Antal International: 49% of employers plan to recruit specialists and managers, only 13% plan reductions

Nearly half of employers (49%) plan to hire specialists and managers in the coming quarter of this year, and only 13% plan to shred staff according to new international study “Global Snapshot” conducted by recruitment firm Antal International. The easiest job to find will be in software IT industry (80% of employers plan to recruit), telecommunications (69%) and pharmacy (62%).

On February 3, 2010 Antal International published an international report “The Global Snapshot” prepared on the basis of anonymous surveys and interviews with more than 6,000 companies in over 30 countries worldwide. Respondents were asked about trends in employment (recruitment and redundancies) at the moment and the forecast for the next three months.

“Although a few countries are still seeing a decline in the employment market, the global picture has definitely improved once again” explains Artur Skiba, Managing Director of Antal International.

In Poland, the hiring levels dropped from 53% last autumn to 48% at present, but the percentage of companies declaring the reductions has also decreased rapidly from 28% to one of the lowest in the world 15%.

Companies from the following industries declare the highest predicted hiring rates of employment: telecommunications (69%), pharmacy (62%) and banking (58%). The lowest hiring levels come from: engineering (18%), finance and accounting (33%), FMCG (44%) and automotive (46%). The biggest amount of lay-offs are expected in the FMCG sector (37% declare reductions) and telecommunications (31%).

The highest current hiring levels amongst the larger economies were in the UK (59%), France (55%), and Germany (51%). However many of the smaller countries bettered their larger neighbours, namely Switzerland (64%), Austria (58%) and Luxembourg (58%).The lowest levels of hiring were in Malta at 31% and Spain at just 30%
The highest recruiting levels in this region were in Russia (71%), the Czech Republic (57%), Romania (55%) and Poland (48%). Hungary’s well-documented economic problems meant that it had the lowest level of hiring in the region with only 28% of businesses questioned actively seeking new managers or professionals although this was an improvement on the autumn figure of just 26%.

This edition of the Antal International ‘Global Snapshot’ is based upon survey forms and telephone interviews completed by owners, managing directors, line and HR managers in 6151 companies, professional partnerships and financial institutions across 30 countries between 1st December and 31st December 2009. In Poland 820 businesses took part.

Source: www.paiz.gov.pl

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