Recruitment 2.0

The announcement by the BBC that the 13^th Dr Who will be played by a female for the first time in the show’s history was greeted with a Twitter meltdown and a variety of responses to this unprecedented move.

A laborious candidate experience can damage your employer brand and seriously affect your company’s ability to attract and engage with qualified candidates.

Today’s round-up features the news that the EU intends to clamp down on social media searches on job applicants, the success of Eddie at Southern Rail and the 12 recruitment memes that speak the absolute truth.

As employers finalise their graduate recruitment processes for 2017, here are four trends HR needs to be aware of:-

The much anticipated Taylor Review into modern working practices was published yesterday. What does it mean for the gig economy and how should HR respond?

As candidate availability declines again in the UK, investing in technology is HR’s first step to creating a talent acquisition strategy that works. Here’s how:-

Today’s round-up features the top 10 UK cities with the biggest salary boom, the news that skills shortages are costing employers £2 billion and the reason why 95% of employees leave their jobs.

A new report from Dice[1] found that nearly three quarters of hiring managers intend to increase tech hiring in the second half of 2017. At present, there are an estimated 1.64 million digital tech jobs in the UK and the creation of new jobs in the sector outpaces non-digital. In this article we look at the three key recruitment trends affecting the sector and explore effective hiring solutions for tech talent.

The nursing recruitment crisis facing the NHS has been brought into sharp focus this week. For the first time, the number of people joining the Nursing and Midwifery Council is lower than the number of those leaving it.

As we pass the midway point of 2017, we take a look at our most popular HR and recruitment blogs of the year so far.