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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

Eames Consulting Group promotes six

International recruitment and search consultancy Eames Consulting Group has made six senior promotions in the UK and Singapore.
Executive search 29 May 2015

Hutchinson joins Deverell Smith in estate agency division

Property recruitment consultancy Deverell Smith has appointed Ana Hutchinson to lead its estate agency division.
Construction & property 29 May 2015

MCPO market shows fastest global growth

The multi-country payroll outsourcing (MCPO) market, one of the fastest growing markets within the HR outsourcing sector, is now worth more than US$1bn (£653m) annually, according to US-headquartered business advisory firm Everest Group.
IT/Telecoms, HR 28 May 2015

Tesco appoints Merrett head of resourcing

Ryan Merrett has been appointed head of resourcing at supermarket chain Tesco.
HR 27 May 2015

Kia to recruit 20 Geniuses for its dealerships

Automobile manufacturer Kia is to use a recruitment mix of YouTube and career sites to hire 20 Kia ‘Geniuses’ in a new pilot programme.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 27 May 2015

NP Group undergoes MBO

The management team of NP Group has successfully completed a management buy-out with support of new third-party investment.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 27 May 2015

South Korea increases its labour force

South Korea’s labour force (made up of both employed and unemployed people) is growing, according to the latest figures from the Korea Institute of Labor (KIL).
IT/Telecoms, Construction & property 27 May 2015

Woolley steps down as group FD at Parity

Parity Group’s Alastair Woolley has stepped down as group finance director at the talent management business.
IT/Telecoms 27 May 2015

TV documentary is good for Candelisa People’s business

Candelisa People’s starring role in Channel 4’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary The Job Centre has been good for business, according to the recruitment agency’s managing director Jane Vincent.
Creative/Digital/Media 27 May 2015

Retinue appointed to government framework

Managed services provider Retinue has been appointed to the national MSTAR² framework, which is led by ESPO (Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation) and provides managed temporary workers to public sector organisations.
Construction & property, Public sector 27 May 2015

Resource Solutions Asia signs three-year deal with Honeywell

Global recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider Resource Solutions Asia has entered into a three-year agreement with Honeywell, which invents and manufactures technology.
IT/Telecoms, Industrial/Manufacturing 27 May 2015

Recruitive integrates with Zoek

Recruitment software provider, Recruitive, has integrated its cloud-based multi-posting solution with Zoek, the mobile skills matching app that connects recruiters and candidates.
IT/Telecoms 27 May 2015

Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells use Rare’s help with social mobility

International law firms Baker & McKenzie and Hogan Lovells have signed up to use Rare’s contextual recruitment system (CRS), designed to increase social mobility.
IT/Telecoms, Legal 27 May 2015

Athona Recruitment signs with Safe Computing

Staffing sector software solutions provider Safe Computing has won a contract with Athona Recruitment.
IT/Telecoms, Education 27 May 2015

ADVERTORIAL: The move to video interviews in the recruitment process

Businesses are always on the lookout for ways to be more competitive and unique in the midst of stiff competition.
IT/Telecoms 26 May 2015

Chinese employers prefer headhunting firms

Headhunting firms are the most important recruitment channel for employers in China, according to ‘The RMG Recruitment Insider Survey’, a nationwide quarterly survey conducted by RMG Selection, a China-based international recruitment and HR consultancy.
HR, IT/Telecoms 26 May 2015
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