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The Top 10 Interview Questions You Should Be Asking in 2023
Recruitment experts must stay up to date with the latest hiring trends and techniques. One of the most crucial aspects of the recruitment...
Recruitment
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Top 10 Professions in the UK with Staff Shortages: Salaries and Live Vacancies
Here are the top 10 professions in the UK with staff shortages, along with the average UK salary and the number of live vacancies per...
Recruitment
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UK Skills Shortages: An Overview of Sectors and Jobs in High Demand
The UK has been facing significant skills shortages in several sectors and job roles in recent years. The problem has been exacerbated by...
Recruitment
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Unlocking the Secrets to Winning Business: Top 5 Things Clients Look for in a Recruitment Agency
Based on industry research and insights, here are the top 5 things a client looks for from a recruitment agency to give them...
Recruitment
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One in Five Hiding Social Media From Employers
New research shows recent job applicants in UK and Ireland are worried about social media background checks New...
Recruitment
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What does the cost of recruitment look like in 2022?
As the current cost of living and inflation is on the rise, the recruitment industry is following suit. Since Covid, the Uk job market has...
Recruitment
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Undervalued Care Workers
A new report by Audit Scotland has revealed that care workers do not receive adequate recognition or reward for their...
Recruitment
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Hospitality and airlines to engage in recruitment drives
Liverpool Business News reports that Airbus plans to hire 6,000 new employees in the first half of 2022. In addition to finding new talent...
Recruitment
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Why Company Culture is Important for Recruitment Agencies
Organisational culture can be defined as shared symbols, routines, behaviours and goals. Every organization has a culture, whether it is...
Recruitment
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Launch of UK four-day workweek
To assess the impact of shorter hours on productivity, employee wellbeing, and gender equality, a four-day work week has been launched in...
Employment
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The Great Resignation is pending
The prime minister has called on people to work from home once again, but majority of professionals plan to seek new work in the...
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Recruiting and retaining tech talent
Recruiting and retaining tech talent will be more dependent on what a business stands for and its culture in 2022. Candidates are more...
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Homelessness while working
If an employee is homeless, four out of ten employers would likely terminate the contract A new report (by
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2021 is a record hiring year
In the wake of a job market where vacancies reached record levels last year, the number of job advertisements has dropped significantly in...
Recruitment
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Candidate Experience: Reconsidered
In the wake of the pandemic, the competition for talent has increased. Research has been unable to determine whether there is a shortage of...
Recruitment
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The Lessons of AI Recruitment
The role of AI in recruitment is not to indiscriminately reject candidates. Artificial intelligence and machine learning may support human decision...
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Major recruitment drive by Accenture
Across its North Tyneside, Leeds, and Manchester offices, the tech giant Accenture hopes to create hundreds of jobs. Accenture expects to...
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Recruiter rejects job seeker on weight grounds
After her manager called the potential recruit "not the slimmest", Director of TDM Recruitment slammed him for the...
Recruitment
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Adding value to your workplace
Why is it important to add value? The addition of value to your workplace occurs every time you do even a little...
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We don't hire fast enough: Why
Hiring is a time-sensitive process for both parties. Applicants want to start earning their salaries and adjusting to a new role as soon as...
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Is recruitment challenging for NHS practices?
There is one main issue that many dental practices are facing right now: recruitment. The purpose of this article is to examine some of the reasons contributing to the shortage of dentists and...
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Now is the best time to be a care worker
More than 100,000 vacancies in England's debilitated social care sector have been created as part of Boris Johnson's...
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One third of British workers would decline a job with an unsustainable company
Three out of four professional white-collar workers (34%) state that they would reject a job offer if an organization's environmental,...
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Temporary recruitment on the rise
Despite nationwide shortages, Sainsbury’s has taken the initiative to take on over 20,000...
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Dragons' Den legend James Caan is launching a £300,000 recruitment drive in Reading.
Caan-backed recruitment agency IGA Talent Solutions, with offices already open in Geneva, London and Leeds, has opened its fourth branch...
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A 20-Year high for UK job vacancies
The number of job vacancies in the UK has hit a record high, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics. The...
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HMRC Guidance on Umbrella Companies
If you’re a UK agency or business placing or using temporary labour, find out what you can do to reduce your risk of using a non-compliant umbrella company.
HMRC
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‘No Qualifications’ Careers?
A recruiter spills the beans on how to bag a huge salary with fewer qualifications. The TikTok user and former recruiter Your...
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The biggest challenge the care sector has faced in decades.
If you’re in the business of hiring care workers, or act as a recruitment company supplying agency staff to residential nursing/care...
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Backlash for slamming WFH workers
Recruitment business owner, James Cox, trolled on LinkedIn after passing remarks on people who prefer a work-from-home lifestyle. James commented people who want to work from home are lazy,...
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A shortage of workers is plaguing the UK economy
A shortage of workers is plaguing the UK economy. The combination of post-pandemic shortfalls and Brexit rules has made it harder for businesses to find new workers, and they're calling on the...
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The Help to Grow programme
Running a business is tough. There are many different aspects to take care of, and it's easy to get overwhelmed.
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Your recruitment income is about to get bigger!
The ultimate recruiter software tool - Free to BIOR members. We’re excited to announce the launch of...
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Remote Work, An Employee Right?
Workers to gain right to request flexible working from first day. Under the new plan, employees who work from...
Employee Rights
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Changes to IR35 legislation have big implications for businesses and contractors.
The changes were due to be implemented in April 2020 but, on the evening of 17 March 2020, the Government announced the decision to delay the implementation of the IR35 changes in the private...
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Employers - Simplify Your Recruitment Process or risk losing the best candidates
Employers, your competition is loving the fact that you are losing top talent to them. And the reason why they’re doing a better job in attracting and retaining your best employees is the...
Recruitment
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The Beginner's Guide to Recruitment Performance Measurement
(Author: Sohaa Muhammad, BIOR).  Keep an eye on these key metrics to know how efficient your recruitment processes are! Recruitment KPIs provide insight into the success of your hiring....
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Recruiter’s Tool Kit
(Author: Sohaa Muhammad, BIOR).  Everything your team needs to plan winning strategies, hire high-quality people, and develop your employer brand.
Recruitment
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How to Upskill Your Recruiters
How to Upskill Your Recruiters (Author: Sohaa Muhammad,...
Recruitment Training
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Are you ready for the changes to right to work?
(Author: Lisa Pilkington, CDD Services).  Are you ready for the changes to RTW on September...
Recruitment Compliance
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How to start a recruitment agency for a post-pandemic future
How to start a recruitment agency for a post-pandemic future (Author: Sohaa Muhammad, BIOR).  In the corporate world, the changing face of recruitment has played...
Recruitment Agency
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Why is there a need for recruiters to be certified?
Why is There a Need for Recruiters to be Certified? (Author: Sohaa Muhammad, BIOR).  In 2021, success in the competitive world of...
Recruitment Certification