2025 in Review: What This Year’s Hiring Trends Mean for 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, one thing is clear.Hiring in the UK has changed permanently. This year was not about short term disruption.It confirmed long term shifts in how organisations hire and how recruiters work. The businesses and recruiters who thrive in 2026 will be the ones who paid attention. Let’s look at what […]
The Hidden Cost of Bad Hiring — And How Independent Recruiters Reduce Risk
A bad hire costs far more than salary 💸Yet many businesses still underestimate the true impact. In the UK, the cost of a bad hire often shows up quietly — long before it appears on a balance sheet. It affects 👇📉 productivity😟 team morale⏳ management time🤝 customer experience📊 overall business momentum And once the damage […]
Recruiter Income vs Agency Pay: What Independence Really Pays
Recruiter income in the UK is often harder to understand than it should be 🤯Agency pay structures are complex by design — and rarely transparent. Commission thresholds.Shifting tiers.Quarterly resets.Bonuses that look good on paper but feel different in reality. Independence simplifies the equation 👇 ➡ You generate value➡ You keep far more of it And […]
The Real Reason Recruiters Burn Out — And How to Fix It
Recruiter burnout is becoming one of the biggest issues in the UK recruitment industry 🧠But here’s the truth many people miss 👇 Recruiters do not burn out because of recruitment itself.They burn out because of the environment they are asked to perform in. Burnout is rarely about workload alone.It is about friction ⚠️ What Actually […]
New Year, New Career: Is 2026 the Year You Go Independent?
The period between Christmas and New Year is when career decisions quietly take shape ❄️No pressure.No announcements.Just reflection 🤍 If you are a recruiter feeling capped, constrained, or simply ready for something different, this space between years often brings one clear thought 💭“Is there another way to do this?” For many experienced recruiters across the […]
Boxing Day Reflection: Why More Recruiters Are Choosing Freedom
Boxing Day is often the first truly quiet day recruiters have had in months ❄️No inbox chaos 📥No meetings 🗓️No targets being chased 📊 And in that quiet space, a familiar question appears 🤍“Is this really how I want to work?” For many recruiters, Boxing Day is not just a pause.It is a moment of […]
Merry Christmas from Jiggle — Why Recruitment Should Feel Better
Christmas gives us a rare moment to pause 🎁And for many people in recruitment, that pause brings clarity. The recruitment industry is full of talented, driven people 💼Yet too many recruiters finish the year feeling exhausted, frustrated or questioning whether they want to stay. At Jiggle, we believe recruitment culture in the UK should feel […]
A More Human Approach to Recruitment in 2026
Recruitment has always been about people ❤️Yet somewhere along the way, the industry forgot that. For many recruiters and businesses, recruitment has become overly transactional.Too focused on volume, speed and targets.Too little emphasis on relationships, judgement and long term outcomes. As we look ahead to 2026 🔮A clear shift is happening. More organisations and more […]