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Momentum is gathering around the recruiter accreditation scheme, with draft frameworks taking shape and a drive to put training at its heart.
The next stage is a professional consultation with all stakeholders to ensure that the working group is focusing on the right issues. This stage is massively important for many reasons but especially to understand what sort of buy-in the scheme may get, and an opportunity for people to propose appropriate amendments or new suggestions.
Market research workers are notoriously bad at actually taking part in research but we cannot stress enough the importance of getting feedback on the proposed scheme. So when the outline and attached feedback form pass over your desk, please do give it some attention.
As a quick reminder, the vision is that recruiters should have a qualification (RAS) which means that they are trained to undertake recruitment to meet ISO, IQCS and MRS standards. It is agreed that the MRS should design a qualification, in consultation with the sector, and become the accrediting body. Watch this space!
Julie Fuller
CEO, Acumen Fieldwork
This article was first published in InBrief magazine, August 2014
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Julie Fuller
Julie set up her first company, Julie Fuller Recruitment, in 1987 and has since founded two others (Aspect Viewing Facilities, 2002 and Acumen Fieldwork, 2005). A keen rugby fan, Julie is the ex-president of Stockport Rugby Club, a title she held from 2009 until 2012.
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