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It’s a good question, especially when it comes to recruitment. This week we’re highlighting two very different recruitment issues, to explore how technology can help, and where it can’t. Finding talent In a recent article in The Engineer, Natalie Desty, Director of STEM Returners for the Royal Academy of Engineers, points out that the demand […]

It’s a serious question. Five years ago, every recruitment software blog was talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the ‘big disruptor’ for recruitment. AI was able to assess facial expressions during video interviews, screen resumes in milliseconds and was generally seen as the solution to every hiring problem especially ‘prejudice’ as we termed it then, […]

It seems almost impossible to begin a blog post these days without referencing COVID-19, and this one is no exception! International IT – ramping up for a diverse future Some sectors saw massive growth in the lockdown – IT is one of them. The current recruitment software trends in IT suggest a much more dispersed […]

The UK economy has weathered the second lockdown much better than expected, despite having the worst economic response of the G7 countries and the second worst in Europe (only Spain fared worse), the stock market rallied by mid February and unemployment has not risen as much as feared. This has significant consequences for the recruitment […]

This subject has been aired on a couple of industry blogs recently, so we thought we’d lay out the pros and cons we’ve seen as recruitment software experts. Working together is valuable because: HR departments often don’t have the wider expertise they need. For example, recruiting software can parse translatable skills in a way that […]

Recruitment agencies that make use of SaaS have been reporting a huge surge in recruitment in certain areas of retail… one of which is vehicle sales. More specifically, car sales, as the trade market seems to be taking a little longer to get back on its feet, although several industry professionals are suggesting that we […]

Cybersecurity recruitment issues There’s a substantial talent gap in the cybersecurity industry, and that’s hardly news. What’s exacerbated the problem is that 2020 turned every functioning company into a technology company, and 2021 is causing many organisations to look at their long term plans and work out how much of their activity they want to […]

We all know it’s been an unbelievable 12 months for the recruitment sector. Agencies making use of SaaS (software as a service) platforms in particular have been able to observe the trends, mainly negative, that have shaped the past year in recruiting, but finally there seems to be blue skies above the clouds that have […]

New research from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation claims that professional recruitment boosts UK productivity by £7.7 billion annually. However, the research also shows that while 52% of those consulted say that businesses are recruiting efficiently that leaves 48% who think more can be done to achieve effective recruitment. Online recruitment software has had a […]

Many industries have been hard hit by the pandemic – but the food industry has been one of those most affected. Attracting new talent to a sector that has traditionally been a less attractive area because salaries tend to be low and hours long and anti-social, isn’t being made easier by the traditional approaches to […]