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Tech & Tools: May/June 2025

Rise of native AI applicant tracking systems

Securing a job through virtual work

Unveiling the positive social impact of virtual work experience programmes.

7 May 2025

Workplace: The priority of productivity

How can consultants be the most productive they can be.

7 May 2025
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Business advice: lead generation

Identifying sales leads during a conversation.

7 May 2025
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Take a Netwalk on the kind side

A walk organised by TEAM raised awareness of isolation, as well as money for charity.

7 May 2025

Analytics functions to merge into single workforce intelligence organisation

What will talent intelligence look like in the future?

7 May 2025
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Redefining the role of humans at work

Talent leaders are in the midst of redefining work that will be “more pro-human than in any other point in human history”.

7 May 2025
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Editor's leader May/June 2025

Fed up with all the economic and business turmoil in the world?

7 May 2025

The Last Word May/June 2025: Alan Furley

Hiring without a safety net: What start-ups can teach the recruitment industry now

7 May 2025

ECJ obesity case could have serious implications for UK recruitment

The outcome of a case in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) today [12 June] on whether obesity should be deemed a disability could have massive implications for employers and recruiters.
Legal 12 June 2014

Search Consultancy looks beyond UK for language talent

Glasgow-based Search Consultancy has launched a UK and Europe-wide drive to source multilingual talent following a surge in demand across a number of sectors from contact centres to high technology.

Uber creating 20,000 ‘jobs’ per month

Uber, the mobile phone taxi service app that literally stopped traffic in London and other international capitals yesterday, claims it is creating 20,000 jobs for drivers each month while “powering billions in economic impact in cities around the world”.
IT/Telecoms 12 June 2014

SmartBear establishes European HQ in Galway with 100 jobs

US company SmartBear Software is establishing its European headquarters in Galway, Ireland in a move that is expected to create up to 100 jobs over five years.
IT/Telecoms, Marketing 12 June 2014

Pizza rather than payment restaurateur fined A$335k

A restaurant owner in Melbourne has been fined A$335k (£187k) for underpaying teenage workers, instead offering them discounted pizza and soft drinks.
12 June 2014

Should you be thinking about an IPO? – City Comment

After many years of relative silence on the subject, IPOs – initial public offerings, also known as a flotation – are seemingly back on the agenda and are becoming a regular topic of conversation. So, should you be considering it?
12 June 2014

Self-doubt the greatest threat to a woman’s career, says City high-flyer

Self-doubt is the greatest threat to women who want to succeed professionally, legendary City high-flyer Nicola Horlick has told a London audience.
11 June 2014

Outdated two-ticks symbol needs revamping, says DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has told Recruiter that its ‘two-ticks positive about disability' symbol is outdated and that it plans to revamp the scheme.
11 June 2014

South and City College Birmingham launches recruitment apprenticeship

South and City College Birmingham is launching a range of recruitment apprenticeships.
11 June 2014

GLA amends statement relating to Qualitycourse licence refusal

The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) issued a revised statement yesterday afternoon [10 June] relating to the refusal of the licence application for Qualitycourse, part of staffing provider Transline Group, as originally issued Monday [9 June].
11 June 2014

Skills for Logistics offers ex-military traineeships in East Midlands

Skills for Logistics in partnership with Future Horizons, the Career Development Partnership, Jobcentre Plus and logistics employers has developed a traineeship programme for those leaving the military.
11 June 2014

Recovery in recruitment industry to become more ‘broadly based’, says expert

The strengthening of the UK as indicated by a raft of figures published today should enable the recovery in the recruitment industry to become more broadly based, according to an economist specialising in the recruitment sector.

US man charged with rape in fake job scam

A man was arrested last Friday [6 June] on suspicion of rape and human-trafficking charges, after he allegedly assaulted a woman who answered a job posting on classified advertisement website Craigslist, the Philadelphia police have said.
11 June 2014

Graduate employment prospects looking bright, says BIS

Employment prospects for young graduates are looking bright, with the employment rate at its highest level since Q2 2008, according to the latest analysis from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of the Labour Force Survey.
11 June 2014

Employ Recruitment UK lands £1.5m worth of contracts

Employ Recruitment UK, the temporary driver provider to the logistics, manufacturing and service industry, are hiring more than 65 truck drivers having successfully landed £1.5m worth of contracts.

US job openings reached 4.5m in April

The number of US job opening rose by 4.5m in April, a 6.9% increase from 4.2m in March, according to the latest figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
11 June 2014
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