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Recrutiment & Employment Confederation

Keeping recruiters in the know

We produce monthly tracking surveys of recruitment activity, along with in-depth reports on topics related to recruitment and employment. Join the REC and gain access to data and insight to inform your business strategy.

Monthly JobsOutlook and Report on Jobs surveys, plus local jobs market data

Annual Recruitment Industry Trends Survey - mapping the economic impact of recruitment and helping you benchmark your own business performance

Reports, workbooks and guides to inform the government's agenda on jobs and employment.

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We work with leading market research firms, business organisations and think tanks to publish research on jobs and employment. Partner with us for the opportunity to reach our audience of recruiters and external stakeholders.

JobsOutlook

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JobsOutlook - August 2020

JobsOutlook - August 2020
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JobsOutlook COVID-19 special - July 2020

JobsOutlook COVID-19 special - July 2020
JobsOutlook Members Only
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JobsOutlook - July 2020

JobsOutlook - July 2020
JobsOutlook Members Only
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JobsOutlook COVID-19 special - June 2020

JobsOutlook COVID-19 special - June 2020
JobsOutlook Members Only

Practical guides

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Diversity is good for business

Support growth by embracing best practice in recruitment
Practical guides
Research

The role of good recruitment in gender diversity

REC how-to guide on embracing best practice and promoting gender equality in the workplace.
Practical guides
Research

The Scale Up Workbook: How to lead, inspire and retain your people

The main question that this report addresses is: how can you and your business achieve scale and succeed in this highly competitive and challenging recruitment market?
Practical guides
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The Scale Up Workbook: How to deliver customer service excellence

This research builds on what we know about customer experience more generally and places it within the context of the recruitment industry. Specifically, we draw on changes in the customer experience as well as the changing consumer landscape to present ways in which the recruitment industry can respond in the next few years.
Practical guides

Recruitment insights

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Flexibility works: Why people choose flexible work

REC research on temporary agency workers, contractors and freelancers working through employment businesses.
Recruitment insights
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Perfect match: Making the right hire and the cost of getting it wrong

The main question that this report addresses is: what are the real consequences of bad hiring practices, and what steps can be taken to enable businesses to make a successful hiring decision?
Recruitment insights
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Tune in to temps: How employers and recruiters can support agency worker voice in the workplace

From this research, we have produced a set of recommendations for employment agencies and workplaces hosting agency workers. By adopting good practice in these areas, we believe that organisations can promote high engagement among agency workers and ensure that the associated benefits of productivity, innovation, commitment and well-being at work can be enjoyed by all.
Recruitment insights
Research

Gig economy: The Uberisation of work

The central sections of this report delineate the main opportunities that the gig economy holds for employers, recruiters and candidates alike. In doing so, they highlight the main concerns that need to be addressed in order to make the gig economy work to the benefit of each of its key stakeholder groups.
Recruitment insights

Industry analysis

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Recruitment Industry Trends 2018/19

Our annual report tracking the growth and impact of Britain’s world-leading recruitment sector.
Industry analysis
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Attract and retain top talent: Pay and benefits in the recruitment sector

The main question this report addresses is: how are consultants and managers rewarded in the recruitment industry and what should recruitment businesses offer to attract and retain talent?
Industry analysis
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Short-term labour for long-term growth: EU agency workers post-Brexit

The main question of this report is how the UK can ensure the sufficient supply of temporary workers to meet demand in post-Brexit Britain, particularly for those sectors that are heavily reliant on temporary workers from the EU.
Industry analysis
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Ready, willing and able?

Can the UK labour force meet demand after Brexit?
Industry analysis

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