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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

US TrueBlue acquires RPO business of Aon Hewitt

Global workforce solutions provider TrueBlue’s recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm PeopleScout RPO has acquired the RPO business of business process outsourcing firm Aon Hewitt for an undisclosed sum.
Executive search 12 January 2016

Impellam trading update ‘positive’ for UK

Impellam Group, parent company of staffing firms including Blue Arrow, Carbon 60 and Career Teachers, this morning released a trading update stating its year-end financial results should be as expected.
Commercial & office support, Education 12 January 2016

FINANCIALS: PageGroup profits rise slightly but good momentum for year ahead

While global recruiter PageGroup saw a marginal increase in UK Q4 gross profit (GP), clients were more reluctant to make hiring decisions, says chief executive Steve Ingham.
Engineering, HR 12 January 2016

Ambition appoints Canning director, financial services

Global professional services recruiter Ambition has appointed Jeremy Canning as director of financial services.
Executive search 11 January 2016

Berry Recruitment buys Amanda Smith Recruitment

St Albans-based Berry Recruitment Group has acquired London-based office support staff recruiter Amanda Smith Recruitment for an undisclosed sum.
Commercial & office support 11 January 2016

Recruitment directors sentenced for tax fraud

Mahmud Hussain and Iftekhar Rehman, both directors of Whittlesey, Peterborough-based One Stop Recruitment, have been sentenced after stealing more than £245k due to HM Revenue & Customs.
11 January 2016

FINANCIALS: Robert Walters sees NFI increase

While Robert Walters saw an increase in Q4 UK net fee income (NFI), global banks operating in the UK are lengthening recruitment times, the international professional services recruiter says.
Executive search, Legal 11 January 2016

Blusource launches corporate finance division

Professional services recruiter Blusource has launched a corporate finance division.
11 January 2016

Flexible Minds launches in West Midlands

Flexible Minds, a new recruitment company aiming to support people wanting to work flexibly, was launched late last year.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 11 January 2016

Vivid Resourcing starts trading in US

London-headquartered Vivid Resourcing has begun trading in the US, ahead of plans to open a Los Angeles in summer.
Life sciences 11 January 2016

Single mum uses crowd-funding to help launch Premier People

Single mother Sacha Atherton of Hucknall in Nottinghamshire has launched a crowd-funding campaign for an event to help get her recruitment company, Premier People, off the ground.
11 January 2016

McLean Ross begins trading in the US

Energy and sustainability recruiter McLean Ross, part of the Opus Professional Services Group, has begun trading in the US.
Engineering 11 January 2016

Key Recruitment opens Stockport Centre and new division

Recruitment and apprenticeship provider Key Recruitment and Training has this month opened a new centre and launched a new division.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 11 January 2016

Clear Edge Search & Selection moves to larger offices

Leeds-based FMCG [fast-moving consumer goods] recruitment specialist Clear Edge Search & Selection has moved into a new Horsforth, Leeds office, less than a mile from its old premises.
Executive search, Industrial/Manufacturing 11 January 2016

Caval opens in Hull

Leeds-headquartered construction recruiter Caval has opened an office in Hull and appointed Ellis Branagan as lead.
Construction & property, Engineering 11 January 2016

Adzuna ad ‘The Boss’ hit TV screens this month

Job search engine Adzuna has launched its first TV advertising campaign, ‘The Boss’.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 11 January 2016
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