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Employers commonly use the internet to attract and recruit candidates.

Popular channels include: online job boards; traffic-generation strategies; search engine optimisation and search engine marketing; social media and business networking channels; and the employer’s corporate website or corporate careers site.


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    M&S pauses hiring as it deals with cyber attack

    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025

    Marks & Spencer has paused recruitment as it continues to battle a severe cyber attack.

    • Latest News
    • Public sector
    • Recruitment & retention

    Prison officer recruitment process ‘not fit for purpose’

    by Jo Faragher 15 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 15 Jan 2025

    The recruitment process for prison officers is ‘simply not fit for purpose’, with officers routinely being recruited over Zoom, according to its union chief.

    • Candidate experience
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    Ikea seeking paid workers for virtual Roblox store

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024

    Ikea is recruiting 10 players to work in paid positions at its virtual store on gaming platform Roblox.

    • Latest News
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    • Recruitment & retention

    UK unemployment and inactivity continue to rise

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024

    UK unemployment and economic inactivity have continued to grow, the latest official labour market figures have shown.

    • Artificial intelligence
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    How AI can solve application overload

    by Kevin Fitzgerald 14 May 2024
    by Kevin Fitzgerald 14 May 2024

    Kevin Fitzgerald explains how AI can speed up time to hire and predict vacancies before they occur.

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    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Research reveals surge in flexible and remote roles

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 Apr 2024

    Searches for flexible, fully-remote or remote-first work have risen over the past year amid return-to-office mandates.

    • Latest News
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    • Online recruitment

    Which candidate attraction channels work best?

    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2024

    Eploy survey of in-house recruiters charts quality and quantity of candidates across different candidate attraction channels.

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    Starting salaries slow as candidate availability jumps

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Apr 2024

    Starting salaries rose at their slowest rate for over three years, according to the UK report on jobs for March 2024.

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Online recruitment

    Increasing use of skills assessments in hiring

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Mar 2024

    Ninety-six per cent of employers are using skills assessments in their hiring process to gauge trasnferrable skills.

    • Artificial intelligence
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    Workday accused of AI discrimination against applicants

    by Jo Faragher 23 Feb 2024
    by Jo Faragher 23 Feb 2024

    Workday is facing a claim that it uses artificial intelligence tools that discriminate against job applicants.

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Job descriptions

    Jobs with signing bonuses fall by a quarter

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2024

    The number of jobs that come with a signing bonus has fallen by a quarter, research by job search engine Adzuna has found.

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Labour turnover

    December job postings down by a third

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024

    Demand for workers in December 2023 was significantly lower than a year earlier, with the number of active job postings down by 32%.

    • Latest News
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    • Labour market

    ONS: Pay growth falling as vacancies continue to drop

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2023

    Pay growth slowed as vacancies continued to fall, December 2023 labour market figures from the ONS show.

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    • Flexible working

    Less than a third of job ads mention flexibility

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2023

    The number of jobs ads with flexible working options has plateaued at just 31%, research by Timewise has found.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Decline in hires continues, but at a slower rate

    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 8 Nov 2023

    Permanent hires decreased for a further consecutive month in October, according to the latest Report on Jobs.

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