How Fair And Effective Are AI Recruitment Platforms? 

AI in Recruitment

With more companies using AI to screen CVs and candidates’ body language during interviews, we look at what this could mean for today’s job applicants.  Widely Used  IBM research from November last year shows that 4 out of 10 companies now use AI to improve recruiting and human resources. Also, in June last year, IBM…

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What Is ‘Job Boomeranging’ ?

Tech Insight : What Is 'Job Boomeranging'?

Here we look at the trend of ‘job boomeranging’, the reasons why the trend occurred, and why businesses may choose to re-hire boomerangers.  What Is It?  Job boomeranging refers to when an employee leaves a company and then returns to work for the same company at a later date.  How Has It Come About?  The…

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Why Use Outsourced IT Support?

Why Use Outsourced IT Support?

Looking at this question in two parts, here we’ll be firstly looking at the pros and cons of opting for outsourced IT support.  The Popularity Of Outsourced IT Support  A considerable number of businesses in the UK now use outsourced IT support, as outsourcing has become a popular way for businesses to access specialised expertise…

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Employee Exit

When employees leave a business or organisation, there are many actions that need to be taken to maintain security. Here’s a summary of some of them in relation to the health and continuity of the business and to fulfil legal and stakeholder responsibilities. Different Reasons, Same Actions Members of organisations inevitably change over time. They…

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Coronavirus Outbreak : Remote Working For Tech Staff

Remote Working

With the whole of Italy’s 60 million population in lockdown and other countries taking drastic measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, the tech-giant companies are now asking their employees to work remotely. Google Due to fears of COVID-19 spreading through large numbers of staff, Google had already announced last week that it was temporarily closing…

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UK Job Candidates Favour Tech-Savvy Companies

New research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Tableau Software has revealed that half of UK job candidates would reject a job offer from a company that offered no digital and data potential. Training The research results, which were obtained from 1,100 office workers and C-suite executives from across the UK, showed that a vacancy that offered digital…

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Cloud Contracts One Third Of Outsourcing

Information Services Group (ISG) figures show that in 2016, traditional outsourcing contracts were replaced by cloud-based services to the point where spending on cloud based contracts increased by 33% compared to 2015. Fall and Rise The ISG figures show that at the same time, cloud-based spending rose by such a huge amount, spending on traditional…

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IT Recruitment Challenges in 2017

The word from recruitment specialists to employers is that challenges in IT recruitment for 2017 will include a ‘High-Demand, Low Supply’ hiring landscape, and the need to adapt to the needs and expectations of millennials and Generation Z. Complications and Challenges The complications that businesses now face in areas such as security, big-data and cloud…

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