In-house recruitment

Availability continues to rise for both perm and temp candidates

November saw increased availability of workers for the ninth straight month of the year, countered by lingering economic uncertainty and hesitancy to commit to new hires.

11 December 2023

11 most influential in-house recruiters

Welcome to the 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters report.

12 September 2023

REC writes to Minister of State for Immigration over digital RTW checks

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has revealed that it has written to the Minister of State for Immigration expressing concerns over the new digital right to work (RTW) checking system.

Creative/Digital/Media, HR 22 November 2022

TA professionals flock to RecFest 2022

This year's RecFest drew thousands of talent acquisition professionals to the event.

Hospitality/Leisure 13 September 2022

11 Most influential in-house recruiters: 2022

Welcome to the nineth 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters report.

13 September 2022

Dive in to the talent pool

A new report from The Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers (The Firm) suggests that while most organisations use talent pools to fill their roles, not many do it effectively

HR 11 July 2022

CONTRACTS & DEALS: 7-11 MARCH 2022

This week’s new contracts & deals include: Compass Group, The Curve Group, Walmsley Wilkinson

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 MARCH 2022

This week’s new launches include: Astute Technical Recruitment, Circular.io, Sterling, YoungOnes

Recruitment drives and encouraging ex-offenders into employment

The Student Loans Company, BT and EE launch recruitment drives, while new employability boards aim to help prisoners obtain gainful work.

Ochre House gets extension on Telefónica RPO

Recruitment services provider Ochre House has been granted a three-year extension on its talent management and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) deal with telecoms provider Telefónica UK.
IT/Telecoms 13 March 2013

Eden Scott to recruit IT talent for Skyscanner

Scottish recruitment business Eden Scott is to lead a developer hiring drive at Edinburgh-headquartered travel comparison website Skyscanner.

Starting your second career with confidence

It’s not until reaching the mid-point of our lives that many of us realize that we still don’t know what we want to do when we grow up!
12 March 2013

Recruit with emotion, justify with reason?

There is an old adage that in sales people ‘buy using ‘emotion’ and then use logic to justify their purchases. Does the same apply in recruitment? And if so, is it right?
12 March 2013

Top tips for executive onboarding

The first six months of a new senior appointment are crucial to the success of the manager and the wider business.
12 March 2013

Apprenticeships Watch: AIG, gap personnel, Opus Energy

Day two of National Apprenticeship Week 2013 sees recruitment consultancy gap personnel among firms pledging to hire more apprentices.

Public sector hiring again with ‘renewed vigour’

Public sector hiring is set to outpace hiring the private sector over the next three months, according to international staffing giant Manpower.
Public sector 12 March 2013

BP helps STEM graduate outflow

The head of graduate resourcing for BP in the UK, says she has seen in increase in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) graduates looking to use their degrees after graduating.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 12 March 2013

Apprenticeships Watch: KFC, May Gurney and Santander to recruit

As National Apprenticeship Week kicks off, with Prime Minster David Cameron set today to call for apprenticeships to become the “new norm” for those choosing not to go to university after leaving school, three major UK companies are set to hire in apprentice positions.

Year and a day plus fine for staffing firm supplying illegal aliens

The director of a Pennsylvania recruitment firm has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison after pleading guilty to supplying illegal foreign workers to clients, who were given wages under the table without payments for various tax and insurance schemes made.
Industrial/Manufacturing 11 March 2013

International Women’s Day: Recruiters have important role to fix gender imbalance

Recruiters can play an important role in helping more women reach board level, according to participants in a Recruitment & Employment Confederation roundtable discussion held earlier this week to mark International Women’s Day.

Jobs Watch: 3sun and BT set to recruit, London law firms hire in Wales

Oil & gas solutions provider 3sun, telecoms giant BT and two London-based law firms have announced intentions to get recruiting.
Engineering, IT/Telecoms 8 March 2013

Treasury Wines gets resourcing head from Ochre House

Australia-based wine company Treasury Wine Estates has appointed a new EMEA resourcing manager Sarah Benson, who arrives from a role with recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider Ochre House.
Executive search 8 March 2013

Calibre checks in Kyjak-Lane

Stephen Kyjak-Lane has moved from hotel management into the hospitality staffing industry, becoming general manager at recruitment firm Calibre International.
8 March 2013

On track for success with Network Rail recruiting lessons

Delegates at the last week’s Smart Resourcing 2013 conference, sponsored by Eploy, heard how Network Rail had learned important lessons about its recruitment processes.
Public sector 6 March 2013

Know any French horn players looking for a job?

If so, refer the friend to the Royal Air Force (RAF). Sadly, the ‘blue’ service is “struggling with” a talent shortfall of musicians skilled in that particular brass instrument for its musical groups, according to Ian Tolfts, Group Captain Recruiting for the RAF.
Public sector 6 March 2013
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