Demand for IT staff is highest since 2001
News There was also a rise in employed workers looking for new jobs — up to 59,000 — according to the latest quarterly IT and comms sector group report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
[January 9, 2008, 7:41]
Tech-job demand bucks economic trend
News According to a survey by KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), demand seen by recruitment consultants for permanent IT and computing jobs in December fell by around 34 percent month-on-month, compared to an average drop of...
[January 9, 2009, 9:36]
Taxation changes may hit IT sector
News The UK's Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) said that while it broadly welcomes the aim of the legislation, the time frame for its introduction is too short. Rates for IT contractors could be forced up by new Treasury taxation changes...
[January 19, 2007, 8:33]
Job vacancies are on the up and up
News The findings, from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's Report on Jobs also revealed increased opportunities for temporary/contract staff. According to the report, "(Recruitment) agencies reported increased demand for all types of...
[May 8, 2002, 17:22]
IT staff face bleak outlook
News A separate report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and Deloitte & Touche also makes depressing reading for IT staff, with figures showing the computing sector as having the weakest demand for staff in June.
[July 4, 2003, 15:23]
EC proposes standardised CVs
News Marcia Roberts, external relations director of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, was sceptical about the proposal, but said it could provide an advantage as long as is only used on the initiative of job applicants.
[April 11, 2002, 12:24]
Government releases more details of UK ID Card
Blog Tom Hadley, Director of External Relations of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), said: Recruitment professionals in the front-line of the UK labour market play an increasingly pivotal role in checking the identity, background and...
[September 25, 2008, 14:00]
News Roundup: Sacking shadow haunts IT workers
News Fri, 23 Mar Permanent IT staff in seriously short supply, warns the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Struggling dot-coms haven't had it much better either, with media group Emap only the latest to scale back its online commitments and cut...
[April 3, 2001, 9:49]
Demand for IT jobs falls in UK
News The demand for IT staff in the UK has fallen sharply since 2007, according to a report commissioned by KPMG and the Recruitment & Employment Confederation. Demand for permanent UK IT and computing staff in March 2009 was pegged at 31.9, indicating...
[April 8, 2009, 15:10]
