Recruitment

Five ways to close the skills gap

Our latest webinar addressed varying ways that HR can help address skills gaps. Lara Bryant presents five highlights.

Lack of soft skills hampers performance, research suggests

Three quarters (75%) of UK employers admitted to hiring a candidate with strong technical skills who later underperformed due to a lack of soft skills and cultural alignment, according to research...

MoD to review asking about mental health during recruitment

The defence secretary is reviewing the Ministry of Defence’s recruitment policies, a government representative confirmed last week, in response to concerns over candidates’ past experience of...

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Nissan cuts jobs: How should HR support employees during organisational change?

Nissan is set to close seven factories and cut up to 20,000 jobs globally, the car manufacturer's CEO, Ivan Espinosa, announced yesterday (13 May).

Over-50s support could help lower unemployment rate, experts say

Supporting people aged 50 and over into work could help solve the productivity and unemployment crisis, experts have said.

The immigration white paper: What HR needs to know

The government published an immigration white paper yesterday (12 May), which outlined new measures to reshape the UK’s visa system. Here's what HR needs to know.

Hiring confidence at a record low, as redundancies rise

Employer hiring confidence is at a record low, and redundancies are on the rise, the CIPD's research findings suggest.

How should HR effectively hire into senior leadership roles?

A paucity of candidates for high-profile senior policing roles, as well as a furore over leadership hiring at a major cancer support charity, has reopened a conversation about what sensitive and...

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What might the new UK-India trade deal mean for HR?

A newly minted UK-India trade deal offers the chance to address skills shortages and boost cost savings, but only if HR properly assesses recruitment strategy and manages auxiliary risks, HR experts...

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Recruitment lessons from the Papal conclave

Can HR learn any lessons about recruitment, from this week's papal conclave?

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Shopify memo links AI to performance

Tobi Lütke, CEO of the multinational e-commerce company Shopify, instructed staff to prove that a job can’t be done using AI, before requesting new staff or resources.

Employers and jobseekers disagree on 'quality', research reveals

There is a disconnect in the UK job market, research suggests: three quarters (74%) of employers struggle to find ‘quality’ candidates while two thirds (64%) of jobseekers report having trouble...