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‘REC APPOINTS NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERThe Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is delighted to announce that it has appointed Marcia Roberts as Chief Executive, the third since its inception.
After conducting an internal review of both the role and the experience required, the Board unanimously agreed that Marcia, who is the current Deputy Chief Executive was the ideal person for this prestigious and challenging role.
Marcia will be the first CEO of REC who has experience of being both a recruiter and a purchaser of recruitment services. In addition, Marcia has 10 years' experience at a senior level of managing membership organisations. Marcia is a well known and respected industry figure and will be welcomed by members and key stakeholders who already hold her in high regard.
Richard Barfield, Chairman of REC, said:
“After due process, the Board knew that it need look no further to find the person who can take REC to the next level of its development. Marcia has been with REC for over five years, firstly as Director of External Relations, where she revolutionised the industry's reputation with Government. For the last three years Marcia has been the Deputy CEO where she has done an outstanding job.
“It is an exciting time for the REC. There is the need to continue to grow the REC, the need to raise industry standards, a need to defend the ever present threat of more regulation and the need for the trade association to have a strong ambassador at its helm - Marcia is perfectly equipped to deliver these objectives and the board looks forward to working with her as CEO.'”
Marcia Roberts said:
“I am both delighted and honoured to accept this role. The REC has strong foundations upon which to build but there is so much more to do. We need to build the REC as a strong brand with our clients and job seekers. We must do more to deliver timely and valued services and we must continue to maintain a high industry profile.
In particular, we must engage members in the standards debate and set an appropriate threshold for corporate membership. The recruitment industry has grown from strength to strength and it is REC's role to create the best possible environment in which our members can do business.
I am lucky to have a representative board and a first class management team to help me in the task ahead. Furthermore, the REC can call upon thousands of active REC members to support us in our goals. It is always enjoyable to work within a passionate and committed sector and I can think of no other industry sector that I would rather work for or believe in more strongly. We have big ambitions and it is my job to make those a reality.'“
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For more information, contact the REC Press Office, 0845 3700655 or Alison Henderson, Press Manager, the REC, 020 7009 2157.
Photographs of Marcia are available on request.
Biography of Marcia Roberts BA MA MBA FCIPD FREC
Marcia has an MA from York University and an MBA from the Open University. Marcia started her career as the HR Manager for Portasilo Ltd (part of the Shepherd Building Group) engaging in all aspects of HR. She then embarked on a career as a graduate recruiter for BT's Group Headquarters. This was followed by five years in local government advising on all aspects of HR and employment policy. Marcia then worked as Director of Professional Services for the Association of Colleges where she led national negotiations on pay and changed terms and conditions for the sector. She lobbied the government, advised extensively on employment policy and was spokesperson for the education media, along with setting up the profit making subsidiary company which was involved with executive recruitment, training and conference organising.
After taking a career break upon completing her MBA, Marcia joined the Recruitment and Employment Confederation as Director of External Relations where she represents the recruitment industry to Brussels, Westminster and Whitehall, advises on employment policy and manages the standards function at REC. She was then promoted to Deputy Chief Executive and managed the REC on operational basis.
She has sat on various government working parties including: The Good Governance Working Party of the Further Education Funding Council which produced advice for FE governors (1993/4); A user panel for the Criminal Records Bureau (1992-4); The Illegal Workers Working Party at the Home Office which looked at revising Section 8 of the Asylum and Immigration Act (1993); and currently sits on the Shadow Gangmasters’ Licensing Authority and the Ethnic Minority Advisory Group. Marcia is a key football fan, in particular of Gianluca Vialli and Chelsea Football Club.
20.09.06
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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