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Permanent vacancies resilient, contractor roles decreased

A new survey from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has found that professional recruitment firms reported overall vacancy numbers for permanent roles increased by 0.2% in March 2017, while demand for contractors decreased by 10% year-on-year. The research from APSCo, which focuses on professional recruitment, reveals variations between the trade association’s core sector […]

“Employers are far too quick to make judgements on the wrong information”…

Search Party is on a quest to redefine how companies around the world are hiring their employees. Its recruitment marketplace has attracted millions of professionals represented by over 1,500 recruiters and, together, they are making the hiring process faster, easier and more profitable for everyone involved. Here, we caught up with Search Party’s CEO, Ben […]

TalkingCV and Career Teachers collaborate to increase candidate employment chances…

TalkingCV has teamed up with the education recruitment company Career Teachers to provide job-seeking educators with exciting new employment opportunities. Specialising in providing teachers and support staff to schools throughout the Greater London area, the company has recognised the importance of creating a video CV to showcase passion and enthusiasm in an increasingly competitive job […]

HR decision-makers spend almost a month on recruitment process…

HR directors in the UK spend an average of 27.59 days every year on hiring for open positions within their organisations, that’s according to new data from the recruitment specialists, Robert Half UK. Using the responses from 200 senior HR directors from a range of companies across the country, the consultancy has broken the recruitment […]

New NAS campaign to showcase untapped autistic talent…

In response to a recent survey of 2,000 autistic adults concluding that just 32 per cent are in some kind of paid work compared to 47 per cent of disabled people, the National Autistic Society (NAS) has launched a new campaign encouraging employers to recruit more autistic employees; as well as calling on the government […]

Guest Blog, Ben Hutt: How to eliminate unconscious bias in the hiring process…

Research has shown that HR professionals are increasingly missing the best candidates for the job due to unconscious bias. These unintentional judgements are influenced by our background, cultural environment, and personal experiences, and have an impact on how we assess situations and people in all aspects of our lives. It is all too easy for […]

New ‘Leadership Network’ to support the female talent pipeline…

The leading provider of executive search and leadership consulting, Heidrick & Struggles, has announced the launch of ‘The Leadership Network’, a forum for female senior executives who aspire to achieve C-Suite status. More than 130 females from government, industry and the not-for-profit sector were in attendance the inaugural event held on October 12, where a […]

More UK talent strategies need to be ‘millennial ready’…

A recent survey conducted by the HR search specialists, The Three Partnership has discovered that less than half of HR managers and directors believe their organisation’s talent strategy is ‘millennial ready’ – a concerning statistic whereby another report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) estimates millennials will make up half of the global workforce by the year 2020. […]

Supported career progression crucial to attracting more female professionals, says One Way…

Two senior members of the specialist construction and rail recruiter, One Way, have publicly spoken out on how recruitment firms operating in ‘male dominated’ fields can obtain more female professionals if clearer career progression and requisite training was demonstrated. The firm, which has previously been vocal about the need to address the gender imbalance in […]