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Recruitment

Editor's message: Finding candidates with the right skills, knowledge and experience is often difficult, and talented candidates are increasingly able to pick and choose between job offers. An effective recruitment process, providing a positive experience for candidates, is likely to have a substantial impact on their perception of your organisation as an employer - helping you to fill vacancies more quickly and effectively, and, most importantly, with the right person for the role.

With line managers increasingly participating in the recruitment process, it is vital that everyone involved has the relevant skills and knowledge. In particular, anyone taking part in activities such as shortlisting and interviewing should be aware of the relevant discrimination legislation. Equal opportunities and diversity need to be considered at each point in the process, with regular reviews carried out to ensure that there is no hidden bias and that candidates are being judged fairly on their merits.

New and updated

  • Date:
    12 March 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Immigration changes in 2024 - how HR can prepare

    Louise Haycock, immigration solicitor and partner at law firm Fragomen, discusses the latest immigration changes affecting employers and the workforce, and how businesses can prepare for them.

  • Type:
    Economic data

    Recruitment

    Updated to include data for February 2024 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from the KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs compiled by S&P Global in association with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC).

  • Type:
    How to

    How to deal with an employee who no longer has the right to work in the UK

    Updated to reflect that government guidance on right to work checks no longer provides for a grace period during which an employee can make a late application to the EU settlement scheme and maintain the right to work with their current employer.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Immigration rules and right to work

    Updated to reflect changes to renewal requirements in relation to sponsorship licences.

  • Date:
    31 January 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: How to prepare for Generation Alpha joining the workforce

    Rebekah Martin, senior vice president of reward, inclusion and talent acquisition at AstraZeneca, joins us to talk about the changing motivations and requirements of the workforce - connection to purpose, skills-based learning, recognition and more.

  • Date:
    9 January 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Rebuilding in 2024: Strategies for reshaping worker expectations

    This could be a pivotal year for HR. As ever, the cornerstones of what we do will be recruitment, retention, motivation, performance and productivity, but - asks Andrew Walker of Personal Group - what do they mean for HR and reward professionals in 2024 and beyond?

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Discrimination in recruitment and selection

    Updated with information on a new section in the Equality Act 2010 about discriminatory statements, effective from 1 January 2024.

  • Date:
    14 December 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Five HR priorities for 2024

    HR professionals have been navigating their organisations through unprecedented times over the last couple of years. Here, drawing on our latest HR roles and responsibilities survey, we look at how organisations are preparing for the 12 months ahead and pick out some of the areas making HR's priority list for 2024.

  • Date:
    7 December 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: HR priorities - what to prepare for in 2024

    As 2024 advances into view, Bar Huberman, head of HR Strategy & Practice at XpertHR, guides you through the topics and trends that are likely to dominate HR thinking in the next 12 months. In this webinar Bar offers practical tips and suggestions to help you start the new year in a state of total readiness.

  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Employee value proposition (EVP): Resource round-up

    A round-up of XpertHR resources on developing an employee value proposition (EVP).