REC Scale Up Podcast

In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, talks to Helen Tomlinson, Head of Talent Development at The Adecco Group and the UK’s first-ever Menopause Employment Champion, as appointed by the Department for Work and Pensions. Helen shares her experiences of supporting women across the recruitment industry and how, in her new role as Menopause Employment Champion, she is working with emplo...

In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, interviews Chris Fletcher, GM LSIP and Policy Director at the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. They provide an insight into how the local skills improvement plan is being implemented in the Greater Manchester area, what the local skills improvement plan enables and how it’s different from previous plans. In this episode, you’ll hear about...

In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, interviews Sarah O'Connor, Correspondent and columnist at the Financial Times. They discuss how technology, wellbeing and the impact of freedom of movement have created challenges for the workforce and employers. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The top challenges facing individual employees and businesses in today's workforce. The innovative...

In this episode Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive, interviews Dr. Fiona Aldridge, Head of Insight and Intelligence in the Economic Delivery, Skills and Communities Directorate at West Midlands Combined Authority. They discuss the biggest challenges associated with local and regional skills shortages. In this episode, you’ll hear more about: The Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) implemented by...

In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive interviews Steve Johnson, Growth Leader of Commercial Workplace Savings at Mercer Marsh. They discuss the key requirements needed by employers to retain, engage and motivate employees. In this episode, you’ll hear more about: The challenges being seen by SME businesses and the need to adapt to change, including the impact of the great resignation...

In this episode, Neil Carberry, REC Chief Executive interviews Suhail Mirza, Non Executive Director at Newcross Healthcare and a global speaker and coach on inner wellness. They discuss wellbeing in the workplace in high pressured roles, the need to step back and assess how to maintain healthy practices and how to help individuals to flourish. Tune in to hear about: * The challenges and opportunit...

In this episode, Neil Carberry interviews Samantha Beggs, our very own Campaigns and Government Relations Manager at the REC. They discuss the politics, economics and labour market drivers that will be informing Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget announcement on 15 March. In this episode, you’ll hear more about: The challenges the Chancellor will face around how to balance th...

Guest speaker: •Ed Thompson, CEO and Founder, Uptimize Our recent research in partnership with neurodivergent training experts Uptimize revealed some astonishing findings about the state of neuroinclusive recruitment in the UK. We surveyed REC members to understand the level of awareness of neuroinclusive recruitment practices within organisations. Here are some key findings: •Only 30% of recruite...

Guest speaker: •Mark Thompson, Group Head of Sales, Sonovate As we navigate ongoing skills shortages and a cost-of-living crisis, how can you ensure your business stays attractive to top talent and clients? Gone are the days where the option of work from home was seen as a "perk". So what does it take to entice highly skilled workers and remain competitive? We spoke to Mark Thompson of Sonovate on...

Guest speaker: •Kate Shoesmith, Deputy CEO, REC Our latest Recruitment Industry Status report (RISR) demonstrates the huge role recruitment and staffing firms have played in driving the recovery from the pandemic. Our industry made 22.4 million temporary / contract placements and 540,000 permanent placements in 2021. However, ongoing skills shortages presents a big challenge for our economy, and c...

Guest speaker: •Richard Skellett, Founder of Globalution Group As we approach the end of this year, there is a lot to reflect on. But it's also time to think about what our market will look like in the coming years. Our annual industry status report 2021/2022 shows the vital role the recruitment industry has played in the economic recovery, at a time when businesses underwent significant change an...

Guest speaker: •Paul Chamberlain, Partner and Head of Employment, JMW Solicitors LLP On 20 July 2022, the Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel regarding the calculation of annual leave and holiday pay for employees with irregular working patterns. We spoke to Paul Chamberlain, Partner and Head of Employment of JMW Solicitors LLP, to take us through: •...

Guest speakers •Nicola Inge, Employment & Skills Director, BITC •Hayley Tatum, Chief People and Corporate Affairs Officer from Asda Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) isn't a corporate craze that'll disappear in a few years. What can be missing is not realising the commercial benefits of being a truly diverse and inclusive organisation. Being an inclusive organisation improves your desira...

