What fees do recruitment consultants charge? There are over 40,000 recruitment consultants working in the UK at this present time. I recently read an article where it said that the recruitment market in the UK is one of the most developed in the world, with other companies less likely to use agencies for permanent work than companies in the UK. Agencies cover just about every walk of life, be it a librarian, a lorry driver, shop assistant or even a solicitor. The reason they have sprung up in such numbers is because of the tax advantages of using one. The entire bill is tax deductible and it means that advertising, time spent dealing with applications by staff, administration costs can all be factored into one fee by handing over assignments to recruitment agencies. Obviously there are good, bad and horrible recruitment agencies, and some truly dreadful ones. The whole industry has a trade body called the Recruitment Employers Confederation (REC) and there are a couple of smaller ...
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