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For any business, there comes a point when the decision has to be made about outsourcing recruitment – and in today’s more volatile times, the decision sometimes has to be made and remade as circumstances change. So what’s the point of using a recruitment consultancy and how does an organisation know when the time is […]

As the American manufacturing sector reports a substantial worker shortage, the UK is experiencing a completely different phenomenon. Online recruitment software aggregates and national statistics both reveal that while America increased manufacturing vacancies by 23,000 in January 2024 (and already had over 600,000 vacant positions in December 2023) in the UK vacancy rates in manufacturing […]

In an environment where work is becoming more complex and more unpredictable truly mastering recruitment marketing may make the difference between success and failure for many agencies. It requires the implementation of marketing principles and techniques strategically to attract and engage the best candidates and it means using a range of channels and tactics – […]

This year is likely to be a period of retrenchment. The big tech platforms and Silicon Valley companies have been forced to restructure (a nice word for reduce) and streamlining is the buzzword right now and where tech leads, most sectors follow. 2023 was also a year of conflict, with employers trying to force people […]

To start the year right, Recruit So Simple has decided to look at one of the key priorities for employers and recruitment agencies in the next 12 months and to choose one sector to illustrate how things could be done differently. Sustainability is something that is often seen as more of a employer concern than […]

Quotas When James Cleverly announced new migration measures, the impact on recruitment was immediately evident: 300,000 migrants will not be able to travel to the UK in 2024, substantially impacting the Health and Care sectors.  In addition the earning threshold for overseas workers will leap next spring from £26,200 to £38,700, around a 50% increase. […]

As we approach the end of the year, we thought it was time to get some perspective, and see what our recruitment agency partners might be reflecting on in 2023 and carrying forward into 2024. Running a recruitment agency requires hard work, but much more too: strategy, awareness of new markets and new technology and […]

More evidence that recruiting software is changing the nature of recruitment, and that recruitment itself is changing has come from two recent reports. The Manpower Group has been exploring the market for ‘green’ talent. They claim 55% of business leaders who responded expect that green business trends with make greater demands on recruitment than technology […]

While most recruitment literature focuses on so called white collar recruitment, in the UK both agencies and HR departments are experiencing profound challenges in recruiting manual and skilled workers for most trades, with the Engineering and Hotel and Catering sectors being especially short of both permanent and temporary staff to fill vacancies

News from Robert Walters, the specialist professional recruitment consultancy, has highlighted the difficulties facing many recruitment agencies at present.  Robert Walters has had a 13% drop in net fee income over the past quarter and has let 150 staff go in the past 12 months. The agency’s specialism in technology and financial recruitment has been […]