pfj gains REC accreditation for in-house training

Recruitment specialist pfj (Phee Farrer Jones) has gained accreditation for its in-house professional training programmes that will lead to national qualifications provided by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

pfj, which has two offices in the UK, can now run core skills training programmes towards the RECís Certificate in Recruitment Practice.

To attain the accreditation, pfj submitted details of their consultantsí training programme to the REC, which conducted an audit against the content and syllabus of the Certificate in Recruitment Practice.

The qualification is currently held by more than 15,000 recruiters across the UK and these are joined by another 3,000 annually. Those holding the Certificate are eligible to use the letters CertRP to show their qualified status.

The RECís Certificate in Recruitment Practice is the first stage in a four step qualification framework available to recruiters. The popular Diploma in Recruitment Practice ñ equivalent to Year One of a Degree in Recruitment Practice - is currently enrolling students for this autumnís course.

As a result of an expansion of the training programmes the REC now offers, opportunities now exist for recruiters to study from Certificate to Diploma to BA and an MA in Recruitment Practice.

Judith Armatage, the RECís Director of Professional Services, said: ìI am thrilled that pfj has joined the Accredited Scheme which leads to the Certificate in Recruitment Practice. The pfj training programme is comprehensive and truly embeds the core values and culture of the organisation.

According to Paul Farrer, Chairman of pfj: If you work in recruitment, you don't have to be a genius to know that people are a recruitment companyís greatest asset. We have worked hard to make pfj a great place to work - having been noted as a Sunday Times Best Company to work for in each of the last three years - and training and development has become a key focus for us.

ìBy having REC-accredited training, we are now able to offer pfj employees industry recognised development programmes that can only help in fast-tracking their recruitment careers and speeding up our rate of growth and adding to the value of our greatest asset - our people.