“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...
(First published on Cisco – Future of Work in April 2020 Has the Covid-Pandemic created freedom for the future of work? 250 years ago in the UK a revolution started which totally transformed the social-fabric of every nation on the planet. In 1750 only 15% of people lived in towns with 85% residing in rural-settlements....
Top 5 Recruitment Sectors for Growth in 2020 It’s nearly done. With the country electing a new government and the new parliament voting by 124 votes in favour of the EU Withdrawal agreement Brexit is almost done and business and the country can start to move forward. Well that’s the theory and really only time...
Top Recruitment Sectors for growth in 2019 We are now into our sixth year of this blog series since first writing our amazingly popular blog post Top 5 Recruitment Sectors to be in for the next 5-10 years. With over 25,000 views this remains our most popular blog post ever. Our annual blog has become...
This week Ian Knowlson spoke at the Recruitment Expo at the NEC in Birmingham on the Future of the Recruitment Industry 2020-2030. During the talk Ian discussed many topics including the future of recruitment for Managed Service Providers and Niche Agencies as well as the threats to their businesses future and the opportunities for them....
Ian Knowlson to speak again at RecExpo on Future of Recruitment 2020-30 Ian Knowlson will be speaking again this autumn at Recruitment Expo in Birmingham at the NEC 3rd and 4th October 2018 on his hugely popular talk on the Future of Recruitment 2020-30. The session in January at Olympia was over subscribed so if you...
This week Ian Knowlson spoke at the Recruitment Expo at Olympia, London on the Future of the Recruitment Industry 2020-2030. During the talk Ian discussed many topics including the future of recruitment for Managed Service Providers and Niche Agencies as well as the threats to their businesses future and the opportunities for them. Ian’s talk...
Top Recruitment Sectors for growth in 2018 It is five years since I wrote my amazingly popular blog Top 5 Recruitment Sectors to be in for the next 5-10 years. At the time unemployment was still rising across most of Europe and the UK economy flat-lining. 25,000 views later things have transformed somewhat and...
Future of Recruitment 2020-2030 This month Ian Knowlson will be speaking at Recruitment Expo 2018, the UK’s No 1 Recruitment Industry Event in London on 31st January 2018. In his lively and stimulating talk Ian will share his knowledge, as an employment futurist and experience as a highly successful Business Growth Coach, to help attendees...
