• It’s all about the career – In February there was one overriding theme amongst candidates and it is critical to anyone looking to hire recruiters currently that this is fully understood…  “It’s all about my career”
• Candidates are currently extremely nervous of moving, at a time of year when salary rises and bonuses are being paid out by current employers and being received for the first time in a couple of years there is a natural distrust of unknown employers
• With a rise in recruiter opportunities in the market and regular feedback from hiring managers that there is a lack of quality in the market particularly around direct sourcing and stakeholder management the strongest candidates expect to be shown a lot of care and attention through recruitment processes and heading back to the financial piece briefly at offer stage
• Most candidates in the market are passive rather than active, happy to consider “perfect opportunities” but not desperate to move therefore they are looking closely not just at the role they are being considered for but the longer term, what career development is on offer beyond coming in and delivering the headcount?

• Career transition – Just as in January there remains a trend amongst recruitment consultants and executive search professionals to move in-house as a sea change in a career.  Rather than this being a possible “New Year new career” blip we have seen a continuation of this trend
• As the salary data above indicates this group is very experienced in their current profession and are making a balanced career move to come in-house based on preference and also a perception that their own markets are being increasingly squeezed by their in-house peers delivering increasing amounts of recruitment in-house and thus affecting their own capacity to generate revenue

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