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AI agents are coming

Rather than being seen as the enemy, the recruitment industry should view AI agents as an exciting new dawn.

7 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 6 May 2025

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

Spotted Zebra merges Interview Intelligence and Assessment in one platform

HR tech talent acquisition firm Spotted Zebra has merged its Assessment platform with its Interview Intelligence.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 11 April 2025

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 7-11 APRIL 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: AESC, Dosen

Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 10 April 2025

Stott and May promotes MD for the Americas to group CEO

Stott and May, a provider of talent and project solutions to high-growth technology businesses, has appointed Laura Beavis as group CEO.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 8 April 2025

Granger Reis appoints two co-leaders for new real assets division

Global search and advisory firm Granger Reis has signalled its next stage of growth with the announcement of two co-leads for its newly-launched real assets division.

Oil & gas/Energy, Creative/Digital/Media 31 March 2025

The Adecco Group, Salesforce launch firm where humans work alongside AI agents

Global talent company The Adecco Group has today [27 March 2025] launched a new company that will build an integrated workforce of humans and AI agents.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 27 March 2025

Cezanne makes first major acquisition with rec-tech Occupop

HR and payroll software provider Cezanne has today [12 March 2025] announced the acquisition of the Dublin-headquartered recruitment technology business Occupop.

IT/Telecoms, HR 12 March 2025

IT recruiter Net Talent appoints Smith director

IT specialist recruitment company Net Talent has appointed Barry Smith director – tech & digital recruitment.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 11 September 2023

APPOINTMENTS: 7-11 AUGUST 2023

This week’s appointments include: Astute Technical Recruitment, Made Tech

Public sector, Oil & gas/Energy 8 August 2023

Rec-tech deals on the rise in the UK

Recruitment tech remains the greatest area of deal interest in the UK recruitment sector, as AI and digitisation continue their march forward in business significance.

IT/Telecoms 7 August 2023

APPOINTMENTS: 31 JULY-4 AUGUST 2023

This week’s appointments include: Balderton Capital, Employment Hero, Mego Employment, The IN Group

Marketing, Engineering 1 August 2023

New REC report details how recruiters can future-proof their businesses

A new report from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation sets out how directors and business owners can both future-proof their operations and look at long-range change.

IT/Telecoms 25 July 2023

National Space Council relaunches as UK space sector takes off

London-based company Seraphim Space, known as Generation Space in the US, has opened its applications to help global start-ups in the SpaceTech industry, online news service Bdaily reports.

Engineering, Construction & property 25 July 2023

Recruiters urged to revamp cyber security to prevent employee password leaks

Over three-quarters of recruitment firms have at least one employee password leaked into publicly available sources, a new study by IT services company Atlas Cloud has found.

Legal, IT/Telecoms 21 July 2023

NEW TO THE MARKET: 10-14 JULY 2023

This week’s new launches include: Coople, IGA Talent Solutions, S&You

Life sciences, Creative/Digital/Media 12 July 2023

Critical issues in digital hiring

An end-to-end digital hiring experience raises issues of exclusion and dangers from AI. Sue Weekes investigates.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 July 2023

Employers must audit bias in AI hiring tools in New York City

A new law in one part of the US that regulates the use of AI in hiring is only now being enforced.

Legal, IT/Telecoms 6 July 2023

NEW TO THE MARKET: 3-7 JULY 2023

This week’s new launches include: 11 Investments, AMS, AtlasJobs, City & Guilds, CitySprint, Diversifying Group, ID-Pal, Keystream, SLR Consulting

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Oil & gas/Energy 5 July 2023

APPOINTMENTS: 12-16 JUNE 2023

This week’s appointments include: Anderson Quigley, Concept Resourcing, iSource Group, Nash Squared

Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 16 June 2023

Veritone acquires CareerBuilder’s Broadbean in $52m deal

Veritone, an enterprise AI software and services firm, is to acquire CareerBuilder’s Broadbean, a provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology for talent acquisition and engagement.

IT/Telecoms, HR 7 June 2023

SaaS recruitment platform Clu announces £1.2m investment round

Clu, a skills-based inclusive hiring platform, has announced an investment round of £1.2m.

IT/Telecoms, HR 16 May 2023

APPOINTMENTS: 15-19 MAY 2023

This week’s appointments include: Cammach, Remote, Willo

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 16 May 2023

AI-technology recruiter Ocho launches in Belfast

A collective of technology experts has launched an AI-driven recruitment agency in Belfast.

Creative/Digital/Media, Executive search 11 May 2023
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