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Recruitment

New and updated

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Assessment centres: Why use an assessment centre?

    Enhanced by creating six separate guides on assessment centres, to help you find the guidance you need. This initial guide explores what an assessment centre involves, when it is appropriate to use one and the business benefits of doing so. 

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Assessment centres: Key roles in developing and operating assessment centres

    Leading practice guidance discussing the key roles involved in designing and hosting assessment centres, as well as the training organisations will need to provide to develop the internal expertise to run assessment centres.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Assessment centres: Making a selection decision

    Leading practice guidance discussing the process of making a final selection decision following the completion of an assessment centre.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Assessment centres: Providing feedback to candidates

    Leading practice guidance discussing how to provide meaningful feedback to candidates who have completed an assessment centre.

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Assessment centres: Evaluation

    Leading practice guidance discussing how organisations can evaluate whether assessment centres are achieving the desired outcomes.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Recommended documentation for sponsored migrants checklist

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

  • Type:
    How to

    How to make a final recruitment selection decision

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

  • Type:
    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.

  • Date:
    4 February 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: The criminally overlooked potential of ex-offenders in the workforce

    A significant proportion of the population have criminal records. So what are the legal requirements when thinking about recruiting someone with a spent or unspent conviction? And are employers that shy away from engaging with ex-offenders failing to make use of a valuable resource and even damaging their organisations? Debbie Sadler of Unlock and Brightmine senior legal editor Laura Merrylees join the podcast to discuss these questions.

  • Date:
    22 November 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employing overseas workers: 15 commonly asked questions

    Major changes to the UK's immigration rules affecting the requirements for sponsoring overseas skilled workers came into force earlier this year. What impact do these changes have on employers, and will hiring overseas workers, including right to work obligations, continue to become more challenging? We answer 15 of the most commonly asked questions.