Award winning Hoop Recruitment, Cardiff-based recruitment specialist, is now employee owned
Cardiff-based Hoop Recruitment, a leading independent recruitment specialist, has transitioned to employee ownership, empowering its workforce and strengthening its people-first ethos.
Only 31% of businesses believe they have enough skilled staff to capture AI’s potential
New research reveals that less than 1/3 of businesses believe they have enough skilled professionals to drive AI initiatives and claim their talent is at a high state of readiness for AI.
US women triple AI adoption, on track to match men by 2024
The gender gap in generative AI use is narrowing rapidly, fuelled by a significant increase in adoption among women.
Talent survey reports 82% of HR leaders are misaligned with their organization’s business strategy
Eightfold AI, the leader in AI-powered talent intelligence, announced the findings from its 2024 Talent Survey.
Nearly 30,000 students worldwide empowered by ‘Work Ready Skills’ programme
A free programme, designed to support students through the pandemic, is going strong four years later – with 27,000 students from over 1,500 institutions worldwide completing it since 2020.
Aquent becomes first company in industry to achieve carbon-negative status
The global work solutions firm slashed net emissions by 60% since 2019 and built solar farms across the Midwest in the US.
Event highlights: Strategies to make tech work harder & enhance the human in recruitment
How is the role of sales leaders in recruitment evolving to better optimise tech & data?
UK job market update: Triple whammy leaves employers and job seekers bracing for continued challenges
James Reed, CEO of Reed Recruitment, highlighted a challenging outlook for the UK job market, pointing to rising unemployment, declining job vacancies, and a cooling labour market. While temporary work remains resilient, Reed stresses that now is an opportune time for businesses to hire as talented workers become increasingly available.
The shift to skills-based hiring in response to labor shortages
Labour shortages in North and Latin America are driving a shift from degree-based to skills-based hiring, allowing companies to meet evolving skills demands by focusing on practical experience rather than formal qualifications.
Positive action in recruitment – when is it justified?
What are the narrow circumstances in which an employer can lawfully take “positive action” to prefer those with a particular protected characteristic over those who do not share that characteristic when recruiting or promoting new staff?
