I would like to be enthusiastic about the weather, or, at least, the economy. Wherever we turn at present, however, we are bombarded with doom and gloom!
But as the saying goes “every cloud has a silver lining”, companies are still recruiting, and we can report a positive upturn within a number of UK business sectors. In fact now is the time for businesses to regroup in preperation for the market revival, finding quality staff to assist their organisations achieve those goals become even harder! “Why would that be?” I hear you cry!
Due to the inevitable insecurity of some market sectors in the market, there is a natural increase in candidates who ’surf’ for potential job opportunities. This increases the number of potential applicants and compounds the time required for assessment. However, there is an increasing tendency for candidates to ‘explore’ the market to see if the grass is greener. We have seen a growing number of companies becoming frustrated by having to repeat the recruitment process after being let down by the candidate they have offered.
With a combination of competency based interviewing, work life balance assessment and personal profiling it is possible to reduce this attrition, however, it all takes time. This is why we feel positive that a quality recruitment business offers greater value to the candidate and the employer. At People first we only forward applicants to vacancies we strongly feel fit the profile of the job, the organisation and culture of a business. We take pride in offering as much information as possible on the vacancy, the company and the prospects. We do not send more than 3 or 4 CVs per vacancy; we ensure that only the ‘best fit’ applicants are forwarded.
Online recruitment is still proving to be a popular method of finding employment in some industries, despite the credit crunch, it has been found.
A survey by the website also revealed that 54 per cent of those questioned think that the media is over-exaggerating the economic problem in the UK.