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SME recruitment firms need support to adapt to today’s challenges
The recently released Deloitte APSCo UK Recruitment Index has once again given the recruitment industry and interested others some great insights to both the ‘here and now’ but also the challenges that...
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What do 21st century job candidates want from you?
Today, the onus appears to be very much on the candidate to make the right impression, but with the skills gap biting, the ball is very much in their court. Can you really make your business work...
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Psychometric testing’s helping hand in the recruitment industry
Psychometric testing is a process that assesses people’s personality traits, intelligence, abilities, interests and aptitudes. But did you know that these tests can help recruiters select the very best...
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Flexible working: What recruiters need to know
How flexible are you? No, I’m not asking about your yoga habits. Rather, about your approach to flexible working. By now, the workplace is familiar with the value of flexible working options, whether...
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Introduction fees: The recruiters’ battleground?
To avoid dispute, the question of when an introduction fee is payable in respect of the introduction of staff to a client should be set out clearly in agreed terms, both parties acting in accordance...
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Ensure your recruitment campaigns are designed for success
Running a recruitment campaign can involve hours of wading through piles of unsuitable CVs – or worse, not receiving any. Recruitment processes can cause headaches for any company, large or small. But...
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What can recruiters learn from candidates?
Research undertaken on behalf of Bond International Software has set out to discover the current state of the recruitment market – from candidates’ job search preferences to the ways in which...
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How to MOT your career in 2017
We spend the majority of our waking lives at work, yet very rarely give our career the attention it deserves. We have no hesitation in getting an annual MOT test done for our car, making sure it’s safe...
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How can AI be harnessed by recruiters for their benefit rather than detriment?
Big data is increasingly viewed as a strategic asset that can transform organisations through its use of powerful predictive technologies. Eliminating bias in recruitment is feasible through the use of...
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Don’t panic – IR35 changes can be managed
On 6th April 2017, the new IR35 public sector changes will come into force. Put simply, the responsibility for determining public sector contractors’ employment status will shift from the contractor,...
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The challenges facing organisations when recruiting for grads
There is a lot at stake when it comes to recruiting graduates. After all, they are the future. The successful scouting and nurturing of a company’s young prospects can lead to great things – just look...
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How to use your transferable skills to forge a career in digital
No matter what position or industry you might have worked in, the skills you accumulate often stay with you as you move on to your next role. These skills are transferable, all-encompassing and are...
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Publishing recruitment: How to get your foot in the door and stay there
As with most industries, Publishing has had to adapt to the digital age. While eBook sales levelled off in 2015 and high street book retailers have had a bit of a renaissance, digital resources are...
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Reaching out: Achieving next-generation candidate interaction
Recruiter–candidate interaction has changed fundamentally in recent years. The diverse ways in which recruiters can now reach out to candidates – from social media to job boards, web searches to email...
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How recruitment firms must flex to ease the return to work
Helping people return to work after a career break is once again under the spotlight following the budget announcement that £5m will go towards extending return to work schemes to all levels of...
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The challenges of recruiting diverse talent for the creative industries
There are many challenges facing recruiters when looking for diverse talent for the creative industries. Recruitment industry expert and social campaigner Joanna Abeyie takes an in-depth look at these...
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The three most likely ways to be duped by recruitment ploys
In a competitive and fluid job market where data is valuable and potential job openings and candidates are very visible on the Internet, it is no surprise that job postings are not always what they...
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Caution and cooperation needed in the face of public sector’s IR35 changes
This April saw IR35 reforms take effect in the public sector. The arrival of the legislation has been much heralded and its impact much maligned as a move that will undoubtedly impose a significant...
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Managing rejection: How hiring an internal ‘recruiter’ can boost brand advocacy
Steve Thompson, Managing Director, Forward Role Recruitment comments on why hiring an internal ‘recruiter’ to manage rejected applications could boost brand advocacy. A couple of years ago I was...
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Building bridges back to work
“Am I ready? Am I in the right place to go back to work?” This is one of the most frequently asked questions by participants in the Work to Recover scheme, run by London-based recruiter Sidekicks. Work...
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Worker well-being in the recruitment sector
Striking the balance between pressure and challenge can be a fine art and nothing truer could be said of the recruitment industry. Although not unique to the industry, the high-pressure,...
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The most important lessons I’ve learnt as a recruiter
People are the key to a successful and profitable business: they are what make the brand, are the ones delivering excellent customer service and making sure that customers (your clients) get exactly...
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Keeping above the law this summer with seasonal employment
For both agencies and employers in the leisure, hospitality and tourism sectors, the approach of summer brings with it the need for a temporary increase in the workforce to cope with the busy period....
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3 tips for leveraging your employer brand to recruit
Think about the buzzwords you hear thrown around the recruitment and HR world, and employer brand is sure to come up. You probably most frequently hear it used in reference to company culture, perks...
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Wage stagnation: How can recruiters ensure staff don’t feel underappreciated?
Last week, the BBC released an article which showed how wage stagnation and higher costs of living are affecting particular industries’ staff. By May 2017, the average weekly pay was 0.5% lower than...
