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‘EXCLUSIVE REC/IoD COURSE FOR RECRUITMENT LEADERS

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is joining forces again with the Institute of Directors (IoD) in offering an exclusive course for strategic recruitment leaders.

The programme, which starts in October, is the continuation of the new collaboration between the REC and IoD in providing courses – the Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction - designed to enable senior recruitment industry professionals to gain skills and accreditation alongside qualifications within their own respective field.

A total of 12 directors from small and medium sized agencies, representing the IT, care, telecoms, security and accountancy sectors of recruitment, embarked on the first course in April this year.

Benefiting from the REC’s thorough knowledge of the recruitment industry aligned with the IoD’s many years’ experience of director development, the course programme is designed to cover the key areas in which leaders need to excel as well as explore fundamental differences between management and direction.

The Certificate comprises four courses covering the role of the company director and board; the director and the law; strategic business direction and finance.

Once participants have completed the Certificate in Company Direction, they can continue studying for the Diploma and then finally for the professional qualification of Chartered Director.

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Judith Armatage, the REC’s Director of Professional Development explained the course was a particularly useful tool for board level members to gain a greater understanding of the responsibilities and duties of their members.

Judith, who is one of the current course delegates, said: “This is a real opportunity for directors to become aware of both the current climate within the recruitment industry and the need to continue raising the professional standards within it.

“The REC is committed to ensuring those standards are constantly monitored and met, and the course covers the disciplines and strategies which will be needed to reach these prescribed targets.

“Our ethos within the REC is that personal development is our own individual responsibility and no matter how senior a member of staff may be within an organisation, learning remains a positive tool towards achieving goals,” Judith added.

Karen Bayless, Head of the IoD Board Development Service, said: “We are delighted to be working with the REC and look forward to welcoming many more of their members on the next joint Certificate programme.”

For further information about the REC/IoD Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction, please contact Judith Armatage on 020 7009 2173, email: judith.armatage@rec.uk.com.

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For further information, please contact Alison Henderson, Press Manager, the REC, 020 7009 2157.

NOTES TO EDITORS:
The REC is the association for the £24.5 billion private recruitment and staffing industry in the UK, with over 8,000 recruitment agencies and over 5,500 recruitment consultants in membership. All members must abide by a Code of Professional Practice.

There are 1.2 million temporary workers registered with UK agencies, and up to 1 million temps are deployed in industry, commerce and the public services every day. Temps, from professionally qualified and highly skilled workers to first time market entrants and returners, are a valuable and flexible component of the UK labour market.

The REC is able to speak on all aspects of the labour market, from employment legislation and workplace issues, to skills shortages, implications for the economy of changes in employment levels and the benefits of temporary work.

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