Recruitment in UK SMEs: What’s Changed and What Needs to Change | Ben Beveridge, hireful

n this episode of The People Podcast, Naseer Mohammed, founder of Ethos of HR, is joined by Ben Beveridge from hireful to discuss the current state of recruitment in the UK—focusing on SMEs and growing organisations.The conversation explores the key challenges organisations are facing today, from changing candidate expectations to unstructured hiring processes, and what it really takes to build an effective recruitment strategy.The episode also looks at the role of technology in recruitment, and how the right systems can support organisations in creating more consistent, efficient, and scalable hiring processes.Whether you’re a business leader or HR professional, this episode provides practical insights into how to approach recruitment more strategically in a changing market.