Industry News

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re starting February with a look at where the recruitment industry is getting some swipe rights.

It might seem early in the year to be talking about 2023’s recruitment issues, but surveys from around the globe show that employers, and recruitment agencies, are facing the same problems:

Recruitment software can’t solve any organisation’s recruitment problems – the only thing that can do this is strategic planning and a clear understanding of the challenges ahead. However, what recruiting software can do is help overcome difficulties as well as pinpointing solutions.

In a difficult business climate, you might be forgiven for thinking that the only resolution recruiters need to make is to stay in business! But think again. A recruitment agency website is much more than just an advertisement of your presence and services – at its best, it can be the core of your business […]

Employers have grasped the idea that they need to use the latest recruitment processes if they are to attract the best staff, but some still haven’t truly understood that to hang onto the staff they already have, recruiting software may be their best Xmas present. Let’s star with the facts.

As the year draws to an end, data is being gathered on this year’s recruitment experiences. Recruitment database software allows agencies to conduct their own basic research, assessing what has worked and what hasn’t, on the ground. Diversity and Inclusion – Attracting people into work has become a major challenge in many sectors from insurance […]

It’s starting to feel like a revolving door, but once again, the recruitment sector has responded to the arrival of a new Prime Minister. It’s a puzzling scenario at present – all we know at present is what Jeremy Hunt, who replaced Kwasi Kwarteng, stated – in essence a reversal of almost everything his predecessor […]

Recruiting trends are changing – and fast – Salary and happiness: In a recent study of more than 35,000 employees, more than half of those under 25 said they would leave a job if it made them unhappy. But what makes for happiness at work ? One thing,surprisingly, is salary information. 61% said that salary […]

Following on from the ‘great resignation’ there is some evidence that the UK job market is stabilising again. Recruiters are seeing a shift and recruiting software is helping drive forward the positive shift. According to McKinsey there is still ‘a fundamental mismatch between companies’ demand for talent and the number of workers willing to supply […]

Now that the UK has a new Prime Minister, recruitment agencies, employers and contractors are all exploring what her promises on IR35 might deliver. IR35 – the UK’s anti-avoidance tax legislation prevents ‘disguising’; employment by taxing it at a similar rate to employment. An inside-IR35 decision requires contractors to be classed as employees for all […]