MANDEVILLE GAINS REC ACCREDITATION TO RUN IN-HOUSE TRAINING

Recruitment specialist, the Mandeville Group, has gained accreditation to run in-house professional training programmes that will lead to national qualifications provided by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

Mandeville, which has offices near Maidenhead and in Manchester, can now run core skills training programmes for their consultants that form part of the REC's Certificate in Recruitment Practice.

To attain the accreditation, Mandeville submitted details of their consultants' training programme to the REC, which conducted an audit against the content and syllabus of the Certificate in Recruitment Practice.

The qualification is currently held by more than 15,000 recruiters across the UK, with another 3,000 joining annually. Those holding the Certificate are eligible to use the letters CertRP to show their qualified status.

The REC's Certificate in Recruitment Practice is the first stage in a four step qualification framework available to recruiters. The Diploma - equivalent to Year One of a Degree in Recruitment Practice - started last autumn and gives students credits which they can use towards the degree.

As a result of an expansion of the qualification programmes the REC now offers, opportunities now exist for recruiters to study from Certificate to Diploma to BA and an MA in Recruitment Practice.

"Mandeville is delighted to be part of the REC Accredited Scheme as it marks yet another clear step in our process of increased professionalisation-through-training," said Sonia Blake, Head of Training at Mandeville.

Judith Armatage, the REC's Director of Professional Development, said: "I am thrilled that Mandeville has joined the Accredited Scheme which leads to the Certificate in Recruitment Practice. Its training programme is comprehensive and truly embeds the core values and culture of the organisation.

"I am looking forward to welcoming Mandeville's consultants to the rapidly growing group of Qualified Recruiters. The growing number of recruiters who are choosing to become professionally qualified is a clear message to users of staffing services that this is a maturing industry that is taking standards very seriously."

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

Notes for Editors:
About the REC

The REC is the association for the £26.6 billion private recruitment and staffing industry in the UK, with over 8,000 corporate businesses and more than 5,500 recruitment consultants in membership. All members must abide by a Code of Professional Practice.

The REC offers an extensive range of professional training programmes ranging from the Certificate in Recruitment Practice to an MA, run in conjunction with the University of Middlesex's Business School. It also provides a range of day-long courses for recruiters held at centres throughout the UK. For more details, visit the website www.rec.uk.com or call 020 7009 2113.

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.

About the Mandeville Group:

Mandeville Recruitment Group provides temporary and permanent staff via five sector-specialist divisions: Sales, Building Services, Retail Management, IT and Hospitality Management. In addition, Mandeville has a pan-European Headhunting operation sourcing staff for senior and specialist appointments.

The company's first year of trading was 1993. In 2005, it was acquired by the publicly-quoted Vedior Group, the world's third largest recruitment group.

For further details visit www.mandevillegroup.co.uk or call David Riley on 01628-547900.

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