By Ben Hutt
Digital technologies have had a game-changing impact on most industries across the UK. You don’t need to look further than organisations such as Uber and Airbnb to see how truly transformative technology has been to a wide range of industries. Yet there’s one industry that hasn’t seen much impact from technology, but is on the cusp of something great: recruitment.
Sainsbury’s plans to focus on future innovations with the creation of 480 “specialist” new positions in London and Coventry, which will focus on digital, while tech boss says he is “structuring and equipping entrepreneurial teams”.
We hear from business minister Matthew Hancock and a duo of exciting entrepreneurs on why getting advice to help your business grow could be one of the most important decisions you make this year.
The British IT & telecoms sector has become an increasingly attractive place to work in the last three years, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies, aided by the rise of UK technology hubs like Silicon Roundabout and a change in the curriculum.
As National Apprenticeship Week 2015 draws to an end, it’s been revealed that 23,000 new apprentice positions have been promised from employers including Microsoft, Halfords, the Royal Air Force, British Airways, Greene King, Boots and more.
At 52 per cent, more than half of British businesses claim to have increased the number of female technology employees that have been recruited over the past five years.
BT plans to create 1,000 new apprenticeships and graduate jobs for young people across the UK in 2015 and 2016, and prime minister David Cameron has welcomed the recruitment drive and attempt to close the skills gap.
A trio of professionals with combined experience in recruitment, technology and investment generated Everline Future 50’s JobsTheWord with a grand plan of using big data to shake up the jobs market and provide a better way to generate results for both employers and candidates looking for a job match.
There are over 2.5m people in the UK who want to work in temporary jobs because it suits their lifestyle. This includes students, returning mums, the recently retired, people on benefits and many other groups. Red WigWam declares that “the current recruitment model of search, post a CV and wait to be selected doesn’t work for them. In fact it can often put them off”. That’s why the Everline Future 50 listed company has made such an impact.
The Curve Group has proven to be a disruptive force amongst the recruitment industry with the Everline Future 50 company being described in the industry as “the most disruptive company seen in the recruitment outsourcing industry in the last 20 years”.
