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Millenials are currently big news for the recruitment industry and rightly so - they have become the largest generation in the workforce. Millennials also prioritise job security above all else and are moving jobs less frequently than the generation before them.

impress.ai is an AI chatbot platform for recruiters. Their conversational bots conduct competency-based structured interviews using techniques from Industrial-Organizational Psychology, specifically situational judgment questions.

Everyone knows that employees are looking for more than a pay cheque when choosing great places to work, sure it’s a key element, but what helps to get great talent walking through the door wanting to join your organisation?

Igor Putrenko of Servicebit explains how smart contracts sitting on top of a blockchain could revolutionise the staffing industry, driving efficiencies for the businesses and workforce in an increasingly decentralised workplace.

Commenting in response to the government consultation on ethnicity pay reporting, Peter Cheese, CEO of the CIPD, comments:

…And some of them just aren’t true!

Morgan McKinley London Employment Monitor

The Access Group, one of the UK’s leading providers of software to growing mid-market businesses, today announces the acquisition of Microdec, software supplier with over 35 years’ experience providing CRM software exclusively to the recruitment industry.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can radically improve employee selection processes - by enabling recruiters to assess many more applicants - but the basis of your selection decisions must be legally defensible, according to a new paper by assessment specialist cut-e.

On the7th October, four employees from Brentwood-based Athona Recruitment were up at the crack of dawn volunteering for their charity of the year, Alzheimer’s Society and the Chelmsford Memory Walk.

The Robert Half 2019 Salary Guide reveals nearly five million1 UK SMEs, the equivalent to four out of every five (82%) small and medium-sized companies, are struggling to attract the skills they need. As a result, many are being forced to offer salary packages higher than originally expected to recruit the right talent.

Someone once told me, "A good finance manager will save more than they cost", and I'd have to agree

Customer Case Study - Voyager Infinity

Tuesday the 9th October is Face Your Fears Day. For many people, it’s a day that conjures up images of gargantuan spiders, of peering over the edge of a dizzying height, or of uncomfortably tight spaces.

A third of UK employers (34%) think that high employee stress levels are a direct consequence of their staff not having enough savings, including pensions, according to the latest Close Brothers Business Barometer.