Recruitment Agency Expo North takes place next week
Recruitment Agency Expo North returns to Birmingham’s NEC next week. Returning to the Birmingham NEC for a fifth time, Recruitment Agency Expo North will bring together hundreds of recruitment agency owners, managers and senior executives with suppliers of specialist products and services to recruitment agencies. It is supported by all the major industry associations: the […]
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The Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA), the UK’s largest independent trade association for professional employment services, has formed a partnership with investment solutions provider Octopus Investments. The partnership will give FCSA’s members and the freelancers and contractors they support access to a raft of investment opportunities tailored specifically for self-employed professionals and their companies. […]
Read More →Should multiple-choice tests be used in recruitment?
Employers using multiple-choice psychometric testing in recruitment should act with caution following the recent case of Government Legal Services (GLS) v Brookes. The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld the decision of an Employment Tribunal (ET) that a job applicant with Asperger’s syndrome was discriminated against by being required to sit a multiple-choice test as part […]
Read More →Fall in zero-hours contracts while jobseeker demand rises
Recent official figures have shown the number of people working on a zero-hours contract has fallen for the first time since 2010, while other findings suggest the number of jobseekers looking for such work has risen. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that in the second quarter of 2017, the […]
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Read More →Apprenticeship levy seen as ‘difficult and challenging’
Over three-quarters (78%) of businesses believe that more needs to be done to increase understanding of the apprenticeship levy’s value and what it may have to offer. New research from West London College also found that 80% thought businesses needed better engagement in using the levy, while just over a third (37%) said they fully […]
Read More →Cultural fit a priority when hiring new staff, study finds
Nearly two-thirds (67%) of employers say a candidate’s cultural fit is ‘very important’ when looking for new staff, according to a recent study from job board totaljobs. totaljobs talked to over 100 employers from March to May this year and found that only 1% said cultural fit was not important in the hiring process. This […]
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Read More →Calls to outlaw umbrella firms in the NHS
The news that the UK’s largest union, Unite, has called on the NHS to outlaw umbrella companies operating throughout the organisation has caused some controversy. In April this year, the government introduced new rules which effectively outlawed agency workers operating in the public sector from being paid on a non-PAYE basis. The changes affect all […]
Read More →More firms must address modern slavery, says agency
A Glasgow-based recruitment firm is urging businesses across the UK to make a commitment to tackling modern slavery amid reports that the crime is far more prevalent than previously suspected. EasyRecruit has warned that firms operating in the flexible labour market can unwittingly hire individuals that have been trafficked without the correct procedures and policies […]
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