More than 70% of people aged over 50 indicated ‘yes’ to the question: ‘Is recruitment broken?’ in May 2024. They aren’t wrong.
The NHS has been accused of unfairly draining much-needed talent from overseas. Amrit Virdi assesses how HR can ensure that recruitment meets moral and legal requirements.
During a recent discussion a client quite rightly shed light on a critical aspect of the hiring process that often goes overlooked: the accuracy of job descriptions.
If the past couple of years have taught us anything, then surely it’s to prepare for the unexpected.
A nationwide trend for declining job vacancies has been bucked by the retail and warehousing sectors, but experts predict staffing difficulties later this year.
Throughout my career, I’ve written, reviewed, edited, and formally evaluated hundreds of job descriptions and role profiles. And do you know what? I don’t think I’ve ever met a job description that I...
Nearly two thirds of refugees were studying or working before they came to the UK, according to the Nuffield Foundation. That’s why it is surprising they often struggle to find employment. Especially...
Booster salary and benefits packages for new starters aimed at helping recruitment are instead fuelling resignations.
UK minister for women, Deborah Stedman-Scott, has today announced two new initiatives to help improve women’s equality in the workplace: a pledge to advocate for pay transparency in job adverts, and...
Headlines are all about rising costs at the moment. It’s not just food, fuel and heating. It’s affecting recruitment advertising too.
Refugees can play a key part in relieving the skills shortage, and would benefit greatly from employment. But are employers ready and able?
HR departments are wasting billions of pounds in recruitment spend by failing to understand where their best applicants are coming from.
