If you have any recruitment requirements for 2012, please do not hesitate to contact Tecs Recruitment.

Tecs recruitment are an independent company offering a professional and friendly approach to all your employment requirements supplying both temporary and permanent staff using the latest resources and techniques supported by staff with many years of professional experience.

We supply candidates with a wide range of experience and skills, to ensure you obtain the right person to fill your vacancy interviews are carried out at our offices, we provide you with a shortlist of suitable candidates for you to interview making the employment experience less stressful

We offer permanent and temporary staff to all areas of businesses from industrial, commercial, sales, driving & engineering / technical.

On using our temporary staff we offer benefits including an easy account setup system offering thirty day accounts and great rates, no need for employment contracts and no worries over PAYE Tax, National Insurance or Holiday pay, this is offered with total flexibility on hire of staff from as little as four hours.

We would be delighted to meet and discuss your requirements, you just need to let us know the skills and experience you require filling your vacancy and we will begin our search to obtain your ideal candidate.

Please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Tecs Recruitment Talent Hunters Team.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Our new address is:

Tecs Recruitment
Creativexchange
Longsands Road
St Neots
Cambridgeshire
PE19 1TE

0845 6800713

If you are looking for work or have recruitment requirements, please contact us.

Jo McFiggins – Hospitality & Catering Consultant

Being a generalist recruitment firm in the current climate is only possible if you have staff that possess expertise and experience in the relevant fields. This is exactly the model adopted here at Tecs Recruitment. We have a dedicated team of consultants each with a strong background and knowledge of their respective industries.

We have recently added to that team and are delighted to announce the arrival of Jo McFiggins, our new Hospitality and Catering Consultant.

Jo has an extensive background in placing hospitality and catering staff all over the UK both permanent and temporary and will now be heading up this section of the business.

From bar, waiting and kitchen staff to front of house, management an even niche vacancies such e.g.  sommelier Jo has the knowledge, skills and client base to fill even the most obscure vacancy anywhere in the UK.

If you are currently hiring in the hospitality and catering sector you can get in touch with Jo on 0845 68 007 13 or on 07988 923070

The new regulations derive from European legislation designed to give temporary agency workers parity in pay and employment conditions as they would have been entitled to had they been recruited by the hirer directly to do the same job.

You may also have noticed that AWR is also referred to as AWD. The Agency Workers Directive (AWD) become the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) once they become law in October 2011.

Some experts are predicting that unemployment is set to rise significantly towards the end of this year as businesses actively scale back or completely cut their use of ‘temps.’

From October, the UK’s agency worker force, which is estimated to be around the 1.3million mark, will be entitled to the same pay and working conditions as permanent employees after just 12 weeks in a job.

Put simply this is only an issue if clients pay a lower rate, or do not offer the same working conditions to their temps.

As part of the agreement, temps will get the same holiday pay as regular staff, and pregnant agency workers will be entitled to paid time off to attend medical appointments and antenatal classes.

When researching this blog I found some figures indicating that one in five employers may cut their use of temporary workers to avoid the new legislation. If these figures prove to be accurate then it could tremendously damage the industry.

The Government has estimated it will cost businesses an extra £1.6bn a year to comply with the rules.

From a recruiter’s perspective the new legislation comes with mixed emotions. Operations Manager at Tecs Recruitment, Becky Sanders, said: “The agency workers directive will give recruiters and clients a more transparent relationship which isn’t the worst thing in the world.

“On the other hand though these new rules will offer no benefits to the clients and will undoubtedly have an adverse affect on the recruitment industry.”

There are added concerns that the new legislation could lead to hundreds of thousands of temps to sign on for unemployment benefits and compete with the estimated 2.45m already out of work.  

Clients may look to get around the AWR by deciding not to engage agency workers beyond the 12 week qualifying period. There is nothing in the regulations to prevent an agency worker being released after 11 weeks or for assignments of 11 weeks to be the usual practice of any client.

However, clients and recruitment agencies should be aware of anti-avoidance provisions which address any situation where a pattern of assignments emerge that are intended to intentionally deny an agency worker of their entitlements.

For instance, if an agency worker completes two or more assignments with the same client, where they have already worked for 11 weeks with a six week break and then a further 11 weeks with another six week break.

If the agency worker is then taken on for a third time with the same client then it may be viewed as a deliberate attempt to avoid the completion of the qualifying period.

Agencies and clients need to ensure regular communication, not just as the new regulations become law, but afterwards to ensure the new legislation is being correctly observed and adhered to.

The legislation regulations can be viewed here.

Are you looking for a new member of staff or about to advertise a new position?

If so you will be interested to know that Tecs Recruitment has just launched a new customer incentive, where we can fulfil your recruitment requirements for a flat fee.

Salary up to – £20000 per annum = £1000.00 + VAT*

If you are looking to fill a position with a salary in excess of £20000 per annum, please call 0845 6800713.

If your company currently uses or has used agencies in the past you will know that with permanent vacancies the fee is usually made up by a percentage of a candidate’s salary – *We are changing the rules as a special introductory offer, so if you engage with Tecs on your next vacancy then you will only be billed £1000+VAT once our candidate begins work with you.

Please contact us on 0845 6800713 to discuss your requirements.

*This fee relates to permanent vacancies, it is an introductory offer for new clients only.

We are able to do this thanks to our specialist team of recruiters, each with their own experience and expertise in their particular field.

Tecs offer a professional and friendly approach to all your employment requirements supplying both temporary and permanent staff using the latest resources and techniques supported by staff with many years of professional experience.

We supply candidates with a wide range of experience and skills, to ensure you obtain the right person to fill your vacancy interviews are carried out at our offices, we provide you with a shortlist of suitable candidates for you to interview making the employment experience less stressful.

We offer permanent and temporary staff to all areas of businesses from industrial, commercial, sales, driving, hospitality, catering, engineering, technical and more.

Recruitment consultant Andrew Hubbard will be publishing blogs here from time to time on anything and everything relevant to employment, businees and recruitment. We are always keen to get your feedback so please feel free to comment and engage with us.

If you would like more information on what Tecs Recruitment can bring to your firm then please get in touch on 0845 68 007 13 or email andrew@tecs-recruitment.com

We hope you enjoy reading our blog.