Recruitment 2.0

ManpowerGroup's latest Employment Outlook Survey suggests that hiring confidence is low in the UK, particularly in London and Scotland where it reports recruitment levels are at their lowest for three years. The uncertainty over Brexit is behind this fall.

This year’s Human Capital Trends Survey from Deloitte[1]was released last week and again, people analytics featured prominently.

The recruitment issues facing the NHS continue to mount.  Imminent changes to the IR35 tax system will affect its ability to attract and retain talent, as well as increasing its financial burden.

The most talked about event of this week is the mix-up over the Oscar for Best Picture when La La Land momentarily eclipsed Moonlight. Could your talent acquisition strategy be at risk of a similar La La Land moment? Here are the signs it might be:-

This week’s roundup features the 20 toughest interview questions, the nine UK companies that offer employees unlimited annual leave and the e-mail habits guaranteed to make your colleagues cringe.  

As employers compete to attract qualified candidates to their businesses, they are neglecting their biggest asset, their existing talent.

Cloud based recruitment software helps to make your hiring process more efficient but it can’t fix fundamental issues within your talent acquisition strategy.

This week’s roundup features the news that the UK tech sector posted a record number of jobs in 2016, the 10 worst jobs in the world and the shock relevation that of all professions, HR is the one most likely to suffer from sleepless nights!

The demand for candidates with tech skills rose by 10% in the UK last year, as the total number of vacancies reached 1.3 million[1]. As Snapchat followed Google and Facebook by announcing expansion plans in the UK that demand – and the competition – will continue to soar. Here are six ways to improve your hiring strategy and recruit more tech talent into your business:-

Last week, we urged HR to wake up or face an imminent workforce crisis.