UK Recruitment Articles
January 25 2012 - There are strong, well-rehearsed arguments both for and against the use of
personality testing, but we have identified a particular, and thus far potentially overlooked, risk of discrimination against disabled participants.
December 19 2011 - One of the most exciting new trends in recent years has been the emergence of the human cloud, as more and more businesses go
online to hire and manage talented staff on an hourly or project basis.
August 26 2010 - 65 per cent of graduate recruiters are wary of using social media and one in seven perceives it as
'dangerous'.
April 11 2008 - With the government offering former midwives a "golden hello" package worth £3,000 to encourage them back into the profession the issue of recruiting and retaining employees is a topical subject.
July 16 2007 - Online recruitment has the virtue of being available to candidates and employers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks a year. It is always on and
easily adjustable to meet changing requirements.
August 24 2006 - Change management and training consultancy, cda, believes that too many companies are failing to maximize on the benefits of using psychometrics as an integral part of their recruitment policy.
August 22 2006 - A recent survey found that 25 per cent of applications had at least one major
discrepancy.
August 21 2006 - A survey of over 1400 UK employers, shows that while literacy and numeracy are key skills looked for when recruiting from the current crop of school leavers, the attributes that top the list are communication skills, work ethic and personality.
August 8 2006 - A mere one in four of job advertisements refers
to employee benefits and only 16 per cent feature membership of a pension scheme as part of the
employment package, according to recent research by Watson Wyatt.
3 February 2006 - Employers are increasingly at risk from so-called serial job-seekers who are hoping to trigger legal claims for discrimination. Legal experts have warned of the threat to organisations that are unaware of the subtle differences to multiple job applications from the same candidate who is hoping to catch them out.
18 August 2005 - Employers are keeping quiet about their pension provision - or lack of
provision - for new recruits, according to a TUC annual survey.
16 August 2005 - A quarter of the UK's workforce now expect to find their next job online but
the UK's recruiters are still behind the game when it comes to their ability to realise
and leverage the benefits of online applications.
20 July 2005 - Only around 10 per cent of HR professionals in the UK within large
organisations use applicant tracking systems, as opposed to approximately 90 per cent in
the US.
13 June 2005 - A quarter of British employers withdrew one or more job offers in the last year
because of lies or misrepresentations on applications, according to the CIPD's
annual Recruitment and Retention Survey.
27 January 2005 - Managers involved in recruiting have more
possibilities for assessment available now than ever before, says Robert Edenborough of KPMG.
12 July 2004 - Chancellor Gordon Brown announced plans to cut
84,150 civil service jobs in England and a further 20,000 in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
21 May 2004 - As organisations, one of the biggest investments we will ever make is in recruitment, says Ed Hurst
30 January 2004 - Michael Stamp's series of articles on how online recruitment and the use of new emerging technologies have many advantages for the modern recruiter.
21 February 2003 - The real strength and power of online recruitment, when done properly,
lie in harnessing internet technology to not just attract candidates but to deal with
them too.
10 April 2002 - Are web-based recruitment methods so wonderful? London-based John Scott tries
to find a job in the USA.
5 September 2001 -
Superhero, trapeze artist, goddess, astronaut and slave are just
some of jobs people have looked for online, according to an analysis of 6 million career searches made on Fish4jobs
during the past month.
17 April 2001 -
The belief that small companies poach trained staff from large businesses
is a myth.
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