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Skill-based hiring can have ugly consequences – what can go wrong?

Skill-based hiring (SBH) is a hiring strategy that focuses on recruiting and selecting candidates based primarily on their demonstrated ability to perform each skill required for the position.

HR 2 May 2025

Elite Leaders appoints new Executive Team member

Elite Leaders is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris O’Connell to its Executive team.

1 May 2025

Humly acquires London-based education recruiter

Digital education recruitment platform Humly has finalised the purchase of London-based supply agency Future Education.

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 1 May 2025

HMRC to ‘revise’ IR35 CEST tool

The government has announced that its Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool will be “revised” from today [30 April 2025].

IT/Telecoms, Accounting/Finance 30 April 2025

APSCo briefs House of Lords on more amendments to Employment Rights Bill

Trade body APSCo has warned Peers of urgent amendments needed to the Employment Rights Bill, which must be addressed before it reaches Royal Assent.

30 April 2025

Policy changes leave US frontline workers nervous about jobs

Global trade policy changes are leaving US frontline workers nervous, angry and stressed out about potential effects on their jobs.

HR 30 April 2025

The SR Group liquidates two German offices

The SR Group’s German companies will formally enter into a solvent liquidation process on 1 May.

30 April 2025

Eurobase People appoints new sales director to push growth

IT/tech recruiter Eurobase People has appointed Steven Oakley (pictured) as sales director.

Sales, IT/Telecoms 30 April 2025

Recruitment insolvencies on rise at fastest rate since financial crash

Recruitment agencies are shutting for business at their fastest rate in 15 years, according to analysis by business news outlet CityAM.

28 April 2025

Trustly appoints Falkenberg to head people operations

Stockholm-based fintech firm Trustly has appointed Ulrica Falkenberg as head of people operations.
IT/Telecoms, Executive search 23 November 2016

Regional growth top priority for employers, says JobsOutlook

One in four employers think new expenditure supporting regional economic growth should be the top priority for Chancellor Philip Hammond in today’s Autumn Statement, according to a poll of 200 employers included in the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) ‘JobsOutlook’ survey.
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 23 November 2016

Recruitment sector awaits Chancellor’s announcements to help job creation

Measures boosting job creation in the UK’s house building, transport infrastructure and science sectors, as well as an increase in the National Living Wage, are just some of the announcements expected in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement later today.
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 23 November 2016

The Curve Group wins HR RPO contract with mclcreate

Recruitment and HR outsourcing company The Curve Group has been appointed as the exclusive HR outsource provider to event and exhibition organisers mclcreate.
HR 23 November 2016

OPP acquired by CPP to expand psychometric products

CPP, the exclusive publisher of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessments, has acquired European independent provider of business psychology & talent solutions OPP.
23 November 2016

ManpowerGroup partners with LearnUp to provide pre-skills training

Global recruiter ManpowerGroup has partnered with LearnUp, a career management platform that provides pre-hire skills development and virtual coaching for entry-level workers.
23 November 2016

Local Link Recruitment invests in new software

Local Link Recruitment has invested in a new bespoke software system to streamline the service it provides to both workers and businesses.
IT/Telecoms, Industrial/Manufacturing 23 November 2016

GlobalSportsJobs helps Trivandi Chanzo attract talent for Asian games

Sports industry digital media and talent acquisition platform GlobalSportsJobs has joined forces with project consultant Trivandi Chanzo ahead of the 2017 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 23 November 2016

CMI signs Armed Forces Covenant

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has signed the Armed Forces Covenant giving family members of Service personnel, who are CMI members, greater access to civilian skills and career development.
23 November 2016

Shorterm Group sold to Growth Capital Partners

Specialist engineering recruiter Shorterm Group has been acquired by independent private equity firm Growth Capital Partners.
Engineering 22 November 2016

Webhelp continues recruitment drive in Scotland

Global customer experience and business process outsourcing company Webhelp is to recruit up to a further 190 people across four sites in Scotland by the end of the year.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 22 November 2016

CitySprint workers take firm to court over employment rights

The status of workers in the ‘gig’ economy has been thrown back into the spotlight as delivery firm CitySprint today faces demands at an Employment Tribunal to treat its freelance couriers as employees.
HR, Legal 22 November 2016

Recruiters give Hammond their wish list for the Autumn Statement

Recruiters want Chancellor Philip Hammond to use tomorrow’s Autumn Statement to provide greater clarity about the UK’s direction in terms of securing access to the single market following the country’s decision to leave the European Union.
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 22 November 2016

Birmingham’s growth leads to worries over talent

The lack of necessary skills to bring Birmingham’s economic growth plans to life is “the one thing that keeps me awake at night”, Waheed Nazir, the city’s strategic director, economy, has acknowledged to an audience of leading executives.
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 21 November 2016

Facebook to hire 500 in the UK

Facebook is to create 500 roles at a new London headquarters next year.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 21 November 2016

BSI honours Recruiter editor

BSI, the British Standards Institute, has named Recruiter editor DeeDee Doke its Emerging Standards Maker for 2016.
HR 21 November 2016
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