Membership of REC

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is the trade body that supports and represents the recruitment industry.  Worth £24.5 billion to the UK economy, the recruitment industry is responsible for placing 1.2 million temporary workers on assignment each week and placing over 700,000 employees in permanent work each year.
Recruitment impacts on every sector of the UK economy.

The REC's membership is made up of over 8,000 recruitment agencies and businesses (corporate members) and 6,000 recruitment professionals (individual members).

This dynamic industry impacts on every sector of the UK economy and virtually every aspect of life – from education to nursing and elderly-care through to engineering, driving, industrial workers and everything in between.

REC's core mission is to improve recruitment and the operating environment for recruitment throughout the UK.

Standards
REC Members are expected to meet a rigorous Code of Practice in their work and will be subject to the REC complaints and disciplinary procedures if they fail to meet this standard.
Looking for a REC member is the surest way for an employer or jobseeker to know that their agency is independently validated.

Lobbying and Policy Work
REC engages in regular dialogue with leaders of National and European government and with key stakeholders in both industry and the media.  REC’s goal is to influence the formation of policies, regulations and legislation that will both protect the rights and needs of the UK workforce while ensuring that the UK is able to maintain and build upon the flexible, growth-oriented employment policy that has given them one of the most successful economies and lowest unemployment rates in all of Europe.
Membership of the REC is available on a corporate or individual basis.
Corporate Membership (CM) gives recruitment companies the advantage in this competitive industry.  Through advice and support, representation to UK and EU governments, a wide range of services and benefits, and promotional tools including the REC logo, businesses will always be one step ahead of their competitors.
Individual Membership (IM) provides professional recruiters with a package to increase personal and professional knowledge, status and skills.  IM ensures that clients and candidates recognise the professionalism and commitment to best practice of the very best in the industry.
REC offers a variety of publications, events and resources.  Such as networking opportunities with fellow members, training, seminars, conferences (including discounted entry to these) each year, RECruitment Matters magazine (a monthly publication with essential current industry information), a Legal Reference Guide and REC members legal helpline (to help you and us understand, advise and act on every changing employment legislation).

Abenefit2u corporate membership of REC provides you, as an employer/employee, assurance that our consultants are adhering to professional codes of practice at all times.  That staff are provided with training and, at the appropriate time in their career, given time to study and achieve recognised professional qualifications (the Certificate and Diploma in Recruitment Practice).

If you would like further information on REC please:

Consent to provide data and link to REC official website provided by:
February 2008, Kirsty Magowan,
February 2010, Laleh Jackson (update)