Your recruitment business

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Firmus Consulting

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

This week’s new launches include: Heidrick & Struggles, Matrix, ProdigyPB, Project Brains

Public sector, Creative/Digital/Media 6 May 2025

The rise and rise of agentic AI adoption

Agentic AI adoption is expected to grow 327% by 2027 as HR leaders plan to redeploy a quarter of their workforce, according to new research by Salesforce.

Creative/Digital/Media, IT/Telecoms 6 May 2025

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

Recruiter’s Charity of the Year Halcyon aims to raise profile of autism

Recruiter readers have chosen a charity that delivers work experience and training for people on the autistic spectrum to improve their job prospects as our Charity of the Year 2015.
30 April 2015

Greythorn appoints Dale director to lead UK and Ireland business

FiveTen Group’s technology staffing brand Greythorn has appointed Garie Dale as director to lead its UK and Irish operation.
IT/Telecoms 30 April 2015

Ford & Stanley Group appoints Wall as MD for rail

Manufacturing and engineering recruiter Ford & Stanley Group has appointed James Wall as managing director for its specialist rail and engineering recruitment business.
Engineering, Industrial/Manufacturing 30 April 2015

BLOG: The social media election: The rise of hashtag politics

In the online world, when it comes to getting your message across, creating a buzz is becoming as increasingly important as the content. In the war for social media, the quickest, biggest, punchiest taglines frequently win.
IT/Telecoms, Creative/Digital/Media 30 April 2015

FINANCIALS: Dutch recruiter USG People sees Q1 rise in revenue

Dutch recruiter USG People has seen Q1 revenue rise 5.1% to €570.7m (£413.4m) on the same quarter last year, according to its results for the period to 31 March 2015.
Commercial & office support, Engineering 30 April 2015

Go North East offers candidates a drive of its buses

Transport firm Go North East is offering candidates the chance to test-drive a bus, with a particular emphasis on women, as part of its recruitment campaign to increase diversity.
29 April 2015

Autoglass could tap into parent Belron’s cracking talent down under

Autoglass is in talks with parent company Belron about tapping into its global talent network to move technicians from its Australian and New Zealand operations to the UK and vice versa.
Commercial & office support, Industrial/Manufacturing 29 April 2015

Heidrick & Struggles hires Kaplan in New York

International executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles has appointed Daniel Kaplan as managing director of its chief HR officer practice.
Executive search, HR 29 April 2015

Encore Personnel invests in Cascade

Encore Personnel invests in Cascade
IT/Telecoms, HR 29 April 2015

Recruiters will play bigger part in future ‘talent ecosystem’

Recruitment agencies will become a much more important part of the “talent ecosystem” because they look after an individual’s career, says professor of management practice at London Business School, Lynda Gratton.
IT/Telecoms, HR 29 April 2015

Australia makes apprenticeships easier for all

Australia’s Apprenticeship Network, as announced by assistant minister for education and training senator Simon Birmingham this week, aims to make it easier for employers to recruit, train and retain apprentices.
29 April 2015

Recruiters part of solution to help NHS shortages of GPs and nurses

Recruiters are stepping up to help the NHS in England with both training and workforce planning as it suffers “serious” shortages of general practitioners, as well as mental health and community nurses.
Public sector 29 April 2015

Argyll Scott appoints Cole as MD for Dubai

International professional recruiter Argyll Scott has appointed Adam Cole as managing director of its Dubai office.
Commercial & office support 29 April 2015

Towers Watson buys Saville Consulting

Global professional services company Towers Watson has acquired international psychometric assessment business Saville Consulting for £42m.
HR 29 April 2015

initiafy chooses Xactly to manage sales

Job training platform provider initiafy has selected cloud-based incentive solutions provider Xactly to help manage its growing sales team and improve compensation transparency.
IT/Telecoms 29 April 2015

Hays appointed to MSTAR2 framework

Global specialist recruiter Hays has been appointed to the new MSTAR2 framework, led by ESPO (Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation), one of the UK's largest public services professional buying organisations.
Public sector 29 April 2015
Top