Neil Pickstone, co-founder, Volcanic

The Complete Top Biller course is recruitment’s version of Tough Mudder

Metro Bank is undergoing an aggressive store expansion plan

Artificial intelligence is increasingly streamlining the labour-intensive recruitment process

Group CTO Mark Ridley admits recruitment difficulties in hiring Moodle developers, but found success by enabling remote working practises

Some employers think cashiers (mostly women) should be paid less than warehouse and distribution staff (mostly men)

Standard procedures of CV’s and application forms are being placed on the back burner by some firms in favour of unusual recruitment methods

The government’s new Work and Health Programme to help disabled people into employment started in north west England and Wales

Recipients of Universal Credit full service who are self-employed can now receive business mentoring if their earnings are low

This was regardless of the sector, age of the students or the location of the employer