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Hungarian Association of Private Employment Agencies (SZTMSZ)

By filling the gaps of domestic advocacy organisations, the leading companies of temporary work, recruitment and executive search have set up the Hungarian Association of Private Employment Agencies (SZTMSZ). The members of the organisation can be personnel consulting firms, which have obtained licence to operate required for services to be rendered in the field of the selection, mediation and leasing of experts, managers and manpower and more than half of their proceeds are derived from such activities. In addition, the members may have no unpaid public dues, and will unconditionally accept the Code of Conduct of the Association.

The Association is a legal entity and operates within the territory of Hungary.

Registered seat: 1016 Budapest, Hegyalja út 22. ½

General objectives of the Organisation

to undertake the social role according to the importance of the position in the labour market, to enforce and to cause others to observe on a continuous basis the modern European written and unwritten rules;
to protect the credibility of the profession by observing the professional and ethical standards mutually approved by the Hungarian personnel consulting firms and their clients;
to create an internal forum, which takes position in disputed, ethical issues and in professional matters concerning the sector (self-regulation), thereby also fostering the development of the members and the enhancement of the social acceptability of the profession;
to protect the interest of the customers, candidates and member companies by setting up high level of professional requirements (recommendations);
to foster fair market practices and to protect the market;
to join the forces of personnel consulting firms in the interest of the members and the society and to provide a guarantee of trademark nature to their member companies.

Aggregated statistical data of the Association

2005
	net revenue (HUF thousand)	number of TAW/recruited persons
Temporary staffing	24 784 429	28 068
Recruitment	1 457 682	3 485
Total	26 242 111	31 553

2006
	net revenue (HUF thousand)	number of TAW/recruited persons
Temporary staffing	34 612 151	31 498
Recruitment	2 419 871	4 932
Total	37 032 022	36 430

2007
	net revenue (HUF thousand)	number of TAW/recruited persons
Temporary staffing	47 817 081	60 181
Recruitment	3 559 716	5 915
Total	51 376 797	66 096

2008
	net revenue (HUF thousand)	number of TAW/recruited persons
Temporary staffing	51 416 449	43 289
Recruitment	4 097 858	5 939
Total	55 514 307	49 228

2009
	net revenue (HUF thousand)	number of TAW/recruited persons
Temporary staffing	45 038 558	35 827
Recruitment	1 685 181	3 946
Total	46 723 739	39 773

Tasks of the Association

1. General, global tasks

to enhance the acceptability of services in the society and within the circle of economic organisations;
to act in the economic interests of the members of the organisation, to express opinion in matters concerning the members of the organisation (e.g., in the affairs regulating the changes in the labour market);
to actively join in the preparation for educational, employment and economic decision making of the Government;
to publish position statements within the organisation and to the public;
to build professional relationships on domestic and international level.

2. Internal tasks on organisational level

2.1 It is the most important objective to elaborate and to maintain the professional minimum and ethical requirements.

The Association has drawn up a Code of Conduct, which helps to avoid such problems like unlawful taking of an advantage, unfair price competition, lack of feedback to candidates, recommendation of a candidate without his consent, irregularities of data protection, failure to comply with rules of contract, illegal temporary staffing;
The Association intends to enhance the judgement of the standards of the services, and in doing so:
- to formulate recommendation of operation to member companies;
- to handle the complaints of member companies “in house”: settlement based on the Code of Conduct;
- to elaborate uniform collection of HR terms;
- to establish uniform criteria of assessment for member companies, by providing verified information about the members; to indicate true and verified references; to present licences by depositing a copy.

2.2 Community objectives

to raise the reputation of the personnel consulting profession through media contacts and other acts in public (conferences, lectures);
to support social mobility and to assist in the increase of the employment level;
to collect and systematize domestic experiences, to adapt foreign results and methods;
to foster atypical forms of employment, and the expansion of TAW market;
to promote the coordination and change of information among members;
to take action against corruption;
to build relationships with institutions in higher education, and to participate in the orientation of career starters.

2.3 The following services are rendered to its members:

to prepare members for EU-related changes and other amendments to legislation (at cost price);
to develop an internal e-mail mailing system, and in doing so, to ensure continuous opportunity of keeping contacts with each other;
to prepare verified appraisals and statistics regarding the current market trends and the size of the market;
to provide for collective purchasing and price reductions;
HR club: an opportunity of exchanging professional views.

The costs required for operation are from:

membership fees
funds from tenders, subsidies
supports from other organisations.

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