Why Now Might Be The Time To Change Your Recruiter Role

Let’s face it all of us wonder, at some time or another whether making the change to a new recruitment role might be something to consider. As a rec 2 rec company many recruiters ring us for a chat and to pick our brains about; the current options available, timings and hot positions that recruitment companies might have in the pipeline.

The good news is that as we race towards the end of 2013 the UK is leading the way in Europe when it comes to advertising spend on jobs, which for recruiters is a good thing. The overall increase in job spend is 4 %,( this is an indicator of job availability) which is significant considering what has been happening over the past few years.

More job vacancies indicates a buoyant recruitment market and therefore more possibilities to place candidates.

No one wants to leave a recruitment company; no matter how fed up they are if a great opportunity in a growing sector isn’t available. We have established that the recruitment market is growing again; it is a common theme in recruitment that; we are the first in and the first out of a recession!

So thinking along that line what are the growing sectors in the UK that you might want to consider moving your recruitment career too? It is pretty easy to find out what they might be just hit Google and you will find your answer.

From our own experience the top three areas where you can see considerable growth are; Engineering, Energy and Oil and Gas and surprise surprise; information technology- including of course all things digital. Pretty predictable or maybe not? A lesson to always be aware of what is happening in the global economy.

Remember though if you move into major growth sectors like this you too need to be a recruitment consultant willing to learn and develop and grow with the developments that happen within that sector. Consider that just a few short years ago, six to be exact, the iPhone wasn’t available and here is an unbelievable fact for you; the most recent launch of the iphone5 made over 9 million sales in one day. So be prepared.

Engineering on first glance might not appear the sexiest of niches yet in the UK the trend is up. As an example the auto industry is a key growth sub niche with; BMW, land rover and Nissan all reporting increased job opportunities.

Finally there is energy oil and gas. With the UK and global demand to look at alternative energy sources someone has to come up with new and different ways to provide our energy; enter a few thousand bright engineers sourced by some equally bright recruiters and we should be OK!

You may laugh at that and I read a report last week where Lloyds banking group found that oil and gas firms had the opportunity to create over 30,000 new jobs over the next 24 months. No company no matter how efficient they are could deliver that without some external recruitment help.

Till next time,

Cheryl