How to standardise the recruitment agency

The recruitment industry is booming, with recent figures showing it hitting a record turnover of £31.5billion in 2014.

However, since the end of government licensing in 1994, the recruitment industry has been without a binding standard.

The government has ruled out any return to licensing, and it supports self-regulation. This is where Standards in Recruitment come in.  

“I believe that hirers and candidates should be entitled to the reassurance that the recruitment companies they choose to work with operate fairly, ethically and compliantly”, says Adrian Marlowe, Director of Standards in Recruitment, to Executive Grapevine.