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Representing the engineering and technical recruitment industry

Chester Boothe, Sales Director at Jonathan Lee Contracts Limited was recently named as Vice-Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Engineering and Technical sector (REC E&T). The REC E&T is the executive body representing recruitment agencies that operate in the manufacturing, electrical and mechanical, and civil engineering disciplines.

Chester’s position means he will play an important part in driving through the REC E&T manifesto for 2010, as well as listening to the concerns of the wider recruitment industry and articulating these to the REC executive - who in turn lobby government on behalf of its wider membership.

The group meets monthly at the REC heaquarters in London, and holds regional member meetings giving agencies across the country the chance to take part in panel discussions, listen to speakers from the industry and speak directly to their own REC E&T representative.

Three issues that Chester and the group are keen to address are the impact of the Agency Workers Directive - the impact of the forthcoming public sector cuts and the chronic skill shortages within engineering.

“We live in very uncertain times which makes it more important than ever that recruiters air their concerns”, says Chester Boothe. “The REC E&T sector plays a vital role in representing recruiters within the engineering and technical sectors and will allow our members’ voices to be heard by legislators both in Europe and at home.”

chester.boothe@jonlee.co.uk