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2024-04-05 08:13
The world of recruitment is as prone to risk and fraud as any other, but recruitment website design is the latest area in which recruitment agencies are finding themselves on the back foot… Read More
2024-03-01 13:14
For any business, there comes a point when the decision has to be made about outsourcing recruitment – and in today’s more volatile times, the decision sometimes has to be made a… Read More
2024-02-19 16:41
As the American manufacturing sector reports a substantial worker shortage, the UK is experiencing a completely different phenomenon. Online recruitment software aggregates and national stat… Read More
2024-02-12 09:36
In an environment where work is becoming more complex and more unpredictable truly mastering recruitment marketing may make the difference between success and failure for many agencies. It r… Read More
2024-02-02 11:12
This year is likely to be a period of retrenchment. The big tech platforms and Silicon Valley companies have been forced to restructure (a nice word for reduce) and streamlining is the buzzw… Read More
2024-01-11 09:00
To start the year right, Recruit So Simple has decided to look at one of the key priorities for employers and recruitment agencies in the next 12 months and to choose one sector to illustrat… Read More
2024-01-04 11:16
When James Cleverly announced new migration measures, the impact on recruitment was immediately evident: 300,000 migrants will not be able to travel to the UK in 2024, substantially impactin… Read More
2023-12-05 10:45
As we approach the end of the year, we thought it was time to get some perspective, and see what our recruitment agency partners might be reflecting on in 2023 and carrying forward into 2024… Read More
2023-11-21 10:28
More evidence that recruiting software is changing the nature of recruitment, and that recruitment itself is changing has come from two recent reports. The Manpower Group has been exploring… Read More
2023-11-06 10:27
While most recruitment literature focuses on so called white collar recruitment, in the UK both agencies and HR departments are experiencing profound challenges in recruiting manual and skil… Read More
2023-10-17 08:06
News from Robert Walters, the specialist professional recruitment consultancy, has highlighted the difficulties facing many recruitment agencies at present. Robert Walters has had a 13% drop… Read More
2023-10-03 13:46
Most recruiters try to build strong relationships with their clients, but there’s a stage beyond getting on well – true partnership. Partnership begins with recruitment website d… Read More
2023-09-22 10:13
Recruitment used to be about having an office in the right location: easy to find, centrally located for both clients and candidates and in a ‘good’ area. Today, digital recruitm… Read More
2023-09-12 10:13
AI is nothing new to recruitment – at least to the recruiter. Web-based recruitment software has been calling on AI for several years, to sort through CVs and resumes but generative AI… Read More
2023-08-24 08:04
Given the uncertain future of many economies, including the UK and USA, setting up a recruitment agency might seem risky. However, there are two areas of recruitment that are likely to maint… Read More
2023-08-08 14:46
In both the USA and the UK, economic slowdowns are starting to influence when, how and why companies are recruiting. Data from the USA shows that while nearly a third of brands are planning… Read More
2023-07-26 14:50
Several commentators have recently pointed out that it’s self-defeating for organisations to cut costs, or corners, on recruitment at present. Sadly, the industry knows that it’s… Read More
2023-07-10 11:05
It’s no surprise that money motivates candidates – but as the best recruitment software for agencies can reveal, money isn’t the only motivator. Given that there are four g… Read More
2023-06-21 13:00
If the USA is a harbinger of the recruitment sector in the UK, there are tough times ahead. Massive US job site, ZipRecruiter, says it will lay off 20% of its workforce, and Indeed which has… Read More
2023-06-06 11:18
A recent House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has come up with four significant factors affecting UK recruitment. Entitled Where Have All The Workers Gone? it answer the question with s… Read More
2023-05-19 09:02
The pandemic may now seem like recent history, but it has changed the face of employment. Employers are struggling to find the balance between remote employees, hybrid ones and a workforce b… Read More
2023-05-05 15:18
Surveys and anecdotes both reveal that HR teams and recruitment consultants are being overwhelmed by applications from under-qualified candidates. It wouldn’t be so bad, if they weren… Read More
2023-04-25 14:19
From London to China, recruitment agencies are reporting changes in hiring practice as a result of the tech downturn. One tech blog reports that layoffs in the sector so far in 2023 are curr… Read More
2023-04-05 11:13
It’s a given that software has permanently altered the nature of recruitment, and that every recruitment agency now makes more or less use of various forms of recruitment software. How… Read More
2023-03-27 11:19
Few sectors have changed more quickly and more often than recruiting over the past fews years. Employees are increasingly unhappy in their workplaces, especially in the UK, and while fear of… Read More
