The recruitment industry is all about people, and if you don’t like people then our industry is not for you. Our industry and the people in it come to work everyday knowing that they can make a difference to peoples live. Getting people back to work, helping individuals find the right career path for them, making sure each individual has the best possible chance to secure their ideal job and satisfying our clients requirements is what working in recruitment is all about.

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There have been many hundreds of books and articles written about the UK’s recruitment industry and the services that it provides to the thousands of employers across hundreds of different markets and industries. Even we haven’t read all of them but we do know this. The recruitment industry and the recruitment businesses that work within it are essential to the ongoing success of a working Britain today.

Recruitment businesses are often know as Recruitment Agencies, Recruitment Consultants, Employment Agencies or Executive Search and Selection – head-hunters to you and me! However, regardless of what they call themselves they all have one simple purpose – to work for clients who have a need for people to work within their organisation. The jobs that recruitment companies are asked to fill can range from temporary positions to permanent posts, from manual workers to senior executives, but they all have one thing in common. In each and every case the recruitment company must find the right person for the right job and it is this continual challenge that makes working in our industry so fulfilling.

Recruitment companies and the teams within them find people jobs, they support them through the recruitment process, they deliver feedback and identify opportunities for continual improvement and training to ensure that every individual has the best possible chance to secure their plumjob. Not surprising then that our industry has such a positive impact on people wanting to work and clients looking for potential employees.

Key industry facts

• In 2005/2006 the UK recruitment industry achieved a record level of turnover of almost £25 billion.
• There are more than 97,000 people employed in the industry
• There are 15,000 recruitment companies currently operating in the UK
• In 2005/2006, recruitment companies successfully managed over 700,000 permanent job vacancies on behalf of their clients
• Recruitment companies are successfully managing over 1million temporary positions every week on behalf of their clients.
• So now you know about the industry as a whole, find out more about what it has to offer you.