Here’s a round up of some top recruitment news in the UK…..
1.Post election jobs surge….what’s the most sought after role in Britain & how social media is revolutionising the recruitment process.
According to CV-Library, the UK’s leading independent job board, admin jobs in Leeds faced more competition than any other job in any other region last month, receiving an average of 71 applicants per position.
In addition, the online recruitment site reviewed its nationwide job applications across each sector in May 2015, which revealed the following as the most competitive job sectors in the UK:
- Administration – 57.3 applicants per job
- Customer Services – 37 applicants per job
- Distribution – 36.2 applicants per job
- Manufacturing – 31.3 applicants per job
- Retail – 27.4 applicants per job
- Hospitality – 25.9 applicants per job
- Public Sector – 22.9 applicants per job
These figures are considerably higher than the previous month’s average nationwide number, which CV-Library announced as 15.9 applicants per job across all industries.
CV-Library’s information is in line with recent reports of a job surge post-election, showing an overall increase of 29.8% of job roles posted in the UK in May 2015.
Although the number of job hunters increased year-on-year by 11.6%, the number of actual job applications increased by a lesser amount of 9.6%, signifying that businesses need to be even smarter when attracting new talent.
Lee Biggins, founder and Managing Director of CV-Library, explained: “Reduced competition is obviously great news for candidates. However, the figures imply that job hunters are being much more selective when applying for their next role. With job numbers on the rise, it is more important than ever for UK recruiters to attract top professionals to their books and to go the extra mile to understand their needs.”
To read the full article, please see www.cv-library.co.uk
2.Social media ..whether your’e a job hunter or a business…you need to be on it!
Social media has a new function, and is evolving to disrupt the recruitment process by offering businesses a much better and more targeted way to fill vacancies.
According to LinkedIn, a simple way to represent yourself best is to update your profile photo with a work selfie.
Considering how much time we all spend on social media, it won’t be a surprise that the use of these platforms are continuing to rise.
Some 52 per cent of adults are reported to be using multiple social networks in 2014 compared to 42 per cent in 2013.
Here at Personnel Selection we recognise it as an effective platform for communicating to a wider yet more targeted audience – whether that’s current or future customers and of course potential employees.
We are using social channels to attract, engage and recruit candidates of all levels, taking businesses beyond traditional forms of recruitment.
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SOURCE : realbusiness.co.uk