The REC has previously updated you on the changes made to the Disclosure Barring Service on 17 June which mean that criminal record certificates are now only sent to the applicant. This will mean that in time, the need to use the old portability process will be phased out,...

What is the strangest thing your boss has asked you to do?  Spy on senior management?  Work on her daughter’s science project?  How about loan him money?  Nearly three-in-ten workers (28 per cent) reported that their bosses have asked them to perform tasks that are not related to their...

A survey of 200 employers has found that the government has failed to win their support for the coalition’s flagship policy for tackling youth unemployment, the Youth Contract. None of the employers polled by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) had used the programme to employ a young person...

UK workers are shunning social media when applying for jobs because they do not think their profile will be taken seriously by prospective employers, a new survey by hyphen, has found. The poll of 1,000 workers shows that the number of professionals that use social media to apply for...

There is widespread support for performance-based pay in the UK with almost a third of workers already on results-based pay arrangements, and many others saying they would become more productive at work if they were. 30 per cent of UK workers have their pay tied to some form of...

Employers value individuals who are committed to professional standards and development according to BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT. David Evans, Director of Membership at the Institute explains further: “Our experience of working with employers, small and large, is that they want to hire and retain individuals who are...

The number of job vacancies in the UK held steady at 460,493 in May but only because employers are keeping a lid on wages and hiring at low salary levels, according to the latest UK Employment Market Report from Adzuna. UK job vacancies in May stabilise at 460,493, down...

Six out of 10 employers plan to take on more permanent workers in the next three months, according to the latest JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). Despite slight dips in some indicators since last month, the majority of bosses foresee growth in their permanent workforce...

The REC has been informed by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) that the tender for the Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Services Framework Agreement has been launched via the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). The OJEU notice is available and the tender documents are available on...

Web browser bookmarks assist with navigation and remembering pages, whereas social bookmarking lets one post pages to a public domain and tag them with keywords. This helps others to locate the sites when looking for subject matter relative to the keywords. This can produce traffic for pages, where if...

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) has welcomed a government review into how zero hours contracts are being used by employers in the UK. Zero hours contracts have been criticised by some because they allow employers to put workers on standby without a guaranteed minimum number of hours or pay. Last week...

Many people, at some point in their working lives, have to have a difficult conversation with someone. It might be about a performance issue or something more personal. It can be with a peer, a subordinate or indeed a boss. Very often people are anxious about having this conversation....

The CBI today commented on the latest official labour market data, showing that employment rose by 24,000 and unemployment fell by 5,000 in the three months to April, and total pay rose by 1.3{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}. Neil Carberry, CBI Director for Employment and Skills, said: “It’s encouraging to see businesses feel...

Numbers of permanent and temporary roles advertised during the end of quarter one were significantly up according to data from Adecco. The figures show that the Banking and Insurance sector was the key benefactor, with an impressive 32{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e} rise in advertised vacancies. Sales (+25{6060b2de664e4eaa3e7b7e86961ce2c4bbd7a29b6c1097abf8257a4e5b07383e}) and Marketing, Advertising and PR...

Members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and Institute of Recruitment Professionals (IRP) voted online, via post and in person at today’s AGM to elect nine new directors to the REC’s council. The new corporate directors who join the REC council following today’s election are: • Jeanette Barrowcliffe, Meridian...