Weekly Roundup
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This Week in Recruitment, 13 August 2026
Zero-hours reform, AI correction hiring, a crackdown on candidate fraud, ghost jobs and stepped-up HMRC scrutiny: five themes shaping UK recruitment right now.
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Recruitment Tips
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Getting recruitment consultants to adopt new software
Mandating software usage rarely works. Here's why adoption is a management problem, and how habit stacking and quick wins create lasting change.
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Candidate profile management: from pinning to a full toolkit
In 2019, pinning a profile felt like a leap forward. Here is what candidate profile management in eBoss looks like now, and why the gap matters.
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How to find candidates already in your database
Most agencies' next placement is already sitting in their own database. Here's how searching by capability, not keywords, helps you find it.
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Recruitment automation tools for agency growth: then and now
We wrote about automation and agency growth back in 2018. Six years on, the cautious optimism has been replaced by concrete workflows recruiters use every day.
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Recovering outstanding recruitment fees from clients
Late and disputed recruitment fees are an industry-wide problem. Here is how rigorous documentation and early action dramatically improve your recovery rate.
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Why recruiters stop using their CRM (and how to prevent it)
Recruiters try a CRM feature once, hit friction, and drift back to spreadsheets. Here is what agency owners can do in the first 30 days to prevent it.
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UK recruitment news roundup, 9 August 2026
Zero-hours reforms, unfair dismissal changes, compliance concerns and cash flow pressure all featured this week. Here is what recruitment agency owners need to ...
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Semantic candidate matching: from novel feature to essential tool
Semantic matching was once a headline differentiator. Today it sits at the heart of how eBoss connects candidates to vacancies faster and more accurately.
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Harnessing Technology to Empower Recruiting Firms: The eBoss Advantage
In today's fiercely competitive recruitment environment, technology serves as a crucial driving force in optimising processes, delivering invaluable insights, a...
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Human Touch in the AI Era: Why Recruitment Consultants Remain Essential
Balancing AI Advancements and Human Expertise The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as ChatGPT, has the potential to transform the way recruitmen...
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How A Better Benefits Package Can Help You Recruit For Challenging Roles | eBoss Recruitment Strategy
Recruitment is one of the most important parts of running a modern business. Getting the right staff in place is completely crucial to the smooth running of ope...
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