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• The New Talent Equation: Why Traditional Hiring Models Are Breaking Down in 2026

  12-03-2026 13:27 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|News archiveThe New Talent Equation: Why Traditional Hiring Models Are Breaking Down in 2026For decades, many organisations relied on a familiar hiring formula: post a job description, review CVs, shortlist candidates based on degrees and experience, and hire locally. Today, that model is increasingly ineffective.The global labour market in 2026 is undergoing a profound transformation. For decades, many organisations relied on a familiar hiring formula
  
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• How well do you know your workforce and what happens when you don’t

  12-03-2026 13:24 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|OpinionHow well do you know your workforce and what happens when you don’tDaniel Callaghan, CEO and Co-founder of VeremarkThe ‘hire once, check once’ model is dying. While most organisations today continue to operate with it, that approach was designed for a very different era. Careers used to be linear, work was office-based, and roles changed slowly.
  Today’s workforce is much more dynamic. People are promoted, inherit budgets,
  
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• Patients lose out from blind spot in NHS Staff Survey

  12-03-2026 13:19 via onrec.com
  Published byREC12 Mar 2026|News archivePatients lose out from blind spot in NHS Staff SurveyThe Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is calling on the NHS to include agency workers in the annual NHS Staff Survey, arguing that their exclusion leaves a dangerous gap in understanding pressures affecting patient care.The annual NHS Staff Survey will be published imminently and is one of the largest workforce surveys in the world. But it has a massive blind spot by excluding the views of ag
  
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• How locking young women out of the UK workforce could cost us £11bn

  12-03-2026 13:17 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|OpinionHow locking young women out of the UK workforce could cost us £11bnBy Barb Hyman, CEO and founder of Sapia.aiThis International Women’s Day, a light is shining on a crisis that’s been unfolding unnoticed. Young women without formal qualifications are increasingly being locked out of work - not because of capability, but because of how entry-level hiring is designed. 
  According to PwC’s latest Women in Work report, ta
  
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• Joint and Several Liability (JSL) Legislation 2026: What Recruitment Agencies Must Know

  12-03-2026 13:09 via onrec.com
  Published bySimplicity12 Mar 2026|News archiveJoint and Several Liability (JSL) Legislation 2026: What Recruitment Agencies Must KnowFrom April 2026, the new Joint and Several Liability (JSL) legislation will significantly increase financial risk for recruitment agencies working with umbrella companies.If an umbrella company fails to pay the correct PAYE, National Insurance Contributions (NICs), or related employment taxes, HMRC can pursue your recruitment agency for the full unpaid amount.
  
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• Safeguarding in the age of freelancers: what the new DBS rules mean

  12-03-2026 12:58 via onrec.com
  Published byMatrix12 Mar 2026|OpinionSafeguarding in the age of freelancers: what the new DBS rules meanArticle by Tim Stokes, Sales Director - Matrix Security WatchdogChanges to DBS legislation now allow self-employed professionals to apply for Enhanced background checks through registered umbrella bodies. The reform closes a long-standing gap in the safeguarding framework and highlights a wider challenge: ensuring safeguarding systems keep pace with a labour market increasingly shaped by indep
  
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• What Gen Z’s lunch breaks really tell us about the criticism they face at work

  12-03-2026 12:54 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|OpinionWhat Gen Z’s lunch breaks really tell us about the criticism they face at workBy Tom Baxter, Managing Director, Just Eat for BusinessFew workplace topics generate as much debate as Gen Z. From concerns around productivity to questions about commitment, this generation has become a focal point for wider anxieties about how work is changing. But amid the noise, one everyday behaviour offers a more revealing insight into what is really happen
  
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• How to make working at a contact centre into a fulfilling, lifelong career

  12-03-2026 12:49 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|OpinionHow to make working at a contact centre into a fulfilling, lifelong careerContact centres, sometimes called ‘call centres’, have evolved significantly since the early days of people answering phones.Today, contact centres give customers the power to interact wherever and whenever they want, to get the help they need as quickly as possible, using phone, text, chat, social media or apps. 
  As customer channels have evolve
  
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• How Do Flexible Staffing Solutions Benefit the Life Sciences Industry?

  12-03-2026 12:25 via onrec.com
  Published byNES Fircroft12 Mar 2026|News archiveHow Do Flexible Staffing Solutions Benefit the Life Sciences Industry?Key Takeaways: Europe’s life sciences sector faces acute talent shortages in specialist...Key Takeaways: Europe’s life sciences sector faces acute talent shortages in specialist roles: Despite a position of strength – generating €585 billion in 2024 and employing 950,000 professionals directly – the industry still struggles to fill job vacancies.
  
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• Sainsbury’s manager wins £12,000 after being left out of social media post

  12-03-2026 08:10 via hrreview.co.uk
  Tribunal awards supermarket manager £11,852 after exclusion from a leadership post during sick leave linked to anxiety.
  
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• 10 Best Platforms to Outsource Link Building for US Companies - Legiit is #1 Choice (2026)

  12-03-2026 07:55 via onrec.com
  Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec12 Mar 2026|10 Best Platforms to Outsource Link Building for US Companies - Legiit is #1 Choice (2026)Here's something most SEO guides won't tell you: the companies quietly winning the organic rankings race aren't doing their own link building. They've outsourced it.And honestly? That's the smart move.
  Outsource link building properly, and you can scale placements, protect your domain from penalty risk, and free your in-house team to focus on strategy. Do it badly
  
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• Money worries drive surge in workplace absence as four in five staff take time off

  12-03-2026 07:30 via hrreview.co.uk
  Financial stress is driving workplace absence and reduced performance, with most UK employees taking time off.
  
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