Recruitment into media is still strong, with reports of skills shortages in areas such as digital media and second job level candidates
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Recruiters are recoiling after seeing the property law market being decimated and only a few niche sectors avoiding a drop in placements
On the face of it, certain recent announcements don't seem to bode well for the recruitment market in banking
Clients are prepared to look outside the leisure industry for managers, so recruiters need to be able to source candidates from different sectors and think outside the box
Diary of...
Lynsey Coppard,
academy administrator,
FDM Group
Monday
Education recruiters are benefitting from a "near recession proof" sector with increasing demand for personnel. Traditional skills shortages in maths and science are being compounded by the head teacher retirement time bomb and an increased lack of technology personnel.
CSG merger with Carlisle Group
The latest evidence to signal that the credit crunch is hitting the recruitment industry was revealed in November's Report on Jobs, compiled by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and accountancy firm KPMG.
Despite these concerns he is confident that recruiters are living in a golden age as far as the economy is concerned and says that times have never been better for the industry.
"Overall it's very buoyant and has been for several years now. Permanent recruitment is particularly strong with most of the major companies adopting a very confident outlook about jobs," he adds.
Travel division for Dome
South-West London-based Dome Recruitment has created a division to provide travel consultants, reservations agents and product managers within the travel and leisure market.
Talking shop with new job board