{"id":963,"date":"2017-08-09T16:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/?p=963"},"modified":"2017-08-09T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:09:10","slug":"staff-appointments-increase-at-fastest-rate-for-over-two-years-as-candidate-availability-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/08\/staff-appointments-increase-at-fastest-rate-for-over-two-years-as-candidate-availability-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff appointments increase at fastest rate for over two years as candidate availability drops.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/04\/how-to-answer-competency-based-interview-questions\/shutterstock_925214741-1024x769\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-940\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-940 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/shutterstock_925214741-1024x769-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/shutterstock_925214741-1024x769-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/shutterstock_925214741-1024x769-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/shutterstock_925214741-1024x769.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Key points from July:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<strong>Permanent placements growth reaches 27-month record<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Marked decline in staff availability contributes to further increases in pay.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>The jobs market continues to confound expectations with both permanent and temporary placements growing at the fastest rate for over two years. Starting salaries are also still rising, so for workers who want to boost their earnings now is a good time to consider moving job.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>It\u2019s clear that employers are having to work even harder to fill jobs as vacancies rise and candidate availability shrinks. UK employment remains at an all-time high and looks set to keep improving. The parts of the economy most reliant on European workers are under even more pressure as many EU workers return home. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>London in particular is feeling the Brexit effect. Hiring is still growing but at a much slower rate compared with every other region of the UK. Financial services, a crucial part of the London labour market, are not hiring in their usual quantity as the uncertainty caused by Brexit makes them hesitant.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Candidate availability continues to decline markedly&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The availability of permanent workers continued to fall sharply during July although the rate of reduction eased for permanent staff.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>&#8230;imparting further upward pressure on pay<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Starting salaries for successful permanent candidates rose further in July, with the rate of inflation reaching a 20-month record.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key points from July: \u00a0Permanent placements growth reaches 27-month record \u00a0Marked decline in staff availability contributes to further increases in pay. The jobs market continues to confound expectations with both permanent and temporary placements growing at the fastest rate for over two years. Starting salaries are also still rising, so for workers who want to boost their earnings now is a good time to consider moving job. It\u2019s clear that employers are having to work even harder to fill jobs as vacancies rise and candidate availability shrinks. UK employment remains at an all-time high and looks set to keep improving&#8230;. <\/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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963","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=963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/963\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recruitment-connection.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}