As is typical of this time of year, we are seeing significant increases in both candidate application numbers and client recruitment activity.  Many employees tend to review their options at this time of year after they have had time to reflect on their career path over the summer holidays.Salary levels continue to be a key determinant in both recruitment and retention of those with business-critical skill sets (with more modest pressure applying to support roles). Employees are looking to ...

Typically at this time of year we see the last flurry of client recruitment activity prior to the summer Christmas break.  This is predominantly being seen in the private sector as many public sector organisations are still under cost containment pressures resulting in more strategic stakeholder analysis over spending and workforce planning. We predict this trend will continue at current or even greater degrees throughout 2012, especially now that the National Party have another three year ...