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This statistical report is based on the results gathered in the 2019 round of the NationalFederations Survey by the World Employment Confederation.

In total, 31 National Federation members of the World Employment Confederation have takenpart in this survey round.

The purpose of this survey is to inform the Head Office and Governance of the WorldEmployment Confederation about its members' structure and business model (e.g. size, providedservices), their capacity and resources to engage in various areas of interest (e.g. lobbying,provision of business support, data collection), their evaluation of current services provided bythe World Employment Confederation (e.g. advocacy, profiling the HR industry, best practicesand networking), as well as several other topics.

In effect, available resources can be allocated in a more efficient way to meet the needs ofmembers.

The Head Office of the World Employment Confederation thanks all its members for theirvaluable input.

Content1) Representation and Membership Offerings 3 - 92) HR and Financial Resources 10 - 123) Governance and Operations 13 - 144) Benefits of your WEC Membership 15 - 175) Industry Profiling 18 - 19 List of respondent National Federations 20

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1) Representation and Membership Offerings

How many companies are members of your federation? (A member is a company that pays

an independent fee for membership)30 Responses

Less than 50 Between 50 and249

Between 250and 499

Between 500and 999

Between 1,000and 1,999

More than 2,0000%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

23%

17%

23%

3% 3%

What categories of membership does your national federation have?30 Responses

Individualprofessionalmembership

Companymembership

Associatemembership (only

has partialmembership rights

or benefits)

Supplier/Supportermembership

Other0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

13%

93%

17%10% 13%

4

Which of the following service lines does your national federation represent?30 Responses

Not relevant Supported by another organisation Planned Active

Agen

cy W

ork

Dire

ctRe

cruit

men

t

Care

er

Man

agem

ent

RPO

MSP

Outso

urcin

g

Onlin

e Pl

atfo

rm

HR C

onsu

lting

Othe

r

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

11%

16%

12%25%

13%

22% 11%13%

8%22% 26%

35%23%

42%28%

38%

100%79%

44%58%

47%

73%

33%

56% 50%

Do you offer any of the following services to non-members?23 Responses

Learning anddevelopment

services

Consulting,advisory or other

professionalsupport services

Events andconferences

Certification andauditing

Other0%

20%

40%

60%52%

22%

78%

17%22%

5

Rate your federation's capability and expertise in the following areas30 Responses

no capability/expertise 2 3 4 high capability/experienced

Lobbying and advocacy of public authorities(government, parliament, regions etc.)

Promotion of recruitment and staffing throughmedia and campaigns

Promotion and self-regulation of professionalstandards within recruitment and staffing

Certification of recruitment and staffing firms

Provision of learning & development servicesto member firms and professionals

Provision of business support – Legal andcompliance advice

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

13%

27%

17%

7%

10%

17%

10%

17%

10%

10%

10%

13%

23%

23%

10%

20%

23%

23%

17%

17%

30%

67%

43%

43%

23%

27%

43%

6

Rate your federation's capability and expertise in the following areas30 Responses


Provision of business support –Business development

Development and delivery of eventsand networking events

Running a major conference

Awards programs to celebrate bestpractice and professional behaviour

Industry data collection and analysis

Industry research

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

27%

14%

13%

40%

10%

7%

30%

10%

27%

10%

17%

20%

17%

17%

13%

23%

33%

13%

34%

13%

7%

30%

17%

10%

31%

47%

13%

27%

27%

7

Rate your federation's internal capability and expertise in the following areas30 Responses


Member database management

New member acquisition

Member engagement and retention

Member communications

Member group management

Marketing

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

7%

7%

10%

7%

17%

7%

30%

17%

20%

23%

27%

30%

33%

37%

37%

40%

27%

47%

27%

40%

40%

27%

30%

8



Social media marketing andcommunications

Media management

Publishing of federation journals /publications

Financial management

Sourcing sponsorship revenue

Winning grant revenue

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

10%

10%

30%

55%

13%

17%

20%

10%

23%

34%

27%

27%

17%

17%

20%

17%

17%

20%

17%

17%

7%

40%

40%

33%

47%

10%

9



Event design and management

Service delivery

Management and delivery of learning& development services

Self-regulation of professionalstandards

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

10%

17%

27%

7%7%

7%

10%

13%

30%

27%

17%

30%30%

20%

17%

20%

27%27%

33%

30%

23%

33%33%

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2) HR and Financial Resources

How many staff members (in tull-time equivalents) does your national federation employ

directly?30 Responses

0 or onlypart-time

1 Between 2and 5

Between 6and 15

Between 16and 25

Between 26and 50

More than 500%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

20%

0%

33%

23%

13%

7%

3%

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Which income stream has increased the most in the past three years?28 Responses

Membershipfees


services

Consulting,advisory or

otherprofessional

supportservices


Certificationand auditing

Sponsorshipand/orpartner

commission

Other0%

20%

40%

60%

80%82%

4% 4% 4%0%

4% 4%

Which income stream has the greatest growth potential?29 Responses

Membershipfees


services

Consulting,advisory or

otherprofessional

supportservices


Certificationand auditing

Sponsorshipand/orpartner

commission

Other0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

55%

10%14%

7% 7%

0%

7%

12

How do you calculate fees for each of your membership categories?30 Responses

Other Geographic regions serviced Number of branches Number of staff Annual turnover

Agency work DirectRecruitment

MSP RPO Online platform Careermanagement

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

24%

21%

24% 22%

27% 33%

12%

17%18% 17%

9%13%

6%

8%12%

11%9%

7%

26%33% 35% 39% 36% 33%

32%21%

12% 11%18% 13%

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3) Governance and Operations

31 ResponsesNo Yes

Does your federationhave a Board of

Directors?