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Should multiple-choice tests be used in recruitment?
Employers using multiple-choice psychometric testing in recruitment should act with caution following the recent case of Government Legal Services (GLS) v Brookes. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT)...
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The apprenticeship levy: An opportunity to improve disabled talent pipelines
While the recruitment sector has, in the past, strongly voiced its reservations around the Apprenticeship Levy, a recent round table hosted by the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI)...
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One size cannot fit all
I recently had the privilege of chairing a forum on modern employment. I met a range of authoritative speakers who shared and aired their views about the changing nature of employment, the potential...
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Struggling to recruit? How to beat dwindling candidate availability
Recently, the BBC along with many other publications reported that employers were finding it hard to recruit new staff following the UK labour market tightening. According to several surveys by...
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GDPR: What recruiters need to know for May 2018
Graham Hansen, Associate in HRC Law’s Commercial team, knows next year’s data protection changes will impact all sectors. Some industries, however, may have more to consider when it comes to ensuring...
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Tackling gender equality and sexism in the workplace
The announcement in July of the BBC’s top earners once again threw the question of gender equality in the workplace under the spotlight. While it’s always a hot topic, the staggering pay gap between...
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The Taylor Review recommendations: What happens now?
In late 2016, Matthew Taylor, the Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Arts, was commissioned by the Prime Minister to undertake an independent review of employment practices in the UK. A key focus...
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The changing face of recruitment
As he celebrates 20 years with Midlands-based recruitment consultancy Macildowie, managing director James Taylor celebrates how technology has transformed the industry – but also looks at why the...
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Candidate ownership: What companies need to know
When two recruitment agencies claim ownership of the same candidate, which agency should attract the introduction fee? Candidate ownership is a frequent problem for recruitment agencies but when two...
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Put staff interviews on the record to avoid tribunals
Last year, ministers vowed to overturn employment tribunal fees after it was ruled they were obstructing the public’s ‘access to justice’. There is an increasing fear that with this change, individuals...
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Employee engagement and motivation are no longer buzzwords – they’re essential
The UK tech sector has become a candidate-driven market with more vacancies than talent. But are businesses engaging employees or are they running the risk of losing talent to competitors? Employee...
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How do we solve the NHS skills crisis?
Recruitment is a challenge in any industry, however the highly regulated healthcare sector is tougher than most. Not only do employers have to fight against an acute skills shortage and an ageing...
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The gender pay gap reporting deadline – best practice for recruiters
Since the publication of the BBC’s top earners last year highlighted the organisation’s staggering pay gap between the wages of its highest earning men and women, the gender pay gap across all...
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It’s time for a transparent talk about pay
Insights from the State of Salaries report 2018 The UK is renowned for several things: the royal family, rain, tea – and being reserved when it comes to talking about money. But it turns out that our...
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The gig economy: Transforming business for the better?
Emily Bain, founding director of London-based executive talent recruitment agency Bain and Gray, reveals how the growth of the gig economy has transformed their business for the better. In the last...
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The jobs that millennials want the most (and how to attract them)
Despite their reputation, ‘millennials’ are fast becoming the most sought-after workers in today’s job market. The vast majority of Generation Y that I have encountered in the workplace have been hard...
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Blockchain and cryptocurrencies: Reinventing the recruitment industry
There’s no doubt that blockchain, its properties, and the surrounding cryptocurrencies are not only here to stay, they are here to disrupt. When you think of anything concerning technology and finance,...
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What’s your talent acquisition strategy?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently revealed that employment increased to a record 75.3%, with 400,000 jobs created in the last year. This positive news, undoubtedly. But it also masks a...
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Being seen to be compliant – Part 1
There is a clear appetite to rid our sector of poor practice and, given the current political climate and a raft of media exposure around ethics and exploitation, it will be no surprise to anyone that...
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Being seen to be compliant – Part 2
The second part of ‘Being seen to be compliant’ takes a further look at issues that agencies need to be up-to-date with, in light of the government’s recent initiatives to stamp out poor practices....
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Private sector IR35: What recruiters need to know
If you recruit contractors, consultants or any other kind of temporary staff for your private sector clients, then you’ll know that there is an ongoing government consultation, the outcome of which...
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Building relationships in the tech-led world of recruitment
Digital technology has transformed recruitment over the past 25 years, paving the way for faster communications with candidates and clients. However, with the growing number of channels available,...
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Pay it forward: Helping new recruiters get their foot in the door
In the face of a competitive job market, where the idea of a ‘job for life’ is fast becoming a thing of the past, professional development is more important than ever. Today’s jobseekers – particularly...
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Mind the (pay) gap
What does it mean if a pay gap is found within your organisation? Businesses with more than 250 employees had been set a date of 5 April 2018 to mandatorily report on the gender pay gap within their...
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Why agencies should consider moving away from 360-recruitment
What could make IT talent acquisition easier? This was a question sent to 142 in-house recruiters by leading Microsoft recruitment partner Curo Talent. The answer? More intelligent profiling....
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