In a recent survey conducted by TipTopJob.com, it was found that 40% of UK citizens could last 6 months or more on their savings if they were to lose their job. On the other hand, in the UK, the same number (40%) couldn’t last more than a month. The...

With an increasing demand for creative and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) technicians, the need for young people to have a better understanding of technology has quickly intensified. Recent evidence by the Centre for Economics and Business Research predicted that significant economic growth will stem from the UK’s...

The REC has today announced a new business partnership with social media specialists Social Talent to provide internet recruitment training to REC members. Social Talent are Europe’s leading provider of social media training specific to the recruitment and staffing industry. To date they have trained over 4,000 recruiters from both...

Not a week goes by without a story about youth employment and young people struggling to access to the jobs market hitting the headlines. This is a catastrophic state of affairs for our economy.  As REC’s Youth Employment Taskforce found, recruiters have a key role to play and can...

Vodafone UK, one of the largest employers in West Berkshire and one of the biggest employers in the telecoms sector, today announces that it is to recruit 400 graduates over the next five years. Due to the popularity of Vodafone’s graduate programme, the scheme has now been extended from...