Top Five Global Recruitment Markets for 2025   2025 is headlined to be a challenging year for the global economy making it hugely perplexing for recruitment sector MDs, CEOs and executives to make strategic forecasts. This year is my 40th working in the sector and my experience of other periods economic uncertainty and malaise is...

  I am delighted and humbled to have been elected onto the Representative Committee of APSCo and excited to be able to bring my wealth of recruitment knowledge and vast experience of supporting and coaching recruitment leaders grow and expand their businesses across the UK, Europe, America, and Australia. APSCo UK has recently announced my...

  “Those who are unaware of history are destined to repeat it.” When I started in the IT recruitment industry back in the early 1980’s, for a company called Myriad Appointments, it was a very different world. Before you could get a ‘job-on’ you had to sell the concept of using an agency to clients...

UK Skills Crisis – We need change… Now The UK Skills Crisis is probably the biggest challenge the UK Recruitment Industry has faced this century.Whilst the crisis has been brewing for years and repeated governments have sought to address the issue with minor interventions to our education systems, our adult training and the UK corporation...

Ian Knowlson celebrates 10-year anniversary After leaving Hays Plc to establish his own growth coaching and training business, Ian Knowlson, his colleagues, and Associate Team are celebrating their 10-year anniversary. Having helped over 1,000 individuals and businesses across the last decade to achieve their personal and business growth and development ambitions, Ian and the team...

  Talence are delighted to announce the dates for the upcoming Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace course, designed for line managers. The course is delivered over a full day with interactive training, course manuals and covers everything a line manager needs to know to support employees’ mental health in the workplace. Managers at all...

Talence are delighted to announce Mental Health First Aid training for the workplace is available from March 2021. Fully accredited by Mental Health First England, you can become an advocate for your workplace by becoming a qualified Mental Health First Aider. The Mental Health in the Workplace course is led by Talent Future’s Associate Joanne...

Talence are delighted to welcome Joanne Quinn as an Associate. Joanne is a Mental Health & Wellbeing Consultant, Coach & Trainer Mental Health First Aid England Instructor Member and joins Talence as an Associate Member and will be offering corporate and wellbeing services. With a strong background in the recruitment industry for over 15 years,...

Overview This weeks Friday 13th November lunchtime show on RecruiterZone discussed Surviving Lockdown – How to Pivot Successfully. Lysha Holmes director and founder of (Qui-Recruitment) once again teamed up with our Ian Knowlson  (Director and founder of Talence) to discuss this weeks topic with their guests. Surviving Lockdown – How to Pivot Successfully As we start week...

Overview Starting Friday 6th November 2020 at 12:30-13:00, discussing the mental wellbeing challenge of UK Lockdown 2.0,  Lysha Holmes director and founder of (Qui Recruitment) and Ian Knowlson  director and founder of (Talence) have teamed up to launch a Friday lunchtime show on the Recruiter-Zone . Lively and positive personalities Lysha and Ian expect to...