Guest speaker: •Vanessa Raath, Head Cheerleader A recruiter wears many hats during their career - from being a marketer building brands and deploying marketing strategies to source the best talent, to forging long-lasting relationships and partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders. As Global Talent Sourcing Trainer and renowned Keynote Speaker Vanessa Raath puts it "If you're going to be a re...

Guest speaker: •Adeife Onwuzulike, Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Director, Euromonitor International What does inclusion look like in your organisation? The theme for Black History Month this year is 'time for change: Action not words'. We were joined by Adeife Onwuzulike, Global Diversity Equity and Inclusion Director of Euromonitor International to talk about how recruitment businesses c...

Guest speaker: •Scarlett Allen-Horton, Founder, Harper Fox Search Partners Recruiters are in a powerful position to influence businesses on their Equality, Diversity and Inclusion positioning and advise on practical ways to deploy successful EDI strategies. We spoke to our EDI Ambassador and Founder of Harper Fox Search Partners, Scarlett Allen-Horton, to understand what it takes to drive a succes...

“We need to equip people with relationship-building skills, because when the market turns, every recruiter in town is going to have to get on the phone and do some business development, and they won't have the skills and clients won't want to talk to them.” Hear Greg Savage and Neil Carberry discuss candidate and client engagement strategies in the latest special episode of our Talking Recruitment...

Guest speaker: •Kate Headley, Director, The Clear Company, UK Government Disability & Access Ambassador for the Recruitment Industry We've got to get better at drawing people into work from some of the backgrounds where employment rates are not as high as they should be. One longstanding issue is that our disability employment rate is much lower than we'd all like it to be. What can we, as an...

Guest speaker: •Tessa Hollingworth, Managing Director - Northwest Region, Hays "The light bulb moment was I don't need to apologise, I need to prioritise, I need to delegate, and I need to communicate." Tessa Hollingworth takes us through her recruitment career and her shift to working part-time as one of the senior directors at Hays. Part-time working is no longer a taboo and by integrating facto...

The UK’s labour market is under pressure from worker shortages like never before. There is huge demand for workers and people are making choices about when and how they engage in work with a power they haven’t had until now. Download our latest report - Overcoming shortages - to learn about the economic impact of labour and skills shortages in the UK and how long-term workforce planning is the key...

Guest speaker: •Julia Kermode, Founder, IWORK Temporary workers are the backbone of the economy; yet they are at risk of exploitation. There has been some bad press recently in relation to umbrella companies who haven't been paying workers the holiday that has been accrued, and discussions on the legalities of holiday pay accruing in the first place. In this episode, Julia Kermode of IWORK talks t...

Featured speakers: • James Staniforth, Founder & Director, Sustainable Business Services • Mark Thompson, Head of Enterprise, Sonovate During the first half of this podcast (03:20 - 13:03), you'll hear James Staniforth discuss the environmental impact of recruitment and his top advice on building a sustainability strategy. The discussion will cover: • What is the environmental impact of recrui...

Guest speakers: •Fiona Barker, Cyber Account Director, Marsh Commercial •Peter Stoll, Recruitment Division Director, Marsh Commercial Most recruiters hold tens or hundreds of thousands of pieces of personal, identifiable data on candidates and hirers, and transfer millions of pounds on a daily basis into candidates' accounts. So, any loss of data due to a cybercrime such as a ransomware attack, fr...

Guest speaker: Suhail Mirza, Chairman, NED and specialist advisor to the healthcare and recruitment sectors Mental health is at last being seen as a business issue by employers, leaders as well as HR teams. There are three key factors driving this: scale, economic impact and the state of the labour market. How can we tackle this issue within our businesses? Join global wellness speaker and advisor...

Guest speaker: Thomas Prince, Co-Founder at Talent Nexus Some job boards are trying to push through some eye-watering price increases which may or may not be justified by the ROI that recruiters are getting. The changes that we're seeing are much more driven by the economics of supply and demand than by changes in technology. As recruiters relying on job boards to support your recruitment efforts,...