2023-03-06 09:29
Despite the continuing volatility in the hiring market, employers and recruiters still tend to think in the old established patterns such as ‘we’re sharing this job with the mark… Read More
2023-02-20 09:44
It’s been an insanely demanding few years for HR professionals: pandemics, inflation, economic turbulence – no wonder that recruitment has come to feel both complicated and press… Read More
2023-02-06 15:02
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’re starting February with a look at where the recruitment industry is getting some swipe rights. Let’s begin with downturns… Read More
2023-01-17 15:39
It might seem early in the year to be talking about 2023’s recruitment issues, but surveys from around the globe show that employers, and recruitment agencies, are facing the same prob… Read More
2023-01-10 09:34
Recruitment software can’t solve any organisation’s recruitment problems – the only thing that can do this is strategic planning and a clear understanding of the challenges… Read More
2022-12-29 05:24
In a difficult business climate, you might be forgiven for thinking that the only resolution recruiters need to make is to stay in business! But think again. A recruitment agency website is… Read More
2022-12-06 11:01
Employers have grasped the idea that they need to use the latest recruitment processes if they are to attract the best staff, but some still haven’t truly understood that to hang onto… Read More
2022-11-28 15:08
As the year draws to an end, data is being gathered on this year’s recruitment experiences. Recruitment database software allows agencies to conduct their own basic research, assessing… Read More
2022-11-14 10:30
It’s starting to feel like a revolving door, but once again, the recruitment sector has responded to the arrival of a new Prime Minister. It’s a puzzling scenario at present &nda&hell…Read More
2022-10-31 09:00
In a recent study of more than 35,000 employees, more than half of those under 25 said they would leave a job if it made them unhappy. But what makes for happiness at work ? One thing,surpri… Read More
2022-10-17 08:00
Following on from the ‘great resignation’ there is some evidence that the UK job market is stabilising again. Recruiters are seeing a shift and recruiting software is helping dri… Read More
2022-10-04 09:08
Now that the UK has a new Prime Minister, recruitment agencies, employers and contractors are all exploring what her promises on IR35 might deliver. IR35 – the UK’s anti-avoidanc… Read More
2022-09-26 13:44
A recent survey shows that candidate experiences are crucial to their decision to take a job. Based on responses from nearly 4000 recent jobseekers, the findings include the startling statis… Read More
2022-09-12 13:39
The Great Resignation is softening, but companies and recruitment agencies, who can harness recruitment marketing to their activities are having greater success than those who can’t. F… Read More
2022-08-12 20:00
Boris Johnson’s resignation and the subsequent leadership contest have lead to further upheaval in the UK. Recruitment trade organisations have pointed out that this instability at the… Read More
2022-08-05 08:00
There’s a paradox at the heart of current recruitment consultancy life. Just as billings are reported to be at their lowest rate for 16 months for temporary work, more recruiters are c… Read More
2022-07-22 09:04
A recent US Bureau of Labor Statistics report says that demand for people to work in physical, life and social sciences is predicted to grow by 7% by 2028, faster than all other occupations… Read More
2022-06-24 15:15
One effect of the increasing tensions in the labour market is the demand for recruiters. According to recent research by LinkedIn, nearly 3% more UK recruitment vacancies were advertised on… Read More
2022-05-20 11:36
Recruitment has always been a challenge. Add to that the difficulties of the pandemic and the unique tribulations of relatively new industries like fintech, crypto and blockchain and even th… Read More
2022-05-12 12:26
Two recent surveys show that both permanent and contract vacancies increased in the twelve months to February 2022. This has translated into better sales revenue for the sector, increasing 4… Read More
2022-04-26 10:52
A recent international report suggested that the recruitment software market saw a year on year growth of 4.74% in 2020, at a time when many industries were flat-lining due to COVID-19. With… Read More
2022-03-22 16:20
A recent American survey reveals that a third of employees who were consulted, said they are considering changing employer in the next 12 months. It’s clear evidence of the way that pe… Read More
2022-03-08 11:39
Every industry is having its recruitment issues – and one that we’re probably not that aware of is the crisis in the security industry. From prison work to door duty to driving… Read More
2022-02-27 14:42
In the finance industry, multinational companies have set up bonus policies and bonus parity schemes to try and combat the Great Resignation and to retain talent or attract new employees. Re… Read More
2022-02-08 11:24
A survey of more than a thousand UK HR decision-makers shows that work priorities have changed: while COVID-19 cases are still a major preoccupation, causing concern for 44% of respondents… Read More
