Hiring slows slightly as employers struggle to find candidates
This article was published in Personnel Today.
Growth in hiring slowed while salaries continued to rise during June, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
Its latest Report on Jobs showed that while permanent placements and temporary billings continued to rise, this was at a slower rate than in previous months.
This could be attributed to a further deterioration in the availability of candidates, according to the REC, which in turn has forced many employers to push up salaries to attract potential employees. Both permanent and temporary candidate availability declined at sharper rates at the end of the second quarter of this year, it said.
Demand for permanent staff reached a seven-month high in June, and salaries awarded to new permanent employees experienced a corresponding increase. Rates of pay for temporary and contract staff also jumped at a similar level seen to April, when rates of growth hit a two-year peak.
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