The REC Technology sector group has today confirmed Paul Fryer, Field Enablement Leader for IBM UK and Ireland will be its guest speaker at its upcoming summer dinner.
Paul will be the first guest speaker at the REC Technology Annual Summer Dinner, taking place this year at London’s Groucho Club on July 22, and will talk [...]
The demand and supply for ICT labour and skills has increased for another quarter according to the latest Technology Demand and Supply report, published today by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Technology Sector Group.
Demand for ICT labour has increased by four per cent and for skills by ten per cent while supply of staff [...]
The appointment of Philip Clarke as the new Chief Executive Officer of Tesco highlights the increasing importance of Technology as the main engine for future business growth according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) Technology sector group.
In his new role starting next year when he takes over from Sir Terry Leahy, Mr Clarke, the [...]
The REC Technology sector group is now the dominant force in IT & Telecoms recruitment with over 400 recruitment firms in membership.
Following a successful renewals period, REC Technology saw its membership grow from 160 to 406 members, a testament to a successful 2009 which saw the group deliver for its members during the downturn. It [...]
The Treasury has announced a package of cuts amounting to £6.2 billion worth of savings from the public sector budget.
Included in these measures is a £95 million saving to be made through a reduction in IT spending, £120 million saving to be made through a civil service recruitment freeze and £1.2 billion from local government.
Commenting [...]
Advances in new technologies such as mobile communications, social media recruiting and outsourcing will radically change the way recruitment is carried out over the next few years.
This is the conclusion of a major groundbreaking report, Technology 2020, published today by our group. The report, examines the future of technology. To do this, it has drawn [...]
The latest figures for Technology recruitment in the public sector in 2010, predict a sharp decline across both central and local government as budgets are squeezed even tighter.
According to the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm) annual report on IT spending, local authority expenditure on IT staff will decrease by 10 percent in 2010, with [...]
It is great to see our sector enjoying real growth in jobs – both permanent and contract – as outlined within the latest report on Jobs by the REC, published today.
You will recall that we saw increases in jobs advertised in our last e-skills report for Q3, 2009 and this has converted into jobs/placements in [...]
Already more than a month ago, I was delighted to be asked along to the REC Technology General Meeting in September. Although my attendance at the event was mainly to offer my views as part of a panel discussion, I was pleased to experience most of the morning presentations and discussions. Most importantly it gave [...]