REC Scale Up Podcast

Featured speaker: Lorraine Laryea, Recruitment Standards Director, REC In our first Talking Recruitment podcast of 2021, Neil Carberry is joined by REC's new Recruitment Standards Director Lorraine Laryea to discuss the current hot topics in recruitment - Brexit and COVID-19. Lorraine provides clarity on some of the most frequently asked questions by REC members related to: •Brexit and Data Protec...

In the episode Neil Carberry on giving evidence to the APPG on loan charges for their work on understanding the role of Umbrella companies. "The government need to look at how Umbrellas should be regulated and create a fair and ethical playing field." "We have a really robust industry and this is reflected in the 2019/2020 UK recruitment industry status report. The total industry GVA in 2019 is up...

"Pre-pandemic, only 15% of job vacancies were able to reference any form of flexible working in the job vacancy. What we found [post-pandemic] is that the increase has been minimal. It's now 22% of job vacancies in the UK over this year on aggregate are now showing that it's possible to work flexibly from the point of hire." As a recruiter, how do you approach conversations about flexible working...

"It's not just what we can do during global pandemics, but how we handle life in general." Anthony Gruppo, CEO of Marsh Commercial. This has been a unique year. Next year will come with its own share of challenges for new and established leaders. But the key thing that'll determine how you come out of the other end is resilience. Anthony is a visionary and thinker around leadership issues as well...

How can businesses facilitate the transition for candidates in a post-COVID-19 world? How can the employability and recruitment sectors work together to benefit job seekers? We were joined by Tony Carr, Director of 4front partners, and Jo Ingold, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Faculty of Business & Law of Deakin University, to share expert findings from their research on employabil...

"I think there'll be a need to plan for some connection that is more social, more human - on both sides - as we go through the journey of attraction and onboarding." Tech has changed the way we connect with our employees, but also how we build new relationships with future talent. Hear Jayne Haines, Senior Vice President, Talent Leadership and Organisation Development of GSK discuss how they have...