Recruitment

You may be concerned about attracting and retaining employees in 2023. Many industries are facing challenges with recruiting and retaining skilled workers, and economic uncertainty adds to the difficulty. Did you know that the average cost of finding a new employee is £7,729, which is why it's important to start thinking about ways to keep your top talent?

HR’s constant struggle to be seen as a strategic force within businesses can be helped by making evidenced and data driven decisions.

Within five days of its launch, over 1 million people had used ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI, with the platform hitting a record 1.6 billion visits by March. This revolutionary tool has garnered mass public attention for its ability to quickly provide information and answers on a wide range of topics and questions.

Chris Rayner, Swissport’s Chief People Officer discusses his business’ response after the pandemic and how a new recruitment strategy is helping them tackle peak travel season.

From supermarkets to drainage Debi Bell has always sought to make a difference among the people for whom she is responsible.

In January, The HR World commenced its new round of monthly webinars, directed at giving Senior HR professionals access to insights from some of the industry’s leading experts.

“Heritage and larger organisations must adapt to a new commercial landscape. Of course, they will always be attractive to potential recruits. But they can no longer rely on big salary and high status to attract talent.” – Ross Crook, Managing Director, Sanderson Solutions

In this edition we caught up with HRD Lisa Haggar who believes the handbook needs to be thrown out in order to put people back at the heart of HR.

UK employers have a recruitment crisis on their hands, according to research which shows the country is facing the worst labour shortage since the late nineties.

Have you heard horror stories of ghosting in recruitment? With Halloween round the corner, we looked spoke with one of the leaders of the #EndGhosting campaign as two thirds of applicants say they have been ghosted - and been looked as a result.