{"id":1229,"date":"2018-07-23T16:24:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T16:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2018-07-23T16:24:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T16:24:42","slug":"june-july-recruitment-news-candidate-shortages-remains-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/07\/june-july-recruitment-news-candidate-shortages-remains-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"June \/ July recruitment news….Candidate shortages remains sharp!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Candidate shortages contribute to slower rise in recruitment in June\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Key points from June:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Permanent placements continue to rise, but not as sharply as previous months<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Candidate availability deteriorates at steeper pace<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Robust demand for staff leads to further marked rises in pay<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Commentary : It\u2019s a great time for people looking to take the next step in their careers, as employers compete for new staff in a tight market. It\u2019s a candidate\u2019s market out there.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Across the majority of sectors, both temporary and permanent opportunities are growing, and a lack of candidates means it is no surprise to see starting pay also rising.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    This high vacancy rate may be driven by good demand from companies not being matched by candidate willingness to move in the face of the current economic uncertainty.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Softer increase in recruitment…<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Placements both continued to rise sharply in June, despite rates of expansion easing.<\/p>\n

    …as candidate availability falls at sharper rate<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Lower candidate availability was cited as a factor hampering growth. Notably, permanent availability declined at sharper rates at the end of the second quarter.<\/p>\n

    Steeper increase in staff vacancies<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Vacancies continued to rise sharply in June. Growth of demand for permanent staff edged up to a seven-month high, while short-term vacancies rose at a slower yet still strong rate.<\/p>\n

    Pay pressures remain historically marked<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Salaries for permanent roles increased further in June, with the rate of inflation holding close to a three-year high\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Candidate shortages contribute to slower rise in recruitment in June\u2026 Key points from June: Permanent placements continue to rise, but not as sharply as previous months Candidate availability deteriorates at steeper pace Robust demand for staff leads to further marked rises in pay Commentary : It\u2019s a great time for people looking to take the next step in their careers, as employers compete for new staff in a tight market. It\u2019s a candidate\u2019s market out there. Across the majority of sectors, both temporary and permanent opportunities are growing, and a lack of candidates means it is no surprise to see… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"app","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52,4,54,174,13],"tags":[53,92,5,87,49,102,103,48],"class_list":["post-1229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-market-indicators","category-job","category-recruitment","category-simon-bean","category-statistics","tag-employment-market-news","tag-financial-services-news","tag-financial-services-recruitment","tag-job-market","tag-labour","tag-recruitment-connection-ltd","tag-simon-bean","tag-wages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1231,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1229\/revisions\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}