Online recruitment news

Stephen Frost, KPMG’s head of diversity and inclusion, comments on the release of Business Disability Forum’s latest guide which focuses on handling difficult conversations

As the UK prepares to welcome the 10th series of ‘The Apprentice’ this week, new research from specialist recruiter Robert Half UK shows that over half (52%) of 200 HR directors would highly likely (12%) or somewhat likely (41%) hire a candidate whose profile is similar to that of the contestants appearing on the television show

As SMEs battle to find the required skills in the recruitment market, nearly one in four (23%) are looking to develop apprentice schemes to fill the void. This is according to a new report1 launched by Albion Ventures, one of the largest independent venture capital investors in the UK

We know that job-hunters today will scour a range of job sites throughout their job search – and there are many to choose from. The cost of posting an advert on many different boards can really add up.

Recruitment company, Cast UK, which specialises in procurement, buying, supply chain and logistics, has strengthened its team with two promotions and a new appointment to its Manchester office

Thirty new starters have joined Danbro accountancy since the milestone appointment of 150th employee client accountant Stuart Clark in summer

The NHS Confederation has said the King’s Fund report published today (9 October), ‘Financial failure in the NHS: What causes it and how best to manage it’, is a great contribution to the debate defined in the 2015 Challenge Manifesto

The latest changes in employment law may help businesses retain good staff, but smaller businesses are likely to find them costly to implement, according to a leading HR specialist

Despite the enhanced risk of losing talent, less than half of HR professionals (47%) said that their company had a strategy in place to deal with staff retention and, of those who did have a strategy, only 43% had updated this since the beginning of the economic recovery

As the UK emerges from the economic downturn of the last few years, recruitment is back on the agenda for many organisations

Patent application filed for Hire Readiness™ module that connects employers with passive job seekers; second application tied to measuring outcomes of selection process is being readied

NES Global Talent has been ranked second in a Sunday Times league table that lists Britain’s 250 leading private mid-market growth companies with the biggest sales, up from 21st the previous year

The Onrec Conference and Exhibition 2014 | The Grange City Hotel, London | 21st October 2014

Yorkshire-based online recruitment company Blue Octopus has now launched its web-based end-to-end recruitment technology ‘Octo’. Octo enables companies to have total control of their vacancies leading to better hires and a more streamlined recruitment experience

25% increase in professionals actively seeking a new role