The REC's free Legal Helpline had one of its busiest years ever in 2009 answering almost 21,000 queries from members over the 12 month period.

The Association of Executive Recruiters, the group within the REC that focuses on the executive search market, has launched a major research project to identify ‘the future of executive search.’ The report comes at an important time, when those in the industry need a clear critical evaluation of the state of the industry.

The REC and Jobcentre Plus will today be promoting the valuable role recruitment agencies play in helping jobseekers from professional or executive backgrounds back into work, at an event hosted by Jobcentre Plus at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Figures released today show that the UK economy has come out of recession with a reported growth of 0.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2009.

The REC’s latest JobsOutlook survey confirms a marked increase in awareness of the EU Agency Workers Directive (AWD) amongst employers. This latest finding underlines the need for recruitment agencies to be fully up to speed with the new regulations in order to start engaging positively with their clients.

Recent press reports have focused on new trends in selection procedures as employers look at different ways of filtering out inappropriate candidates.

Employers have given a huge boost to the recruitment industry with more than nine out of ten expressing satisfaction with the agencies they use, according to the REC's January JobsOutlook.

The final regulations for the UK implementation of the EU Agency Workers Directive (AWD) were laid before Parliament earlier today. This is an important step in an intensive eight year lobbying campaign by the REC to ensure that the potentially hugely damaging regulations are workable for the recruitment industry.

The REC has responded to the final regulations for the UK implementation of the EU Agency Workers Directive (AWD) that were laid before Parliament earlier today.

The REC is delighted to announce that it has retained the Department for Children Schools and Families’ (DCSF) contract for administering the Quality Mark scheme for a further three years.