Recruiters to benefit from better pay In the last couple of months we’ve seen some game-changing initiatives in the recruitment industry – the first of which will definitely please the recruitment consultants: pay increases! The latest Glassdoor pay report shows that recruiters are likely to benefit from substantial pay rises in the next 12 months […]

We’ve released a few new features and improvements to our recruitment software including: It’s now easier to see if a candidate is also a client in your database The process to merge duplicate records into a single updated record is now even quicker A brand new report has been added which will search your database […]

At Recruit So Simple, we’re completely confident that cloud recruitment software is one of the greatest benefits to the recruitment industry since the rolodex was invented – and we don’t think you’d find many people arguing to the contrary! However, a much less well explored question is just how online recruitment software can benefit all […]

Brexit is causing pressure in all directions – Theresa May is under pressure from sectors of the recruitment industry because of the failure to outline a coherent post-Brexit immigration policy. Over 600 employers were surveyed and 87% said they were being forced to maintain or increase use of temporary staff in the next six months […]

Extensive changes to the UK’s employment law and practices were promised by the Taylor Review released on 12 July, but already the government is admitting that it may be impossible to implement any of the Taylor recommendations. Recruitment, self-employment and blurred employment status The report covers the staffing industry, the gig economy and has a […]

One of the biggest risks any business faces goes almost completely unrecognised – the risk of recruitment. To put it in human terms, if you asked somebody to invest a week of their lives in interviewing life partners, then to put between 12-20% of their income into an escrow which that person can draw on, […]

The true cost of recruitment A recent Australian study has revealed that it can cost up to 120 business hours to recruit a candidate, and that getting that recruit up to productivity may be around 50% of the individual’s salary for the first three years! If that sounds excessive, it does depend on the nature […]

The latest research into online recruitment predicts market trends and forecasts up to 2021 and focuses on global-level industry players as well as offering a historic analysis for many markets. What is clear from the report is that online recruitment systems are going to feature heavily in everybody’s futures, from temporary and contract staff through […]

With employers from Hyatt Hotels to the NHS expressing concern about a post-Brexit future, the one certainty for all employers is that recruitment is about to become more complicated. In fact, a Hyatt spokesman claimed “life could become very difficult” if access to foreign workers is restricted, echoing concerns expressed by major employers in the […]

The announcement of the UK snap election has taken almost everyone by surprise – and the recruitment industry has been rapid to respond. The claim that the election is designed to reduce uncertainty and instability is one that recruiters will take to heart. As Brexit negotiations continue, the focus on goods rather than services and […]