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
In Depth

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

Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Retail 9 March 2022

NEW TO THE MARKET: 7-11 MARCH 2022

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

Charity & not-for-profit, IT/Telecoms 9 March 2022

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.

Public sector, Commercial & office support 8 March 2022

More technical and powerful – where next for resourcing leaders?

In-house recruitment is becoming an ever-more technical discipline, and one likely to take an increasingly major role in the HR family in the future.
IT/Telecoms, Engineering 6 March 2013

Sprite umbrella firm acquired by sub-contractor Boss

Umbrella payroll provider Sprite Services has been acquired by construction sub-contactor Boss Group.
Construction & property 6 March 2013

Jaguar Land Rover to hire for 1,400 ‘skilled jobs’

Automotive manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plan to create a new £500m Engine Manufacturing Centre in the UK, creating almost 1,400 new “highly skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs”, according to the company.
Construction & property, Engineering 5 March 2013

IT competition ‘The Graduate’ aims to plug skills gap

In an effort to give IT graduates a head start in winning their first role in work, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, is once again running ‘The Graduate’ competition.
IT/Telecoms, Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 5 March 2013

In-house recruiters should ‘learn from their agency cousins’

In-house recruitment and HR professionals may not always be on the most cordial of terms with recruitment agencies, but last week at our Smart Resourcing conference, sponsored by Eploy, one of the major takeaways was that corporate resourcing professionals should “learn from our agency cousins” in how they ‘win’ business within their company.
HR 5 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Tesco creates nearly 2,000 roles at distribution centres

Tesco is to create 1,900 roles as two distribution centres prepare to open this summer.
4 March 2013

Engaging hiring managers key to recruitment and brand

Recruiters should look to build stronger links with the individual hiring managers within a business, says Isabelle Hung, the global head of talent acquisition at talent and resourcing providers Alexander Mann Solutions in the video below.
HR 4 March 2013

Skills shortage ‘biggest challenge’ for oil & gas jobs boom

A new report from Lloyds Banking Group suggests that up to 34,000 new jobs could be created in oil & gas firms in the UK in the next two years, but skills shortages will make expansion difficult.
Construction & property, Engineering 4 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Vodafone takes on 750 in Australia

Telecommunications provider Vodafone Hutchison Australia is to create 750 new customer service jobs in the Tasmanian state capital of Hobart.
IT/Telecoms, Commercial & office support 4 March 2013

Rejected job application turns up as padding in bag

A jobseeker’s rejected application form has been founded scrunched up and used as padding in a bag at Plymouth retailer Deichmann Shoes, reports the Daily Mirror.
1 March 2013

TUC urges ‘work your proper hours’

The Trade Unions Congress, the umbrella organisation for UK unions, is today (Friday, 1 March) telling workers across the UK to stop the estimated £30bn of unpaid overtime done across the country annually on Work Your Proper Hours Day.
1 March 2013

Recruitment just got Smarter

More than 100 in-house recruiters attended Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing conference, headline sponsored by Eploy, in London yesterday (28 February).
1 March 2013

Jobs Watch: Chrysler to invest, add 1,250 jobs in Indiana

Car maker Chrysler Group is to invest nearly $374m (£248m) in boosting transmission production in two plants in Indiana, creating around 1,250 new jobs at the firm.
Industrial/Manufacturing 1 March 2013

Smart Resourcing 2013: Build effective partnerships to lead better

One of the keys to being a successful in-house recruiting leader is the ability to build effective partnerships, delegates at Recruiter’s Smart Resourcing conference, sponsored by Eploy, have heard.
HR 28 February 2013

Love maps and prosper – recruitment lessons from John Lewis

Developing a love of process maps is one of three key lessons that Carole Donaldson, resourcing manager at major retailer John Lewis, has offered resourcing teams looking to centralise the recruitment function.
28 February 2013

Graduate management education becomes more diverse and global

A broader range of graduates are sending their Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) scores to different types of postgraduate management education programmes across the world, according to a report from the tests’ creator, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC).
Graduates/Apprentices/School leavers 27 February 2013
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