure quality of hire

Fewer than one in three resourcing departments measure quality of hire, and half have no plans whatsoever to do so, finds a survey from recruiter Hudson and US-based magazine HRO Today Institute.
3 July 2013

Mercer ups Quinn to lead talent business

Talent, health and finance advisory firm Mercer has promoted Mark Quinn to the role of market business leader for talent in the UK.
3 July 2013

Tasker picks up new job and challenges as Morrisons resourcing chief

Supermarket giant Morrisons’ new recruitment chief tells Recruiter that his resourcing function “will be at the heart of” the business’ development at an “exciting time” for the firm.
3 July 2013

Debenhams on recruitment drive following revamp of London flagship

Department store Debenhams is hoping that 430 new jobs at its renovated Oxford Street flagship store will “be welcomed by Londoners interested in a retail career having witnessed a great deal of job losses in the sector over the past year”.
28 June 2013

Remploy put Fellows into commercial role from forces post

Employment services provider Remploy, which has found more than 50,000 jobs for disabled and disadvantaged people in the past four years, continues its move into a new, more commercial era with a new director of public sector.
Public sector 28 June 2013

New HR manager recruited at Lancaster London

Aideen Whelehan has been appointed HR manager at hotel The Lancaster London.
HR 26 June 2013

Sainsbury’s warehouse and South-East expansion stocks up on jobs

Retailer Sainsbury’s has opened a major new distribution centre in South-East London creating 600 jobs.
26 June 2013

In-house recruitment: LV= puts jobseekers on the map

Insurance firm LV= continues to put technology and localisation to the fore in its recruitment strategy by mapping out the home addresses of job applicants and existing employees.
IT/Telecoms, HR 26 June 2013

Youth Contract interest drops, finds REC

There has been a drop in interest in the government’s Youth Contract, designed to incentivise businesses to recruit young people.
Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 25 June 2013
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