Are the Board memberselected in a General

Assembly/AnnualGeneral Meeting of

members?

Does your federationclearly document the

responsibilities of Boardmembers?

Do you haveindependent Board

Members (specialists tobring specific skills)?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

81%100% 94% 94%

19%

31 ResponsesNo Yes

Do you have legal statutes for operatingyour national federation?

Do the statutes of your federation providefor a fair and balanced representation of

all members within the GeneralAssembly/Annual General Meeting of

members?

Do the statutes of your federationestablish clear measures to prevent itsBoard from being dominated by larger

members or sectoral groups to theexclusion of the interests of other

members?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%10%

32%

94% 90%

68%

14

31 ResponsesNo Yes

Does your federationhave a written

mission statement?

Is this missionstatement

transformed into astrategic plan?

Is the final strategicplan approved by theBoard and GeneralAssembly/ AnnualGeneral Meeting of

members?

Does your federationregularly check

strategic prioritiesagainst the mission

statement?

Does your federationconduct member

surveys?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%19% 17% 20% 21%

10%

81% 83% 80% 79%90%

31 ResponsesNo Yes

Does your federationhave a Code of

Conduct?

Is your Code of Conductenforceable against

non-members?

Do you conductmembers audits to

check compliance withquality standards/code

of conduct?

Does your federationhave regular reporting

on the evolution ofmembership (newmembers, loss of

members)?

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

77%

55%

16%

100%

23%

45%

84%

15

4) Benefits of your WEC membership

Rate the value of the following WEC services to your federation31 Responses

high value 4 3 2 low value

Advocacy (lobbyingon behalf of the

industry andinfluencing keystakeholders)

ThoughtLeadership

(positioning on achanging world of

work andnetworking/sharingindustry views at

conferences,workshops or

forums)

Profiling the HRServices (data

collection, marketinsights and

research on the HRservices offered to

clients by WECmembers)

Quality Standards(promoting WECcode of conduct,

fight against roguetraders, certification

schemes andcapacity building)

Best Practices &Networking

(benchmarking andsocial events)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

6% 16%

6%

13%

23%

26%

29%

23%

19%

45%

32%

29%

35%

55%

32% 29%23%

32%

6% 10%

16

Rate your federation's level of satisfaction regarding the following WEC components31 Responses

Very dissatisfied Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Very satisfied

Representation of a large scope ofHR services

Constitutional structure

Membership Fee structure

Level of National Federations’commitment to WEC activities

Level of Corporate Members’commitment to WEC activities

Financial performance vs Budget

Governance (compliance withConstitution procedures)

Meetings calendar (number ofmeetings)

Meetings content (agenda, format)

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

29%

6%

6%

6%

32%

39%

26%

48%

52%

39%

42%

35%

29%

32%

32%

35%

23%

23%

29%

16%

29%

29%

29%

23%

6%

19%

19%

26%

35%

29%

35%

17

Evaluate the priorities of WEC within the next five years regarding the following activities31 Responses

Increase focus Maintain focus as it is Decrease focus

Representation of alarge scope of HR

services

Advocacy (lobbyingon behalf of the

industry andinfluencing keystakeholders)

Thought Leadership(positioning on achanging world of

work andnetworking/sharingindustry views at

conferences,workshops or

forums)

Profiling the HRServices (data

collection, marketinsights and

research on the HRservices offered to

clients by WECmembers)

Quality Standards(promoting WECcode of conduct,

fight against roguetraders, certification

schemes andcapacity building)

Best Practices &Networking

(benchmarking andsocial events)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

58%

32%

45%35%

65%

61%

29%

68%

48%55%

29%

39%

13%6%

10%6%

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5) Industry Profiling

Is your national federation collecting data on the private employment industry in your country?31 Responses

Yes No0%

20%

40%

60%

77%

23%

What methods are used by your national federation to collect data on the industry?24 Responses

Survey among allmembers

Survey among aselection of members

Using a third party datacollector

Using alternative sourcesof information (please

specify)

0%

20%

40%

60%

75%

29%

58%

29%

19

On which of the following indicators is your national federation collecting data?23 Responses

Size of theindustry (i.e.

sales revenues)

Number ofplacements (i.e.agency workerheadcounts)

Number of FTEs(full-time

equivalents)

Number ofservice

providers

Sectoraldistribution of

workers

Other (pleasespecify)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%74%

70%

78%

48%

74%

13%

What are the main obstacles that your national federation faces in collecting data on the

private employment industry in your country?29 Responses

Lack of resourcesto spend on

gathering data

Lack of willingnessamong your

members to sharedata

Lack ofrepresentativity of

the data

Lack of alternativedata sources (e.g.

public data)

Other (pleasespecify)

0%

20%

40%

60%

41%

69%

45%

66%

14%

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List of National Federations that provided responses to the survey31 ResponsesAustralia

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

China

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Lithuania

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

UK

USA

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