2022-01-26 11:58
So you’re thinking of starting a recruitment agency? Good for you. As we continue to adjust to living with a pandemic, few things contribute as much to personal wellbeing and the econo… Read More
2022-01-10 12:30
The Covid pandemic, which has killed an estimated 5,500,000 people worldwide, and has damaged many businesses, some of them irreparably, has caused seismic shifts in the recruitment industry… Read More
2021-12-06 12:23
There are national, and even international, changes that are affecting the world of recruitment. In Taiwan, a new law has allowed for greater flexibility in recruiting foreign professionals… Read More
2021-11-30 11:33
Many people understand the obvious reasons to use recruitment services: Saving money – recruitment agencies and recruitment software in particular, save any company money by working mo… Read More
2021-11-16 10:05
When Rishi Sunak suggested that funding for apprenticeships, skills bootcamps and creating new Institutes of Technology would help fill the vacancies gap, the response from the Recruitment … Read More
2021-10-25 09:34
The stark truth about recruitment in the 2021 is that it’s hard work! In the USA three-quarters of companies say they are struggling to fulfil vacancies, 77% say they expect this to co… Read More
2021-10-13 13:51
Even the best recruitment software for agencies can’t make people sign up for work. The UK furlough scheme has ended, emergency unemployment benefits in the USA ceased several weeks ag… Read More
2021-09-22 10:46
The end of the furlough scheme in September is not expected to have much impact on the record number of empty jobs in the UK, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation is warning. There w… Read More
2021-09-07 12:14
Almost every country and business sector in the world is still experiencing the seismic shift to working from home caused by the pandemic. While SAAS recruitment agencies have had the jump o… Read More
2021-08-28 09:37
With specialist blogs and the Financial Times agreeing that this is a good time to be a job hunter, Recruit So Simple is asking whether that necessarily means that it’s a bad time to b… Read More
2021-08-16 10:23
Recruitment agencies, often seen as one of the industries that have been enthusiastic about using the internet to improve their business, may actually be lagging behind when it comes to usin… Read More
2021-07-29 09:15
Everybody knows seven-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton, and his untiring advocacy for better access and representation for Black people. A new report called Accelerating Change… Read More
2021-07-19 10:12
It’s a good question, especially when it comes to recruitment. This week we’re highlighting two very different recruitment issues, to explore how technology can help, and where i… Read More
2021-06-30 21:59
It’s a serious question. Five years ago, every recruitment software blog was talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the ‘big disruptor’ for recruitment. AI was able… Read More
2021-06-21 13:27
It seems almost impossible to begin a blog post these days without referencing COVID-19, and this one is no exception! Some sectors saw massive growth in the lockdown – IT is one of th… Read More
2021-05-27 12:43
The UK economy has weathered the second lockdown much better than expected, despite having the worst economic response of the G7 countries and the second worst in Europe (only Spain fared wo… Read More
2021-05-14 10:39
This subject has been aired on a couple of industry blogs recently, so we thought we’d lay out the pros and cons we’ve seen as recruitment software experts. HR departments often… Read More
2021-04-26 10:56
Recruitment agencies that make use of SaaS have been reporting a huge surge in recruitment in certain areas of retail… one of which is vehicle sales. More specifically, car sales, as… Read More
2021-04-08 15:19
Cybersecurity recruitment issues
There’s a substantial talent gap in the cybersecurity industry, and that’s hardly news. What’s exacerbated the problem is that 2020 turned… Read More
2021-03-29 14:26
We all know it’s been an unbelievable 12 months for the recruitment sector. Agencies making use of SaaS (software as a service) platforms in particular have been able to observe the tr… Read More
2021-03-09 16:56
New research from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation claims that professional recruitment boosts UK productivity by £7.7 billion annually. However, the research also shows th… Read More
2021-02-23 16:25
Many industries have been hard hit by the pandemic – but the food industry has been one of those most affected. Attracting new talent to a sector that has traditionally been a less att… Read More
2021-02-12 12:37
It’s been a long time coming. For over a decade the financial services industry in the UK has struggled to survive debt crisis after debt crisis, Brexit woes and worries, and finally t… Read More
2021-01-25 17:05
It can be easy to think that other people’s problems are not our own. So when the The Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) recently announced the release of a Responsible Recruitment Du… Read More
2021-01-16 14:01
