The REC has announced a new course designed to deal with candidates lacking in skills.

The course offers strategies to tackle the reasons behind candidates and a skills dearth. It gives tips on addressing the candidate bank, tracking their progress, pre-selection and advice on how to deal with positive rejection.

Judith Armatage, the REC’s director of professional development, said: “We have designed this course in response to members’ feedback about their experiences with candidates, or a lack of them. The focus of this course therefore will be to gain and retain candidates through providing an exemplary service.”