Should employers be actively embracing people with squiggly careers? The Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG’s most recent UK Report on Jobs, found that permanent hires had fallen again. Across the UK, companies are taking on fewer permanent employees. Increasing reluctance to take on permanent staff appears…
Automation in recruitment shouldn’t come at the expense of the customer experience, argues Roger Clements, chief growth officer at Matrix Workforce Management. As the world hurtles towards an increasingly digitalised landscape, our HR, recruitment and background screening industry finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. The…
Lady Elish Angiolini’s recommendations as part of the Sarah Everard inquiry look set to fail, writes Matrix Security Watchdog’s Susie Thomson. Her firm offers digital pre-employment and background screening services. A welcome recognition and confirmation of the failure of the police recruitment process to effectively screen candidates, the first report from the…
Attrition rates on bread baskets and dolly equipment used in the baking industry have fallen 4.34% and 6.63% respectively over the last year to reach their lowest levels in four years, new figures from Bakers Basco show. Despite fluctuating circumstances over the past 10 years…
National Interview Week (NIW) launches this week, a pioneering education and early career initiative that’s seen many of the UK’s biggest organisations pledge volunteer time to support the programme. In its inaugural year NIW has been created to build students’ interview confidence and connect them with mentors…
A third of doctors and three in 10 nurses working in the health service have come from abroad – the highest proportion since records began, an analysis of NHS Digital data by the PA news agency has revealed. In a recent article on Personnel Today,…
Employers neglecting checks on the legal employability of their staff under UK law may be under fire warns Susie Thomson of Matrix Security Watchdog. The UK Government’s recent five-point plan to regulate immigration involves a substantial increase in penalties for companies employing illegal immigrant workers. Last…
This year could well mark a watershed moment for HR; 12 months in which trends that have been bubbling under the surface emerge to transform the sector and have a major influence on how we work, writes Roger Clements, CMO at Matrix. They say bad…
Bakers Basco, a leading cooperative venture established in 2006 by Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis, and Warburtons, to manage its equipment has officially extended its services to Northern Ireland and Scotland. The expansion marks a significant step in the company’s…
Matrix Security Watchdog’s MD Susie Thomson considers what employers should look out for to secure the best talent at minimum risk. As budgets tighten further, competition for talent intensifies and the cost-of-living crisis rolls on, 2024 looks like creating a perfect storm when it comes to…