Standards in Recruitment
The UK’s first and only independent compliance and accreditation programme for businesses engaged in recruitment, employment, executive search and freelance placement.
Accreditation, evidenced by the distinctive SiR quality mark, validates compliance with standards set by hirer and agency stakeholders. These include general business and hiring/ introduction/supply rules and data protection rules (including GDPR).
The approval pathway helps applicants to design, lock in and/or validate compliance processes to meet the standards. SiR verification defines independent validation. SiR accreditation sets businesses apart from the competition and provides hirers and candidates with real quality assurance. Read more…
Recognition for Standards in Recruitment
Our teacher agency accreditation is formally recognised by the Crown Commercial Service (England) and the National Procurement Service (Wales) as a certificated standard in their respective commercial framework agreements for the provision of supply teachers for the public education sector.
National Association of Headteachers has also recognised our education standards in their guide Working with teacher supply and recruitment agencies.
We are also an official Partner to TEAM, the UK’s largest network of independently owned recruitment and employment agents and an approved supplier to ARC, the Association of Recruitment Consultancies.
Independent
An independent programme not requiring any trade association membership.
Flexible
We work with any recruitment agency committed to compliance and quality.
Focused
Standards that reflect good practice for meeting customer expectations.
Independent
At SIR we are an independent programme not requiring any trade association membership.
Flexible
Standards work with any recruitment business we’re committed to compliance & quality.
Customer Focused
Our standards all reflect excellent practice for meeting all of our customers expectations.
Compliance Checklist
Commonly overlooked recruitment compliance procedures and how to address them.