Recruitment trade bodies answer IOR fee freeze call
6 December 2012
Recruitment industry trade bodies are broadly on course to avoid membership fee rises for 2013, Recruiter can reveal, on the day the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) called for “other recruitment bodies to reconsider their 2013 fee increases”.
Thu, 6 Dec 2012
Recruitment industry trade bodies are broadly on course to avoid membership fee rises for 2013, Recruiter can reveal, on the day the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) called for “other recruitment bodies to reconsider their 2013 fee increases”.
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), The Employment Agents Movement (TEAM) and the Recruitment Society all tell Recruiter there will be no fee hikes, while the Independent Recruiting Group (IRG) said it would remain free to join. The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) director Marilyn Davidson said it would see “just the normal inflationary increase, nothing else”.An IOR spokesperson said it understood from some of its own members that the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) was raising fees – and the REC confirmed that for the majority of members, membership fees would go up by £80.
In a media statement, IOR director general Azmat Mohammed says: “Businesses need support from industry bodies in these tough times and we want to help recruiters by freezing all IOR membership prices while ensuring we provide the same excellent service but at no extra cost. Mr Osborne warned there are no miracle cures for the economy as he admitted austerity will now have to last longer than previously predicted. We all need to play our part and I strongly urge other recruitment bodies to reconsider their 2013 price increases.”
A spokesperson for the REC comments: “Band I members, who are the majority of REC Members, will see their membership go up by just £80 per year or a little over £20 per quarter by quarterly direct debit. What a member receives in return for the rise in their annual membership fee… has a value of £1,200.”
The spokesperson also told Recruiter that this was part of a “brand new membership offering for 2013”, and that “every penny the REC receives from members is reinvested to provide services and support for members”.
ARC chair Adrian Marlowe tells Recruiter: “The service we provide our members is very good value and we don’t see any need to change that,” while TEAM membership director Trisha Roberts said it has held fees at the same level since 2008, “mindful of the current [economic] conditions”.
Davidson at APSCo also noted that the inflationary rise was in line with what the body had done in previous years.
The Recruitment Society's outgoing chairman Steve Huxham confirmed that membership fees would be frozen for 2013 at both individual and corporate level.
The IRG’s founder and chairman Sean O’Donoghue says in an email to Recruiter that his organisation, open only to SME agencies, not large firms, will “NEVER” charge membership. He adds: “It will be interesting to see how the others compare – aside from qualifications, we can pretty much offer everything else that the trade bodies do, and more.”
See Recruiter’s August article ‘Recruitment body pay mirrors other sectors’ for a breakdown of the directors pay, membership fees and membership levels of the major UK recruitment industry bodies.
Recruitment industry trade bodies are broadly on course to avoid membership fee rises for 2013, Recruiter can reveal, on the day the Institute of Recruiters (IOR) called for “other recruitment bodies to reconsider their 2013 fee increases”.
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC), The Employment Agents Movement (TEAM) and the Recruitment Society all tell Recruiter there will be no fee hikes, while the Independent Recruiting Group (IRG) said it would remain free to join. The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) director Marilyn Davidson said it would see “just the normal inflationary increase, nothing else”.An IOR spokesperson said it understood from some of its own members that the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) was raising fees – and the REC confirmed that for the majority of members, membership fees would go up by £80.
In a media statement, IOR director general Azmat Mohammed says: “Businesses need support from industry bodies in these tough times and we want to help recruiters by freezing all IOR membership prices while ensuring we provide the same excellent service but at no extra cost. Mr Osborne warned there are no miracle cures for the economy as he admitted austerity will now have to last longer than previously predicted. We all need to play our part and I strongly urge other recruitment bodies to reconsider their 2013 price increases.”
A spokesperson for the REC comments: “Band I members, who are the majority of REC Members, will see their membership go up by just £80 per year or a little over £20 per quarter by quarterly direct debit. What a member receives in return for the rise in their annual membership fee… has a value of £1,200.”
The spokesperson also told Recruiter that this was part of a “brand new membership offering for 2013”, and that “every penny the REC receives from members is reinvested to provide services and support for members”.
ARC chair Adrian Marlowe tells Recruiter: “The service we provide our members is very good value and we don’t see any need to change that,” while TEAM membership director Trisha Roberts said it has held fees at the same level since 2008, “mindful of the current [economic] conditions”.
Davidson at APSCo also noted that the inflationary rise was in line with what the body had done in previous years.
The Recruitment Society's outgoing chairman Steve Huxham confirmed that membership fees would be frozen for 2013 at both individual and corporate level.
The IRG’s founder and chairman Sean O’Donoghue says in an email to Recruiter that his organisation, open only to SME agencies, not large firms, will “NEVER” charge membership. He adds: “It will be interesting to see how the others compare – aside from qualifications, we can pretty much offer everything else that the trade bodies do, and more.”
See Recruiter’s August article ‘Recruitment body pay mirrors other sectors’ for a breakdown of the directors pay, membership fees and membership levels of the major UK recruitment industry bodies.
