Change recruitment terminology to help business understand what we do

If people in your company shake their heads and their eyes glaze over when you mention ‘search and selection tools’ – or any other specialist recruitment term – why not take a leaf out of the book of Samantha Ramsay, fashion retailer House of Fraser’s head of resourcing and employer brand?

Mediatonic Games appoints Kimber recruitment manager

Computer games firm Mediatonic Games has appointed Jacob Kimber as recruitment manager.

CEOs' advice – have a go and get things done

Not having been braver about expansion and failing to spurn a ‘me too mentality’ rank among the regrets some of the industry’s top leaders have about starting out as a recruitment entrepreneur.

Talkpush integrates Google speech recognition

Talkpush, an interviewing software provider for volume hiring, has integrated Google Cloud Speech Recognition with its automated phone screening solution.

Harrier Human Capital delivers RPO down under

Human capital provider Harrier Human Capital has been engaged by Australia’s largest department store Myer to deliver a project recruitment process outsourced solution (RPO) in New South Wales.

Beamery gets $2m funding to build recruiting software

Recruitment software provider Beamery, backed by US seed-stage start-up incubator Angelpad, has raised $2m (£1.36m) in seed funding from investors Edenred Capital Partners and Grupa Pracuj.

Get statements in writing to reduce risk of HMRC tax investigation, says Marlowe

Recruitment agencies can massively reduce the risks of a full-scale tax investigation by HM Revenue & Customs by getting a written statement from umbrella companies and personal service companies, recruiters have heard.