The UK’s tech industry currently employs over one million people and, in 2018, was worth £184 billion to the UK. However, even though the technology sector is growing substantially, it’s still dealing with an age-old problem: a lack of gender diversity. The UK ranks third in the world total for capital invested in tech companies,…
Category: Talent Acquisition
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Now unless you’ve been meditating in the Himalayas for the past 20 years then you’ll know that social media is the IN thing. Every man, woman, business, cat, and dog (yep they have their own profiles too) has some kind of presence on social media. Whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat or others which are…
One way for care organizations to tackle the issue of succession planning before it becomes a serious crisis is to attract young people into vacant job roles. Care organizations need to acknowledge the benefits of attracting young people earlier on in their decision-making process. This includes promoting the exciting and wide-ranging career options available within…
The retail world is so heavily reliant on the trends and tastes of its consumers. And this constant need to adapt to the times provides implications for many important business factors, especially their employer brand. This is because as demand grows for their products, so does the need to hire the best talent in the…
Employees used to be considered a means to an end. They were simply the muscle behind a company’s real pride and joy – its products or services. Through that lens, it’s no surprise that the way they were managed, valued, and rewarded looked very different from today. Think annual reviews, anniversary hams, and retirement watches.…
Who knew really that they were going to choose recruitment as a career? I certainly didn’t; I was bored, very bored in a corporate telesales job and I stumbled across an advert for a trainee recruiter role and thought to myself, this sounds like fun, let’s give it a whirl….. I wasn’t the required graduate…
HRTech is in a pretty heady heydey at the moment. VC funding is at an all-time high, companies are getting millions if not billions of dollars for features, and huge legacy corporations are building innovation labs to create new and innovative platform value-adds at a breathtaking pace. In Josh Bersin’s recent HR Technology Market 2019:…
According to PWC, millennials will make up 50% of the UK workforce by 2020. This, combined with the lowest unemployment rate since the 1970s, has led HR professionals and employers across the UK to re-examine recruitment best practice. From benefits package updates to policy changes, we explore some of the ways you can advise your…
Starting a strategic partnership with an Offshore Recruitment Services (ORS) provider is based on the need for staffing firms to remain viable in a highly competitive industry. By utilizing the expertise, knowledge, and experience of an ORS partner staffing firms can lower operating costs, increase productivity and efficiency and provide higher levels of service to…