View from the other side - HR - UK Show

The role of HR & the recruiter/HR partnership. As we sneak out of recession, will the candidates make recruiters the first port of call or are they more likely to go direct now they have the channels? how can the relationship, and respect between third party recruiters and corporate/internal recruiters evolve in the future? What place for R.P.O? What will be the role of HR & will the function disolve all together in to new functions or emerge in to somthing bigger and better? Will recruiters learn to talk to HR & vice-a-versa or will a new super recruiting HR function emerge? Call in with your views and comments.