Front line trends

In this section some statistics that we’ve picked up from elsewhere or anecdotes about recruitment trends that in-house recruiters have mentioned to us are put forward.  These are not necessarily trends for recruitment function roles but the day to day issues facing recruitment professionals whatever they recruit.

We keep offering what they want but they won’t join or they’re trying to negotiate

• This is something happening across sector and I’m going to explore the risks of this in a longer blog piece later this week
• Many in-house recruiters are reporting that where candidates, particularly ones they have approached, have been interviewed directly they are often rejecting offers or expressing dissatisfaction with the base salary offer made even if it meets with the initial indicated expectation of the candidate earlier in the process
• Buy backs are back – while companies are not willing to stretch in traditional pay reviews there is a clear trend to try and keep talent if they try to leave with significant counter offers.  Some are reporting these in apologetic terms; ‘we wanted to give you this anyway but corporately we just couldn’t until you tried to leave’
• Hints of candidate apathy – After a period when candidates in all sectors were less in demand that has changed in the last few months, with agencies in all sectors increasingly competing with businesses directly recruiting a candidate pool that has never been more readily accessible particularly through Linkedin there are some indications that candidates are getting bored of being approached – again I plan to expand on this theme in a blog posting in the coming weeks dealing with the ramifications for branding and basic ability to attract talent to an interview

February 16, 2011 at 10:48 am | Front Line, Hiring, In-house, January 2011, Monitor, Napier Wolf News | No comment