Robert Walters, a specialist recruitment agency, says that the HR sector is now actively looking for people with human resources and corporate responsibility skills. This should come as positive news for contractors who possess the requisite skill set.
The agency notes that they have noticed an increase in the number of vacancies in learning and development, staff with expertise in compensation and benefits and generalist HR workers.
Martyn Wright, the MD of Robert Walter’s HR division, said that this trend shows that companies are now focusing more on the need to retain their key talent.
This view is backed up by a recent survey of 194 HR managers in the financial services sector in the Capital. Morgan McKinley carried out a telephone survey and found that the top priority for 42% of managers is the structure of remuneration packages and pay rates, while 41% felt that headhunting by competitors is their second most significant concern. 30% of HR managers identified a shortage of talent as their third most pressing concern.
More than a third of the survey’s respondents expect to create new jobs shortly and 55% of managers think that finding candidates with the right experience and skills is going to be more difficult than it was last year.
Although remuneration packages continue to be a high profile issue, only 17% of managers expect the bonus element to increase. 47% expect average salaries to rise whilst 48% expect no change.
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