REC Information
The REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) is the UK association for the staffing industry. Consultancies and individual consultants who are members of the REC abide by a Code of Practice and are subject to stringent membership criteria. An REC member consultancy can be recognised by their display of the REC logo in their window, on their stationery or their website. An REC member consultant will display the letters FREC, MREC or AREC after their name.
Recruitment Consultancies and CVs
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC, Formerly FRES) has an important role to play in raising recruitment industry standards through members who must adhere to a code of practice. REC members believe that candidates have a right to decide how their details or CV are put forward to clients, so have issued the following guidelines about best practice.
- Always ask the recruitment consultancy for a copy of the CV they are intending to send to clients on your behalf.
- Ask the recruitment consultancy to explain its policy on submitting your CV or details to a prospective employer. Will they always contact you before putting you forward? If you always want to be consulted before your name is put forward for a vacancy, tell the consultancy - but bear in mind that employers often put consultancies under a great deal of time pressure. To avoid missing opportunities, you will need to stay in close contact with the consultancy.
- If you are happy not to be consulted on each occasion, again tell the consultancy, but make sure you inform them in writing of any companies that you do not wish to receive your CV.
- Only allow the consultancy that first contacts you about a specific vacancy to act on your behalf. Multiple submissions by different consultancies can confuse potential employers - they do not multiply your chances for success.
- Always ask the recruitment consultancy if it is an REC member. Members of REC comply with Codes aimed at giving you a high standard of service and they are subject to REC complaints and disciplinary procedures.
Recruitment 2000 provides quality job positions in West and North Yorkshire, including Bradford, Bingley, Harrogate, Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield, Wetherby and all surrounding areas . We offer vacancies for office personnel, including data input, secretarial, PA, call centres, sales and marketing; we also have opportunities in industrial and construction fields, from bricklaying and surveying to production line work and fork lift driving as well as IT, Hospitality, Leisure and Transport posts. Apply online for any job listing, download a general application form or upload your CV and keep track of your applications by making a free account with us.
