Whether you call them back-door hires, backdoor placements or unauthorised placements – or whether you don’t call them anything at all because you’re not aware of them, the backdoor hire can affect your bottom line, break trust with candidates and damage client relationships.

30% of UK jobseekers have pulled out of a hiring process after being involved in an AI-led interview. 82% of people who were interviewed by AI said that they weren’t told in advance that AI was being used.

While overall UK unemployment is low at 5.2%, the number of jobseekers per vacancy has increased substantially from 1.9 per vacancy in the first quarter of 2025 to 2.6 in the first quarter of this year. More vacancies are being advertised, although that rate is slowing, probably due to the Iran War. And recent research […]

The Government’s Make Work Pay consultation closes on 30 April 2026. Its aim is to modernise the agency regulatory framework. Recruitment agencies, workers and industry stakeholders all get to contribute to the future of the temporary labour market.

Everybody wants to trust their employer – but not many do, and that’s a fact. The most recent Edelman Trust Barometer shows that for the first time in its 26 year history, employees have less trust in their employers to do the right thing. Price Waterhouse Cooper’s Trust Survey reveals that just 67% of employees […]

The good news is that the Great Resignation is passing, but the Great Stabilisation is impacting the internal market for recruiters. What does this mean? Industry wide, 65% of respondents say there will be ‘no change’ in their recruiters’ base salaries, and 92% offer ‘no change’ in their commission structure . Most recruiters surveyed expected […]

Testimonial by IT recruitment agency VIQU IT’s Managing Director, Matt Collingwood. We’ve been a big fan of Recruit So Simple since we implemented the platform back in May 2018. At that point, we were a small team of 10 users, looking for a CRM that was intuitive, reliable, and capable of scaling to meet our […]

Did you know that over 40% of well-paid professionals are planning to leave their jobs within the next year? In a market where compensation isn’t enough to retain talent, how can recruitment agencies adapt? The answer lies in leveraging the right recruitment software to meet the evolving needs of both candidates and clients. From recruitment […]

The UK recruitment landscape is facing unprecedented pressures in 2026. With 75% of business leaders working with reduced hiring budgets compared to last year, and 40% reporting significant cuts, finding and securing top talent has become increasingly complex. Add to this the ripple effects of the Employment Rights Act reforms, which have prompted 65% of […]

The recruitment sector contributed about £40 billion to the UK economy in 2024-25, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). Over two thirds of this sum was contributed by the temp/contract part of the industry.