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CONTRACTS & DEALS: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

NEW TO THE MARKET: 5-9 MAY 2025

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

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.

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.

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].

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

Hiring platform hackajob wins investment for US expansion

Full stack technical hiring platform hackajob has announced a $25m (£19.86m) Series B funding round led by Boston-based growth equity firm, Volition Capital, with participation from existing investors AXA Venture Partners and Foresight.

IT/Telecoms, HR 4 May 2023

Healthcare recruitment firm Resource Finder helps in fight against global nursing shortages

Hull-based Resource Finder, an international healthcare recruitment company, has committed a £100k a year to help tackle the global nursing shortage.

Healthcare/Medical 4 May 2023

APPOINTMENTS: 2-5 MAY 2023

This week’s appointments include: Calibre One, Ciphr, Fresh Perspective Resourcing, Gillespie People Solutions, Mustard Jobs, Nicholas Associates Group

NEW TO THE MARKET: 2-5 MAY 2023

This week’s new launches include: 32 Stripes, KPI OceanConnect, MRA Search, Ocean Healthcare, SmartyMeet, Tengai

How recruiters can help to solve the childcare crisis

The cost of childcare in the UK is among the highest in the world.

HR 2 May 2023

Indeed adds new tier of service with pay for performance pricing

Job search engine Indeed is adding a new tier of service pricing with pay for performance pricing.

IT/Telecoms 19 April 2023

Resolution Foundation report highlights ‘minimum level dignity’ at work

A new report on low pay in the UK by think tank the Resolution Foundation calls for a “minimum level dignity” at work.

HR 19 April 2023

APSCo urges government to address talent attraction and retention in education

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has warned that recruitment guidance in the education sector needs to be simplified if talent attraction and retention issues are to be addressed.

Public sector, Education 19 April 2023

UK employment rate higher due to part-time and self-employed workers

Part-time employees and self-employed workers drove a slight increase in the UK employment rate to 75.8%.

18 April 2023

Bare minimum Mondays to work more creatively

Why we need to let go of productivity paranoia and create space to think at work.

HR 18 April 2023

Solving the NHS recruitment black hole? Look at the numbers, not political rhetoric

“Let’s train up and place more homegrown healthcare professionals” is a Government ambition, that while noble and correct, bears little relevance to our current NHS staffing crisis.

APPOINTMENTS: 10-14 APRIL 2023

This week’s appointments include: Anderson Quigley, Remote

Public sector, Education 13 April 2023

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 10-14 APRIL 2023

This week’s new contracts & deals include: A-Check Global, Ceridian, Sterling Check Corp, the1

IT/Telecoms, HR 13 April 2023

NEW TO THE MARKET: 10-14 APRIL 2023

This week’s new launches include: Kemp Recruitment, Taylor Hawkes

Murray delivers four new dedicated divisions

Specialist recruitment agency Murray (formerly Murray McIntosh) has launched four dedicated divisions to deliver tailored policy, technology, water and engineering hiring services.

Oil & gas/Energy, Engineering 12 April 2023

FinTech expert EC1 Partners launches exec search division

FinTech recruitment expert EC1 Partners has launched a new executive search division.

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