The World Employment Confederation is the voice of the employment industry at global level, representing labour market enablers in 50 countries and 7 of the largest international workforce solutions companies.
The World Employment Confederation brings unique access to and engagement with international policymakers (ILO, OECD, World Bank, IMF, IOM, EU) and stakeholders (trade unions, academic world, think tanks, NGOs).
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Appropriate regulatory frameworks are a key ingredient in business’ recipe for success. The 2018 update of the World Employment Confederation’s Smart Regulation Index proves the point, again. Countries which are the most favourable to private employment services to establish their practice and to get involved in social dialogue are clearly gaining a competitive advantage.
More than 300 international labour market experts participated to a seminar on the future of work on 27-29 June in Hangzhou, China. Annemarie Muntz, President of the World Employment Confederation, set out the challenges of the new world of work and presented the WEC Social Innovation Manifesto, the private employment sector’s ideas for a new social deal.
From 6 to 8 June 2018, representatives from the worldwide employment industry gathered in Dublin, Ireland for their annual event. Diversity was the main focus this year. The World Employment Confederation believes in social innovation as the way forward to adapt labour markets to an increasingly diverse and extended workforce.
2018 Economic report shows most employment services growing worldwide, helping 56 million people to access labour markets. Agency work remains the largest business segment but Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) was the sector which grew the most year-on-year. On the regional outlook, Latin America recorded strong growth and the Asian Pacific market is also showing promising developments.
The Global Recruiter held its annual summit in London on the 8th of March. This one day conference and exhibition attracted over 150 senior delegates including business owners, CEO's, managing directors and in-house HR professionals.
The World Employment Confederation was represented by its President, Annemarie Muntz who gave an international perspective on the changing world of work. Annemarie Muntz explained that while jobs were not changing, the tasks involved in jobs were. The WEC's industry data showed a recruitment sector that was in good health and expanding for the main part – continuing to grow despite the claims that recruitment was going in house, was being replaced by online platforms and/or by AI.
She concluded that the recruiter had a social role in the future – a role which would directly impact on the work satisfaction experienced by candidates. The recruiter is skilled at matching candidates to clients but recruiters can also contribute to...
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