The Annual Salary and Benefits Survey 2007

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The Recruitment and Employment Confederation
(REC), the trade body for the UK’s private recruitment industry, has just published the full results from its 2007 Annual Salary & Benefits Survey.

The annual report, produced in association with leading accountants Saffery Champness and Recruiter magazine, paints a picture of an industry with high levels of employee satisfaction, competitive remuneration packages and increasing professionalism; in short an ideal career destination for any bright, committed candidate seeking a demanding but rewarding career.

This year, the survey focused on five key sectors for the industry namely Education/Teaching, Hospitality/Catering, Construction, Technical/Engineering and Driving. It found that basic average salaries across these sectors are £23,752 for consultants and £30,794 for managers.  These rise to £32,012 for consultants and £42,125 for managers when bonus and/or commission payments are included. Around this average, there is significant variation with the potential for high flyers to earn six figure sums.

Employees within recruitment also receive competitive benefits packages and are
given good opportunities for professional development from their employer.  Not surprisingly, job satisfaction levels are strong at 78 per cent suggesting that high average staff attrition rates (31 per cent) relate more to the structural nature of the job rather than malcontent.