Recruitment

New and updated

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  Editor's choice

  Coming soon

  Updated to give details on how to register for our upcoming webinars on AI in the workplace. 

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  Editor's choice

  Take part in our recruitment and workforce planning survey

  The latest Brightmine survey on recruitment and workforce planning is now open!

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  How to

  How to apply for a sponsor licence

  Updated to reflect that restrictions on recouping sponsorship costs extend to other routes, including global business mobility, from 9 April 2025. 

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  Economic data

  Recruitment

  Updated to include data for March 2025 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from the KPMG and REC UK Report on Jobs compiled by S&P Global in association with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). 

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  Employment law guide

  Immigration rules and right to work

  Updated to reflect changes to the calculation of salary thresholds for skilled workers, and the extension of prohibitions on the recoupment of certain sponsorship costs, effective 9 April 2025.

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  Letters and forms

  Recommended documentation for sponsored migrants checklist

  Updated to refer to biometric immigration documents (previously biometric residence permits).

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  How to

  How to make a final recruitment selection decision

  Reviewed and enhanced to focus on practical, step-by-step guidance for HR.

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  How to

  How to shortlist job candidates

  Reviewed and enhanced to focus on practical, step-by-step guidance for HR.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter asking job applicant to provide evidence of right to work in UK

  Updated to reflect changes to government guidance clarifying that clipped passports are cancelled documents and not acceptable as proof of the right to work.

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  Quick reference

  Documentation acceptable as proof of right to work in the UK - indefinite right to work in the UK (list A)

  Updated to reflect changes to government guidance clarifying that clipped passports are cancelled documents and not acceptable as proof of the right to work.