24 August 2017
We’re delighted to announce we have been nominated for no less than 5 awards at the In-House Recruitment Awards. The awards are proudly hosted by The In-house Recruitment Network which is the fastest growing community for In-house Recruiters and HR professionals in the industry. 2017 marks the 6th year of the awards ceremony which gives […]
21 August 2017
Our Apprenticeship Levy infographic details the main points you need to know about the Apprenticeship Levy and how it will affect your business. Who pays for it? From April 2017, organisations with an annual payroll bill of over £3 million will have to pay 0.5% of their payroll into the levy pot. These costs can […]
16 August 2017
What is Blind Recruitment? Blind recruitment refers to the removal of personal and identifiable information from a job application or CV. It is used to overcome unconscious bias and promote diversity in the workplace. By utilising blind recruitment, details of the candidate’s gender, ethnic background, age and quality of education can be removed, depending on […]
15 August 2017
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been nominated for 2 awards at the Recruitment Business Awards in 2017. The Recruitment Business awards are back for their 15th year celebrating excellence in recruitment across business and creative. As well as celebrating the very best in the recruitment industry the awards also advocate the most effective recruitment […]
10 August 2017
Only just caught up with the demographic known as the ‘Millennials’ or ‘Generation Y’? well there’s a new cohort in town, aptly termed ‘Generation Z.’ With typical birth dates ranging from mid-1990s to mid-2000s our first batch of Gen Z workers are about to graduate and infiltrate the UK workforce. We’ve collated the main statistics […]
3 August 2017
Onboarding. It’s what everyone’s talking about, and it’s certainly on a lot of employers’ minds. But, what makes a successful programme? The five best practice trends are: From event to process. Onboarding should start during the recruitment phase and last until up to six months after commencement of employment. A multidimensional programme. Onboarding should provide […]
4 July 2017
Significant skills shortages in the UK are costing businesses in excess of £2 billion per year in higher salaries, recruitment fees and temporary staffing according to new research by the Open University. The Open University Business Barometer has found that 90% of UK-based businesses have struggled to recruit candidates with the relevant skills in the […]
1 June 2017
The Purple Unicorn used to be how Talent Acquisition leaders described the unique challenges they faced in finding talent. It’s no longer simply the case that talent is rare. More and more companies know how to find those purple unicorns – and many of them are deploying incredibly sophisticated search, tracking and selection systems to […]
17 May 2017
We were recently featured in Impact, the magazine for the largest community of research, insight, analytics and marketing sciences professionals. Our Gen Up research was spotted and we were contacted to share our findings and feature in the magazine. Below is an excerpt from the featured article. A workplace with employees ranging from 18-to 67-year-olds- […]
16 March 2017
We attended the Onrec Awards last week at The Grange Hotel, St Pauls. The event was a real celebration of the wide-ranging Online Recruitment Industry. Credit and acknowledgement was given to successes, talent and innovation. The event was extremely inspiring and it was great to see such a variety of companies and prominent figures in […]