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Staying with one employer outdated, says hiring expert

A leader of the newly launched UK Hiring Taskforce sees a future short-term employment environment similar to the so-called gig economy in which organisations themselves are not long-lived because of rapidly changing technology.

27 May 2025

Government’s apprenticeship budget refocuses to ‘rebuild Britain’

The government has made radical changes to skills and training, including a refocus away from higher-level apprenticeship funding.

Engineering, Construction & property 27 May 2025

REC urges government to build on success of Restart Scheme

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is urging the government to build on the success of the Restart Scheme.

Social care, Engineering 27 May 2025

Key executive appointments for ManpowerGroup

Global workforce solutions company ManpowerGroup has announced two key executive appointments aimed to accelerate its strategic growth and transformation agenda.

27 May 2025

APPOINTMENTS: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s appointments include: ECMS, The Education Network

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Public sector 27 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 27-30 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Aston University, Four Squared Recruitment, Gi Group UK, itris X, ManpowerGroup

Creative/Digital/Media, Industrial/Manufacturing 27 May 2025

Energy recruitment firm launches in Aberdeen

Specialist recruitment firm Agilient Talent Partners has launched in Aberdeen, focusing on permanent hiring within the energy sector.

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 27 May 2025

Trinity Bridge expands in Central Europe, appoints MD for Germany

Hospitality specialist executive search firm Trinity Bridge is expanding its operations in Central Europe with the appointment of Stephanie Watzek.

Transport & logistics, Executive search 22 May 2025

International manufacturer invests £170m in North Wales facility

Around 140 jobs will be created in North Wales after Knauf Insulation unveiled plans to invest £170m in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility.

Oil & gas/Energy, Transport & logistics 20 May 2025

Evolution of the workplace

Workplace culture is becoming increasingly important to attract talent in to the recruitment industry and the business community as a whole, says Harpreet Singh.

24 April 2019

Recruitment group to trial 4-day week at UK and Europe-based offices

A Brighton-headquartered recruiter has announced plans to trial a four-day working week.

Banking/Financial services, IT/Telecoms 24 April 2019

Brexit delay gives confidence to EU workers

EU workers are seemingly more confident about coming to work in the UK, following the recent Brexit extension.

Public sector, Life sciences 23 April 2019

APSCo helps to launch human capital MBA

APSCo is collaborating with two other partners in delivering an MBA in human capital.

HR 17 April 2019

The Thrive Team

Martin Grady and Alison Trodd have joined up to launch The Thrive Team.

Executive search 17 April 2019

Viewpoint: Rewriting the employment rule book

Why organisations should adopt a culture of reverse mentoring.

17 April 2019

Soundbites May 2019

A recent poll of more than 2,000 UK workers found that 56% of people don’t agree that recruiters add anything to the recruitment process. Do you agree?

17 April 2019

Innovation? It's child's play

Recruiters could do a lot worse than learning from child entrepreneurs, as Roisin Woolnough explains

17 April 2019

Ask the expert: May 2019

I’m billing £600k and am thinking of setting up my own recruitment business. What advice would you give me?

17 April 2019

Heather DeLand: Recruitment excludes people and we can’t change that

Recruitment campaigns can be much closer to marketing than we think.

17 April 2019

Time running out to get the IR35 rules right

The clock is ticking on getting the rules around IR35 right, warns the REC.

17 April 2019

The View: What will recruitment look like in 20 years?

Here’s a question to ponder, says Neil Carberry, REC chief executive: what will recruitment look like in 20 years?

17 April 2019

The Intelligence: Puzzling productivity

The UK’s jobs market has been incredibly strong over the past few years, with figures from the ONS showing record high rates of employment and the lowest unemployment rates since the mid-1970s.

17 April 2019

Average debtor days continue to nudge higher

The latest information from Recruitment Industry Benchmarking’s RIB Index shows that the median industry recruiter has continued to experience a rise in the average number of debtor days – up to an average of 52.8 across 2018.

17 April 2019

Legal update: Changes to right to work checks

The REC helps answer questions over right to work checks for non-UK nationals.

HR 17 April 2019

IRP May 2019: Releasing business potential

Denis O’Driscoll, founder of interim management specialis Corvint Fox, on releasing business potential.

17 April 2019