With recent research in Harvard Business Review revealing that a bad employer brand costs a company at least 10% more per hire, it’s yet another reason for businesses to focus on improving the candidate experience. It’s no surprise then that this year the perennial challenge of talent acquisition is the top issue being faced by […]
We have been waiting for the regulators to publish their rules around regulated references and extending the new regime to cover different roles (algorithmic traders and client-dealing functions). They have published some updates but it will take a bit longer for us to know exactly what’s needed and implement everything following some recent updates from […]
HireRight recommends financial service firms take the following steps to mitigate the risk of falling below minimum standards and competitors: Plan – Have a plan for the next two years to ensure that you are ready not only for March 7 2016 but also 2017 when the rules are applicable more widely. Review your policies […]
In the heart of the beautiful city of Vienna, our latest research, A Question of Balance – Managing Recruitment Risk, fuelled the conversations at one of the opening master classes of the Corporate Research Forum’s annual conference. The topic was challenging: all organisations want to avoid a bad hire, but there is a vital balancing act […]
80% of recruiters consider criminal record checks to be critical or very important to their recruitment process and there has been remarkable growth in the number of criminal record checks being conducted in the UK, and indeed around the world. When the routine checks were first introduced in Britain in 1986, the Home Office anticipated […]
The BBC have reported today that “The number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in the UK rose by a quarter in three months, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said 141,000 were employed from April to June compared with 112,000 in the previous three months, up nearly 26%. Temporary restrictions on the […]
