By the time you read this, the UK’s General Election will have been held, and we should have some idea as to our national direction for a few years. My vagueness there reflects the pervasiveness of the major parties’ ‘all over the map’ approach before the election to setting firm policies and actions should they be successful. Perhaps more now than for some time, we’re called upon to vote for party general attitudes as opposed to being sure that campaign promises will be carried out. Each party probably has some opinion that appeals on the surface to most of us; did you add the pluses and the minuses before you voted?

Perhaps more now than for some time, we’re called upon to vote for party general attitudes”

For many voters in this election, there will have been no shining light to inspire you to follow at the ballot box and beyond. Tragically, one of recruitment’s own who shone a blindingly bright light in the sector left us recently. Ryan McCabe, founder and CEO of video interview platform Odro, died suddenly in June, leaving not only his wife and children bereft but also a community of recruitment tech innovators and recruiters who are grieving. He was an innovator with high expectations of himself, a person you felt you could call a friend within moments of meeting him. We look forward to hearing how his company and the recruitment community want to channel Ryan’s light, passion and good humour into a continuous beam that stays with the industry forever.

DeeDee Doke, Editor