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Is AI the future of Recruitment?
21/09/2025UK Recruitment Trends 2025: How AI is Solving Critical Skills Shortages
Key Takeaways UK unemployment at 4.6% in 2025, with job vacancies 20% below pre-pandemic levels Construction industry faces 250,000 worker shortage by 2028 41% of UK recruit…
Newcastle Inflatable 5K Race
20/08/2025Linear Recruitment's First Charity Event of 2025Saturday 16th August saw a team of 12 take part in the Inflatable 5k race in Newcastle, trying to raise money for our two nominated charities; Weston Park Cancer Charity and Young Minds.We had a grea…
Sheffield S6 Foodbank Volunteering
19/08/2025Linear Recruitment Volunteering at Sheffield S6 FoodbankThursday 14th August saw a team from Linear complete their first volunteering day at Sheffield S6 Foodbank. They provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local…
Linear's latest newsletter
24/07/2025Gareth Tomkins' 6 month Company UpdateAlthough the first half of the year has again been challenging, I am pleased to say we have had a better start to the year than we did in 2024. The year has been sluggish, but as we move into the summer mont…
Quarter 2 Star of the Quarter
18/07/2025Quarter 2 Star of the Quarter
Well done to Marc Cameron who has won our Star of the Quarter for Quarter 2!
Marc works in our consistently successful Trades and Labour team in our Newcastle office and has a sterling first six months; not only has…
Strata Charity Football Tournament
14/07/2025On Friday Team Linear took part in a charity football tournament organised by Strata to raise money for Roundabout Ltd, a youth homeless charity on South Yorkshire providing support, shelter & life skills to young people aged 16-25.
Consisting of A…
Gareth Tomkins Summer 2025 Update
09/07/2025Gareth Tomkins's 6 month Review: July 2025
Although the first half of the year has again been challenging, I am pleased to say we have had a better start to the year than we did in 2024. The year has been sluggish, but as we move into the summer m…
Giving Back: Linear's Volunteering Days
07/07/2025At Linear we understand the importance of social responsibility and the role that we can play in adding social value, and we're looking at ways that we can give back - to our employees, our candidates and clients and our community.
One of the aspe…
Compliance & Accreditations
09/06/2025Linear prides itself on our compliance process and operates to the highest of standards possible. Over the past two decades we have passed numerous external audits and have a 100% pass rate. We hold all necessary compliance to operate in every one o…
Construction Industry Performance, Salary and Job Satisfaction Report
04/06/2025Construction Industry Performance, Salary and Job Satisfaction Report(You can also download this report as a pdf - click here)
Our latest Construction Industry performance and salary analysis contains data on how salaries are holding up in thecon…
Ash Kelly Promotion
01/06/2025We are delighted to announce that Ash Kelly has been promoted to Senior Recruitment Consultant within our Sheffield Construction Team! Due to his performance and more importantly, his hard work, activity levels, and how he has supported his colleagu…
Working with a Recruitment Agency: How it can save your Business time and money
08/05/2025What is happening with the UK labour market? What trends are we seeing?
We’ve seen several changes in the UK economy and labour marketplace over the last couple of years; the effects of Brexit, changes in Government leadership, National Minimum Wa…