Ethical Recruiters pay source markets back

As the tally of Polish Workers in the UK hits the record half million mark*, award-winning international recruitment firm, Eutopia Solutions, has moved quickly to balance the debate surrounding British firms falsely accused of depleting Eastern Europe and wider overseas markets of key workers.

Far from exerting a negative effect, many large corporates are moving significant components of their skilled operational and back office functions to the accession countries of the EU and investing in training and infrastructure ñ this trend is set to continue and is a fact which the firm, which has particular expertise in medical and technology recruitment, does not feel is adequately reflected in opposing arguments. The recruitment industry, with its innate understanding of the global labour market is one of the high profile pioneers of this decentralised business model and Eutopia, itself a leader in its field, is administering a growing team of international recruitment specialists who operate from the companyís dedicated office in Wroclaw, Poland.

ìWe are talking about a two way exchange of expertiseî comments Eutopia Managing Director, Craig Coverman. ìItís all too easy to bash corporates who look to Poland or elsewhere to meet labour shortages, but little is communicated about the extent of return investment and the contribution that their visionary approach makes to the labour market back home.î

Coverman continues: ìThe genuine efforts of UK firms working to find the doctors, dentists and other front line workers needed to maintain the health of the nation and provide essential flexibility for industry are all too often overshadowed in a confused and illogical debate which does not distinguish between tactics to address skills shortages, international two way migration of skilled workers and the vastly different issues of illegal working.î

Looking to the future, Eutopia believes that to benefit source markets further, more needs to be done to raise awareness amongst business leaders of the reciprocal commercial opportunities available in Eastern Europe and beyond. The company, through its various business awards and profile generated by recruiting more than 300 dentists to the private sector and NHS in 2005/06, and decentralised operations is propagating a positive message and encouraging others to do the same.