slight drop in hiring intentions but recruitment difficulties at the highest level

Europe 1 with AFP

08:00, August 29, 2022modified to

08:00, August 29, 2022

“The slight decline in executive hiring intentions, which began in March in a context of uncertainty linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is confirmed,” said the Association for Executive Employment. However, Apec explains that “recruitment difficulties are not drying up and are reaching record levels”.

Executive recruitment intentions show a slight decline with 10% of companies planning to hire at least one executive in the third quarter against 13% in the second, according to the latest Apec barometer published on Monday. “The slight decline in executive hiring intentions, which began in March in a context of uncertainty linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is confirmed,” said the Association for Executive Employment in a press release. . However, Apec explains that “recruitment difficulties are not drying up and are reaching record levels: 84% of companies anticipate them for the 3rd quarter, a level never before reached (30 points more than in September 2020) “.

“A real threat to the economic development of companies”

“These difficulties in recruiting today represent a real threat to the economic development of companies. However, this is not inevitable. There is a pool of skills available which aspire to work, for example among seniors but also among young people. graduates”, pleads the director general of the association, Gilles Gateau.

The volume of job offers published on apec.fr also remained “very well oriented in the second quarter with regard to its level before the health crisis (+18% compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019)”, indicates the Apec. This barometer was produced from a telephone survey of a sample of 1,000 companies.

Source: Europe1

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