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28/11/2023

Is the greatest, most innovative talent pool you could ever want…actually right under your nose?

🗣️​ “The researchers found that seconded employees choose more novel ideas and influence permanent staff to do the same. This suggests a simple intervention of leveraging seconded employees more often can significantly boost the acceptance of innovative ideas, offering valuable insights for those in science and innovation”.

👉​ https://www.recruiter.co.uk/news/2023/11/seconded-employees-add-innovation-firms-still-overlook-them

27/11/2023

We’re sitting on the cusp of a fully-fledged economic and professional green transition…but what does that look like to people on the ground?

What voices are making sense of the shift to a more sustainable way to work and live?

LinkedIn, as always, provides the goods…

👉​ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/workers-ready-for-green-economy-6478506/

27/11/2023

The pressure to create more equitable, fairer recruitment processes is, rightfully, a constant in the working minds of recruiters and business leaders everywhere.

Indeed, when "a recent survey of recruitment leaders revealed that 76% are facing DEI demands from clients" further affirms the importance of DEI within recruitment, it's never been more important to be a DEI market leader, not a market follower.

Rectec vendor partners Diversely are co-hosting a Live Webinar with Access on December 6th that seeks to provide guidance on how to use DEI as a powerful new business tool, providing expert insights on the future of DEI and its centrality to hiring success.

You can sign up, for free, here 👉​ https://tinyurl.com/86mb42ks

With the Recruitment industry constantly changing, it can be hard to stay up to date with the latest news and developments. We will cover a range of recruitment topics designed to help you attract, manage and pay your workers. Our specialists will cover accessible website design, candidate experienc...

24/11/2023

For anyone looking to understand where the frontline of recruitment and retention will be over the next few years, look no further…

🗣️​ “Between now and 2027, businesses have predicted that 44% of workers’ core skills will be disrupted because technology is moving faster than companies can design and scale up their training programmes”.

👉​ https://hrnews.co.uk/a-brave-new-world-of-work-what-will-the-9-5-look-like-by-2053/

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One of the UK’s leading HR and recruitment specialists, Gi Group, is at the forefront of understanding what the labour market will look like in the near

23/11/2023

2 weeks ago the Rectec team once again set up camp at one of the premier in-house recruitment events of the year, IHR Bristol.

As usual, we were surrounded by the great and the good in the recruitment, HR and tech world - visionaries and industry stalwarts both, decking out the good halls of Ashton Gate and connecting with inhousers across the South West and Wales.

Every show has its rhythms and its stories, driven by guests, speakers and exhibitors all coming together to share best practices and bond over our little slice of the HR world.

So what was the tech story of the show?

Read our new blog to find out 👉​ https://rectec.io/recruitment/in-house-recruitment/assessment-big-data-and-personalisation-what-we-learned-at-ihr-bristol-2023/

22/11/2023

And in today’s “what did the pandemic ever do for us?” news…

🗣️​ “Nearly one-in-four UK employees are considering switching from full-time employment to become contractors or freelancers.

The key motivation for the trend appears to be a greater desire for autonomy in the workplace, and the potential to set their own schedules – both of which many workers enjoyed more of during the pandemic”.

👉 https://www.consultancy.uk/news/35903/flexibility-attracts-one-in-four-workers-to-go-freelance

Nearly one-in-four UK employees are considering switching from full-time employment to become contractors or freelancers.

21/11/2023

Rules for thee, not for me…

🗣️​ “New research has revealed that 2 in 5 Brits (that’s 40% of us) regularly break health and safety rules because they view them as unnecessary”.

👉​ https://hrnews.co.uk/40-of-brits-see-work-rules-as-a-waste-of-time-posing-high-health-safety-risks/

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New research has revealed that 2 in 5 Brits (that’s 40% of us) regularly break health and safety rules because they view them as unnecessary.  The

20/11/2023

The Great Salary Silver Medal goes to…

🗣️ “Leeds is the place with the best-paying jobs outside London, followed by Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester, according to new research.

The average advertised pay in Leeds is about £37,800, with 36,000 vacancies in the city in October, according to an analysis of more than 1m jobs conducted by the jobs site Adzuna”.

👉​ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/20/leeds-tops-league-of-places-in-the-uk-with-the-best-paying-jobs-outside-london

West Yorkshire city boasts an average £37,800 salary, with Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester not far behind

17/11/2023

We're never shy of using our platform to celebrate the great and good in the recruitment world, and this week we'd like to draw attention to a new, free whitepaper published by our good friends Sonovate.

Sonovate have put pen to paper and written a whitepaper on how to future-proof financial recruitment strategies, and how to protect market opportunities, optimise processes, reduce costs, and elevate margins.

It also looks in detail about the new technologies that are available to help recruiters across the board compete and grow in our evolving, fast-paced environment.

It's a must read for anyone in the industry, and you can download it here 👉 https://hubs.la/Q028kNd-0

17/11/2023

Age is but a number…but what if it isn't?

What if approaching demographic differences with respect and specificity might actually improve hiring and company culture?

🗣️ “Three-quarters (75%) of companies do not offer specific employee benefits to different demographics of staff, according to research from Towergate Health & Protection. This is despite 61% of companies stating they receive requests from staff for demographic wellbeing support, such as by gender or age”.

👉​ https://hrnews.co.uk/75-of-companies-do-not-target-benefits-by-demographics-but-61-receive-requests-from-staff-to-do-so/

Three-quarters (75%) of companies do not offer specific employee benefits to different demographics of staff, according to research from Towergate

17/11/2023

Hey, UK employers, question for ya…why are we still here?!

🗣️ “A new analysis of the ONS’s 2023 gender pay gap data, by HR and payroll software provider Ciphr, has revealed that a shocking 78% of all full-time job roles in the UK, and 81% of such roles held by 50,000 or more workers, have a gender pay gap in favour of men”.

👉 https://hrnews.co.uk/majority-of-uk-job-roles-still-pay-men-more-than-women

16/11/2023

What happens when even the best of intentions becomes a confusing morass of anxiety, fear of getting things wrong, and straight up hostility?

​🗣️​ “"ESG" was meant to help companies explain business decisions on environmental, social, and governance issues. However, over the years, the broad term has created more confusion – even trouble – than positive change”.

👉 https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/has-esg-lost-its-meaning-6494658/