The less than snappily named UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement has finally been presented to parliament and will become law. It’s been in effect since 31 December but given the new… Read More
2020-12-30 12:45
The UK’s recruitment sector increased to a £42.3 billion turnover in pre-pandemic 2019, that’s an overall 8% expansion and totals 2.1% of the contribution to the UK economy… Read More
2020-12-14 12:01
A survey into the key trends we can expect in recruiting in the year ahead has generated responses from 20 countries and 15 industries. The most significant result was the discovery that COV… Read More
2020-11-30 17:23
Every organisation has found 2020 stressful, today Recruit So Simple is looking at how one sector is finding mass hires for essential work. At the other end of the scale, we’re explori… Read More
2020-11-22 15:57
One industry that was hard hit by the first lockdown was the legal sector. New law graduates have been finding it hard to find employment because of the hiring freeze in many chambers and &l&hell…Read More
2020-10-22 10:36
A recent survey from the USA suggests that optimism is growing in the recruitment sector, despite the difficulties of COVID-19. 800 people responded, worldwide. The great news is that nearly… Read More
2020-10-07 11:15
A recent survey shows that despite all the ups and downs of COVID-19, UK companies are a little more optimistic about permanent hiring. The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) s… Read More
2020-09-29 15:29
The most recent report exploring the global recruitment software market says that market value will reach £2.3 billion by 2027 growing at a compound annual growth rate of 6%. This pred… Read More
2020-09-10 09:24
Few sectors have been as hard hit, or expected to recover as fast, as recruitment. What can recruitment agencies, and recruiters, expect from the rest of 2020? With digital technologies beco… Read More
2020-08-24 19:17
There’s good and bad this month as we look at the future of recruitment in the UK. As the Recruitment and Employment Confederation has just become a signatory to the Race at Work Chart… Read More
2020-08-12 14:44
There are some surprising developments in the impact of COVID-19. For example, in the USA, recruiting doctors has dropped by 30% since April, although specialist recruitment has increased su… Read More
2020-07-23 10:20
Very. A recent survey of the impact of COVID-19 on the recruiting industry suggests that only 2% think there will be a ‘sustained depression’ that continues longer than 2021. Mor… Read More
2020-07-11 12:54
While there’s evidence that recruitment is starting to pick up after the lockdown process, there are also painful signs that COVID-19 has hit the sector hard. Big recruitment agencies… Read More
2020-06-24 10:59
Recruit So Simple has been observing the recent changes in the UK economy with interest. One thing that seems to be happening is a small upsurge in the opening of new recruitment agencies. W… Read More
2020-06-12 11:07
Today Recruit So Simple is focusing on the national stage – how is COVID-19 affecting the UK recruitment industry as a whole, and what challenges is recruiting software going to face i… Read More
2020-06-10 14:04
Today we released a system update that contains some new features and improvements to Recruit So Simple. Here are the highlights: Added a draft emails feature so that emails can be saved and… Read More
2020-05-26 13:29
Recently, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that “anyone who can’t work from home… should be actively encouraged to go to work”. However, several recruitment bo… Read More
2020-05-13 10:50
So much is up in the air for businesses in the UK, and few businesses have been as impacted as the recruiting industry. Even the best recruiting software cannot answer some of the questions… Read More
2020-04-28 10:56
The COVID-19 lockdown has disrupted every aspect of our lives: home, work, social, romance – everything… but when it comes to keeping businesses running, or at least ticking ove… Read More
2020-04-16 19:08
Even the most basic recruitment database software reveals that COVID-19 has had immense impacts on the UK job market. From a record employment high of 33 million in January, recruiting in ma… Read More
2020-03-28 16:49
Whilst companies like Amazon and Ocado are recruiting madly to fulfil orders being placed by panicked consumers, other sectors like travel and hospitality are being hit hard – as are s… Read More
2020-03-20 10:34
We added some new features and made some improvements to Recruit So Simple over the course of 2019, here are the highlights: Made it easier to customise the list of fields which must be fill… Read More
2020-03-17 14:07
In a recent American survey, one of the key problems businesses experience when dealing with recruiters is… poor communication. While it may seem astonishing that clients are still ex… Read More
2020-03-02 12:41
One of the most important developments in recruitment has been the effect of digital processes. Smart recruiters use recruitment agency software to identify candidates, streamline recruitmen… Read More
2020-02-07 11:20
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has recently reported that on any given day in the previous year, the recruitment industry had placed over 1.1 million people in temporary and co… Read More
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