Online recruitment news

Twelve LinkedIn members have been picked to support Sir Richard Branson in finding entrepreneurs to benefit from share of £1million (€1.2million in Ireland) prize fund.

Although 76 percent of full-time, employed workers are either actively looking for a job or open to new opportunities, nearly half (48 percent) of employers can’t seem to find the workers they need to fill their job vacancies. A new study from CareerBuilder highlights seven important facts every employer and job seeker should know as they’re trying to connect with one another.

Finance and legal recruitment specialist, Sellick Partnership, have expanded their offering with the establishment of a new HR division, to meet increasing demand for HR professionals within the public sector.

Tom Castley, Vice President of Xactly EMEA:

The UK’s top employers for school leavers were revealed last night, when the results of a nationwide survey were announced at an awards ceremony in London’s City Hall – and gained words of support from London's new mayor, Sadiq Khan.

Following the unexpected publication of the HMRC’s consultation document on IR35 reform in the public sector, Samantha Hurley, Operations Director at APSCo comments:

With exam period drawing to a close, you’d be forgiven for thinking students across the country are drawing a collective sigh a relief. However, the reality is that many will now be fretting about securing a graduate job in an increasingly competitive market.

No one can question whether the umbrella market is going through a period of uncertainty following the new restriction of tax relief on travel and subsistence expenses, says the legal and compliance consultancy Lawspeed, which specialises in advising the recruitment sector and supply agencies.

A TOP recruitment executive has secured a directorship at the company with which she started her career.

Recruitment advertising company JVP Group, are honoured to have been chosen as a finalist in the Best Newcomer category in the Global Recruiter UK Industry Awards 2016.

The Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA), the UK’s leading trade association for professional employment services working to support the flexible workforce, has agreed a partnership with JustAccounts, a leading cloud accounting software specialist for contractor accountants.

It was a bleak Memorial Day for recruitment classified aggregator SimplyHired.

Top-talent hire to join the EMEA leadership team

With as much as 25% of a recruitment business owner’s working week spent attending unnecessary meetings and as much again spent performing non-fee generating activities to keep their agency running smoothly, recruitment agency owners need to understand the art of delegation or else lose ground to their competition.

I-COM has appointed Anna Gibbons as Head of Recruitment Client Marketing, as the Manchester full service digital marketing agency looks to develop its national portfolio of recruitment clients