Bet you’ve heard a lot about AI recently. But do you know how to leverage it to simplify day to day tasks and augment your recruitment processes? Firefish Software have been taking a deep dive into AI tools:  Watch Firefish CEO Wendy McDougall and Vanessa Raath of The Talent Hunter explore video AI tools and […]

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is pleased to announce Michelle Mellor will take over as its new Chair later in the year.   Michelle Mellor is founder and director of Cummins Mellor and was voted to replace the existing Chair when their term ends in October. The vote was carried through at the REC’s […]

Paiger announces that the recruitment marketing community they’ve supported for the last few years is now part of Paiger.   The Lonely Marketers is an amazing professional community, and one which Paiger values incredibly highly.    Since its inception in 2019, beginning with The Lonely Marketer Podcast, the community has gone from strength to strength. […]

A REC survey shows the confidence employers have in the work skills of people with criminal records, but fears of them reoffending are holding back hiring – despite the UK facing a shortage of labour crisis.    REC interviewed 167 employers to ask about the barriers to their organisation hiring people with prior criminal convictions. […]

Employer confidence in hiring returns to positive territory for the first time since the beginning of 2022, according to new Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) data.   In February-April 2023, the net balance of employers’ confidence in making hiring and investment decisions was +2 – restoring to positive territory the first time since January-March 2022. […]

Economic uncertainty drives stronger rise in temp billings. Read the latest UK Report on jobs from KPMG and REC HERE